Changes to Advertising on the site

gipi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120533273#Comment_120533273

Yep, me too

bren2002

Not loving the full page take over ads

TheValeyard

New ads that take over full page suck.

If the full page adds are actually “a thing” , that’ll be the straw that the breaks the camels back

Mimikyu

I just turned on AdGuard DNS on my phone to block the ads. The anime ads where bad enough but the full screen ones are just taking the piss.

Lu Tze

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120531211#Comment_120531211

Good job Mike on the solution to make the user experience better! It may be worth reviewing the original scope though as ye seem to have headed in the opposite direction

dulpit

Lads. Full screen ads on mobile. It's like being on a crappy tabloid newspaper's website. Is the goal here to drive the few remaining users away?

dulpit

Also, I am seeing ads for something in Utrecht (I don't speak Dutch), seems pointless to me...

TheValeyard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120535203#Comment_120535203

Double Dutch ? Lol

Padraig Mor

Whatever else about the full screen ads, they're also bringing me to the last post in a thread, rather than the first unread. Thanks Odhran.....

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120536160#Comment_120536160

I thought I was just imagining that.

sugarman20

New ads on mobile look a bit spammy.

windowcills

The adblocker is great, it tidies up loads of websites

Vicxas

Lads. The full screen web ads. I’m trying to access boards not dodgy football streams.

Please get rid of them

Seve OB

Agree with the full screen new crap.

site is gone

ill probably just use it for the golf society now but I expect that will die soon enough also because it relies on site traffic which will disappear very soon at the rate the site is going

shame

TheDriver

It does feel like a dodgy website with the full screen ads. Bound to annoy people who are already frustrated with a dying boards. Things have never been to same since the big change in platform

ozmo

Full screen adds on mobile site really suck- thought i had clicked on a scammy website there instead of boards.

DeepBlue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120426427#Comment_120426427

Thanks for this. The full screen ads prompted me to go looking for how to add an ad blocker to chrome on android. However clearing cookies and denying permission when prompted seems to have solved the issue.

As an added bonus there's now no ads showing on boards although the placeholders are still there but I can live with that.

Guildenstern

Very inconvenient and makes me more so NOT want to be tempted by any advert, however emotive the message although it's advertising, so many will click and subsequently pay.

c.p.w.g.w

So these full page adds are part of the site...I thought I might have malware or virus ... judging by the posting, this came in over the last few days...I was in the UK all weekend and never came across these adds, but minute I was home they appeared...geo active?

Boards.ie: Mike

Hello all,

There was a change implemented as a fix for the ads covering the button for the comment box on the mobile version of the site. I will look into this issue of full page ads and see what is going on? Thanks.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Hey guys just making the site better.

HotSwap

The site is very slow. Perhaps this will allow faster servers.

o1s1n

I thought the anime porno ads were bad enough but these full site ones make me want to not use the website.

HotSwap

For me, advertisements are invisible. As soon as I see one, I immediately start to look for the button to dismiss it does decide to get paid just for displaying the advertising? Even if nobody was to ever click on any of them.

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120549283#Comment_120549283

With the full page ads on mobile dismissing the ad doesn't bring you to the latest post in the thread, it brings you to the last post in the thread. it is a pain in the arse.

ZX7R

The small ad that use to be at the bottom of the screen is now across the top on mobile phone.

Blocks everything scroll bar profile followed treads ect.

Have to close the ad every time just to use the site

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120573787#Comment_120573787

I was just coming here to say this. It's actually even worse than the full page ad. You have to scroll back up to the top of every page now to access the Boards home button.

Lads, seriously, are this crowd you use for ads a Transition Year project or something? Because they're beyond incompetent and, I'm sorry to say, making you look the same.

JayRoc

Honestly, if the ads are annoying (which they clearly are) just download an adblocker. I don't really understand why someone wouldn't at this stage.

After the boards downgrade happened, the ads got to a daft level so I put Blokada on my phone after advice from other users here.

Problem solved. Never looked back

ozmo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120574938#Comment_120574938

I'm using Addblock Plus on IPhone - but its not as thorough as desktop and don't remove these full page adds.

I'm not moving to android just for boards - and I dont know if the Android blockers are any better anyway.

Ill give "Blockada" a try...