insanely annoying ads

Helix

this has been doing my head in lately, there seems to be a new batch of ads that appear when you view threads which play audio... and have no mute button

thats hardly conductive to a solid boarding experience surely? its very annoying when youre listening to music only to be deafened by an ad about a bloody air freshener :mad:

Tallon

Agreed, as a subscriber I dont see ads, but It is annoying on other sites..

Try greasemonkey plugin for firefox, that will get rid of the ads

DeVore

I havent seen these (and you'd think I would given my time on site) ...

Which ads are they?

DeV.

GLaDOS

I haven't notice these at all?

Helix

DeVore wrote: »

I havent seen these (and you'd think I would given my time on site) ...

Which ads are they?

DeV.

im in canada, so it might be a regional thing

ill make a list, they appear in the bottom right hand side of the site tho

mike65

Musical ads? Not seen or heard them.

lots, awful lots of BOD for a while last week.

DeVore

Make a list of them... sounds like a regional google adwords thing...

DeV.

mike65

Not something I've thought about but I take it boards has no control over what google ads appear on site?

Helix

DeVore wrote: »

Make a list of them... sounds like a regional google adwords thing...

DeV.

will do

ironically, none have popped up since i made this thread lol

mike65

Try renaming this thread with the brand name of the air-freshner included.

Molly

I'm based in North America as well. I also get these ads with audio. One of them has a big smiley face saying the phrase 'Congratulations you've won'

cyberwolf77

Molly wrote: »

I'm based in North America as well. I also get these ads with audio. One of them has a big smiley face saying the phrase 'Congratulations you've won'

That's the one that keeps popping up on me.

Steve

Likewise, as a subscriber, I don't see them but if google ads or adtech are serving ads with audio then it's not good for boards. Lots of people (myself included) read the site whilst in work, the last thing we need is something like this alerting everyone in the office that you're on some 'dodgy' site..

GrahamThomas

I'm in Canada, and get these ads as well. Its a pain in the hole tbh, as I usually have itunes playing while I browse Boards.

Helix

just had an airwick freshmatic ad 2 seconds ago with unmutable sound, first one since i posted this thread tho to be fair

GLaDOS

Slightly different note, but just saw this for the first time, ruins the page

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f8/Sc13nceN3rd/Otha%20stuff/pain.jpg

Darragh

Thanks all. I'll look into this in the morning.

Helix

jsut had a lysol disinfectant ad scare the holy bejaysus out of me

GrahamThomas

Darragh wrote: »

Thanks all. I'll look into this in the morning.

Cheers Darragh

[Jackass]

I was JUST coming to start a thread about this!! VERY annoying, and at first, used to make me close down random youtube tabs and whatnot trying to find the source, eventually had so much crap open that I shut the entire browser..there's no indication on the boards page that any add is playing (other than audio) and it doesn't match the add at top of page.

It's happened a good few times and I think that most people hate websites / stop using websites with "forced" advertising. (such as blurring out screen and add popping up etc.). I'm sure this isn't intentional by the boards crew, but to give a heads up, it's very off putting to say the least.

DeVore

nah, we hate that stuff too.... I hate to tell you yanks but its only you guys .... it must be Adwords geo-ip stuff... we'll find them and ban them from the site.

DeV.

cyberwolf77

DeVore wrote: »

nah, we hate that stuff too.... I hate to tell you yanks,and canucks but its only you guys .... it must be Adwords geo-ip stuff... we'll find them and ban them from the site.

DeV.

Thank you kindly. Blasted things keep making me jump.

5starpool

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Slightly different note, but just saw this for the first time, ruins the page

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f8/Sc13nceN3rd/Otha%20stuff/pain.jpg

This happened me a couple of days ago as well.

On another note, you have only 7 PM's in your inbox? You certainly are not a hoarder. I have over 3k in mine atm.

DeVore

Ok, this is very weird... its not Google and its not restricted to America (unless 5starpool has recently moved accross the pond). We've stopped a few things now to test so PLEASE do report any noisy ads you are served.

DeV.

Xavi6

Is this Vodaphone ad on the right hand side of the home page there for everyone? It's for Vodafone.ie so I'd presume so.



Ruins the page for me.

Helix

yeah i get that vodafone ad too

dont mind it tho, not noisy

Saibh

Yeah, noticed the vodafone ad earlier on the front page today

As a subscriber, I have ads turned off, but still see them on the front page.

GLaDOS

5starpool wrote: »

This happened me a couple of days ago as well.

On another note, you have only 7 PM's in your inbox? You certainly are not a hoarder. I have over 3k in mine atm.

I've 11 now

I don't pm a lot and tend to delete them every so often...


Yeah I noticed that ad too Xavi, it's not that bad really though

DeVore

We've changed a few things here at lunch time so please please let us know if you are still seeing (and more importantly hearing) those noisy ads.

DeV.

