Congratulations, you win (NOT!)

I just googled davesgarden.com (since I am not on my own computer) and was greeted with "Congratulations! You won!" before logging in. 8^(

That happened just now?

Dave, I just read the above and went back to the Newsletter and got another "Congratulations" message. so it's still active.

Dave.. I knwo I am the most puter stupid person probably on all of Dg, but had seen this ad this morning. Not sure if it related to yhis ad problem or not, but thought I read somewher e where Dg had a face book or a twitter, u tube or somethign liek that, could it be sneakign in through there?

probably way off base here, as I don't fully understadn the warning, but just thought I would mention it just in case.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nf/20090305/tc_nf/65095;_ylt=AgUvYWHPV8BVm2c.ZWfPnI4azJV4

Dave, sorry I didn't get back to you but yes, that happened just then.

Just to report on my experiences, since I am the thread starter, it has not happened to me since I posted the original message.

There are ads on DG?!? I guess I never see or hear them as I've got a firewall, 2 pop up blockers, and I never turn my speakers on!! LOL

I haven't seen it since I posted on March 6.

stephanietx, your profile has ads turned off, so you shouldn't ever see anything.

Thanks all for the report. As for right now, there should be no objectionable ads - no audio or "Congratulations, you win" type ads. If there are any seen from this moment forward, PLEASE let us know.

It is never our intention to allow these to come through, but our third party ad server gets them snuck in occasionally and we do our very best to track them down and get rid of them. Unfortunately, it's a cat and mouse or whack-a-mole type of game.

We have a long term strategy to get rid of "network ads" altogether and go with pure text ads and ads that companies contract directly with us. I'm very much looking forward to that day. Until then, though, we still have lots of salaries and bills to pay and so we're still using the network ads.