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Ads With Audio

  • 26-01-2016 12:19am
    #1
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭


    Lads and lasses there's at least one banner ad that's playing audio this last few days. I'm not the sort of person who uses an ad blocker because I understand it's an important source of revenue. But come on, be cool. Audio ads are not cool.

    Even Facebook haven't resorted to this.
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    Second Toughest in_the Freshers
    Site Banned Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭Second Toughest in_the Freshers


    Bill knows audio ads are not cool.

    Be like Bill.


  • #3
    Melodeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭Melodeon


    There's a dedicated thread for reporting this sort of thing:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056855938

    A screengrab image and the URL the ad is pointing at is considered very useful, if you can provide that too.


  • #4
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Melodeon wrote: »
    There's a dedicated thread for reporting this sort of thing:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056855938

    A screengrab image and the URL the ad is pointing at is considered very useful, if you can provide that too.

    Cool, cheers. If it happens again I'll grab the link and pop it in that thread.


  • #5
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Audio ads are definitely not cool which is why we don't intentionally put any on the site. However a few of the slippery buggers get through our guidelines on Google Ads by pretending to be lovely, quiet, non-invasive ads. As above, if you can post details in the inappropriate ads thread if it happens again, that would be very helpful. We can then block it from here. Cheers.

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  • #6
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    Cool, cheers. If it happens again I'll grab the link and pop it in that thread.

    You're looking for trouble clicking it....Hell you're looking for trouble looking at it at all.

    http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-say-block-that-malware/

    http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/01/google-blocked-780-million-bad-ads-in-2015/


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  • #7
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Niamh, perhaps you guys might think about using some type of automated testing to see if ads attempt to play audio? I'm not sure if this has been tried before, or even if it works... I suspect the Selenium test framework may help here if it's able to detect audio access attempts.


  • #8
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    I just had a USAA ad playing as I was reading this thread. They happen all the time.

    If i leave boards.ie open for more than about five minutes there will be an audio ad. The worst is when they happen when the tab isnt even open and you're listening to another audio source.


  • #9
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    I just had a USAA ad playing as I was reading this thread. They happen all the time.

    If i leave boards.ie open for more than about five minutes there will be an audio ad. The worst is when they happen when the tab isnt even open and you're listening to another audio source.


  • #10
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    InTheTrees wrote: »
    I just had a USAA ad playing as I was reading this thread. They happen all the time.

    If i leave boards.ie open for more than about five minutes there will be an audio ad. The worst is when they happen when the tab isnt even open and you're listening to another audio source.

    If you could report these in the Inappropriate Ads thread when they happen, that would be very helpful. Thanks.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #11
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    Boards.ie: Niamh wrote: »
    If you could report these in the Inappropriate Ads thread when they happen, that would be very helpful. Thanks.

    Except I really dont want to click on any ads.

    My click will be registered as a response to the Advert and i'll probably be subject to even more from the same source.


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