Overheal

A few months ago I was having those malicious fly by downloads on boards. the thread is in Development but I dont think they were ever able to recreate the issue. It stopped after I disabled ads and added my sub

5starpool

DeVore wrote: »

Ok, this is very weird... its not Google and its not restricted to America (unless 5starpool has recently moved accross the pond). We've stopped a few things now to test so PLEASE do report any noisy ads you are served.

DeV.

Just to clarify DeV, it was the big ad on top of the page I have seen (as per screenshot above in ScienceNerds post), the type you see at the bottom of the page only. I have not heard any noisy ads ever while browsing boards. This is a different issue I'd imagine.

DeVore

Ok cool 5star, thanks. I was confused.

We took some steps the day this was reported so if anyone gets noisy ads again, do please re-report it as its hard to debug since it affects only US.

DeV.

Overheal

Here we go,

insanely annoying TV Ad in the corner by the digg and stumble buttons.... it played a French's Fried Onions commercial and then proceeded to show a 3 minute clip called the A-List top 10, which for seemingly no reason whatsoever, informed me who the top 10 selling music artists of the last decade were. Spoiler alert: i dont care, and it didnt make me want to buy their ****.

showed up here: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055857976 [statusbar: "read r.1screen.me"]

linked to here: http://ad.yieldmanager.com/support/click_error.html

Have a saved version of the page in My Documents if you want it.

DeVore

Thanks Overheal, i'll keep on it.

DeV.

Ross

If you can save a copy of the page (full copy, HTML, javascript, images, etc, it's the default "save page" option in most browsers) if you get it again, zip it up and send it to me at ross@boards.ie and I'll throw it on to sales.

DeVore

UPDATE:

We found where the ads were coming from and have shut it down. You shouldnt be seeing these ads again. Sorry for the hassle and thanks for letting us know, we'd never have known about it as it was targetted to North America (by North American companies!).

Anyway, we have returned to our silent, non-popup ad regulations.

DeV.

Overheal

DAMN YOU FRENCH! :mad:



Yes Ill let you know if I see it again. And Ill get you the .htm when I get home Ross

Overheal

Food for thought: you cant PM attachments.

Huh.

The saved version doesnt play the precursor commercial so just wait about 15 seconds for that gap to play out - then the A-List Top 10 BS starts playing.

The problem is... I dont even know what Im supposed to be buying. Their movies? Their albums? a Bra for Beyonce?

OutlawPete

Having initially been bothered by the Box Rok ads, I have now done a complete 180 and me and the Box Rok Guy have become quite close.

He's good company and slips into my top pocket no bother.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL-vY_ISEgc

DeVore

Overheal... we think we have found the culprit, it was a north American thing... but...


When I opened your zip, I see a boards page with *3* banner ads up top right... is that how you see Boards? 3 banners stacked on top of one another, top right??

Anyway, you should have peace and quiet resumed....

DeV.

Gordon

I'd imagine that a company selling chopped and fried onions in a can would need to try their hardest to sell that gloop, it can't exactly be a cash cow. Got to feel sorry for product designers sometimes, what's next; hamburger and fries in a can?

DeV, if you switch off your internet you won't see three banners.

DeVore

You have obviously never enjoyed the delights of ...

Choc-chip pancake wrapped around sausage on a stick!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbenjamin/181549394/

or http://www.baconnaise.com/


both are genuine food products from our yankie brethren

DeV.

cyberwolf77

I have baconnaise in my refrigerator. On topic though, I never see three banner ads at the top of my screen.

mike65

Gordon wrote: »

what's next; hamburger and fries in a can?

Perfect (assuming its all stewing in onions)!

phasers

You boil it :eek:

http://thesiblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/canned-hamburger-pics-and-review.html

Gordon

I weep for capitalist humanity!

cyberwolf77

Gordon wrote: »

I weep for capitalist humanity!

Why, I have Baconnaise.

mike65

I want one (three!)

DeVore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDUO0D-agE&feature=related jump to 35secs in to avoid the muppets and see Jon Stewarts take on these two products.... I The Daily Show....

DeV.

cyberwolf77

Baconnaise is actually quite good, plus it's kosher apparently.

Overheal

phasers wrote: »

You boil it :eek:

http://thesiblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/canned-hamburger-pics-and-review.html

Beat me to it...

Gordon wrote: »

I'd imagine that a company selling chopped and fried onions in a can would need to try their hardest to sell that gloop, it can't exactly be a cash cow. Got to feel sorry for product designers sometimes, what's next; hamburger and fries in a can?

DeV, if you switch off your internet you won't see three banners.

Theyre crisped onions. Like a Crouton. Or a Cheetoh. And they are actually quite good thrown on top of a casserole.

DeVore wrote: »

Overheal... we think we have found the culprit, it was a north American thing... but...


When I opened your zip, I see a boards page with *3* banner ads up top right... is that how you see Boards? 3 banners stacked on top of one another, top right??

Anyway, you should have peace and quiet resumed....

DeV.

This is my screencap for the Top Right in that .zip



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Edit: Ohhh man that .zip is 100x worse if you disable Adblock Plus. It doesnt recognize the zip as part of boards (which I have disabled) You can hear the hell out of that commercial. And see Obama in a funny hat.