Pop up adverts

dhobbs said:
Updated iphone to 14.4.2 and no pop ups yet :thumbsup:
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Spoke too soon :headbang:

Considering my safari is set to block popups I'm surprised to see these. Looks like the advertisers have found a way around!
All very harmless until the ads become more adult specific.
 
I've started getting these on a Windows PC running Chrome. However, I just noticed that I'm logged out when I went to reply to this thread so I don't know if that'll make a difference. I don't object to adverts to help pay for the site, but regular pop up overlays are too intrusive IMO. I do understand that this may be out of the control of the forum admins.
 
Also getting these in the past few days - the first couple caught me out, as I clicked the topic link in a reply notification email only to be shown a full screen (on my phone) advert for Carly rather than the topic!
 
With Ipad and Safari, I have also had popups in the past two days or so. So far only when opening the first page from my bookmarks.
 
I started seeing them too over last couple of days. I don't think it's platform or browser specific because I've seen them on both a Windows PC with Chrome Browser & iPad running Safari.
I'd like to know if its a policy decision from the forum owner - if it is, I won't take any action to block them. As others have already said, I think it's fair game to try to cover running costs & I'm grateful this forum exists.
However if it ISN'T something that benefits the forum financially then I'll configure my PiHole accordingly :evil:
 
Mr Tidy said:
Worcester_spoon said:
Iggy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:31 pm
They are AdSense interstitial ads. I think it's fair enough as running a forum isn't free
+1 on this. The internet isn’t free folks.
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That's true, but somehow I don't think the forum is getting paid anything for them - but I'd live with them if that was the case.

Otherwise I'd just like to stop getting them as they're f*****g annoying. :headbang:
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(Don’t hate me but...) I work in advertising. The forum will 100% be getting paid for these and in general, they’re worth 4 to 5 times the amount of money the little ad at the top of the page generates. It’s all coming from Google.

IMHO seeing these are a small price for us all to pay for having a free forum.
 
yeah previously the last few days its been a small advert pop up, easy enough to close. this morning it was a full page pop up with no obvious way to close it. had to refresh the page to get it to go away.

i appreciate this is a free forum and i'm grateful for that, but i do wonder what has changed in the past few days.
 
Banner ads are fine and a requirement to keep the site running, the pop ups are annoying, had on both Windows and iOS in the last couple of days
 
Smartbear said:
Perhaps you can code it out? :rofl:
Rob
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Each time I code it out, a different ad is created. I think Carly has become self aware. Terminator 2 has finally come true, or sticking my Carly adapter into my phone charging port wasn't the way to go.
 

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Guys, relax, I didn’t add these popup ads, it will likely be something google enabled by default. I’ll get them turned off as soon as I get chance.

And as has been said, this forum is funded by a combination if ads and occasional donations, but I hate popup ads as much as the next person.
 
Ok, hopefully the pop up ads will be gone soon. I have disabled the "auto ads" setting so hopefully that will be the end of it (usually takes a while to take effect, so might not be immediate)
 
Thanks for your hard work guys. This is one of the best forums I've been on so I appreciate all the effort you put into keep it running.
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