Advertising issues -- mobile popups
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Advertising issues -- mobile popups
Something for PPRuNe management to consider:
In the past I have been happy to view unobtrusive advertising. The recent change to the board has unfortunately resulted in advertising that plays audio that I can't stop and that intrudes on my browsing (I can hear it even if I have PPRuNe open in the background.)
In the past I have been happy to view unobtrusive advertising. The recent change to the board has unfortunately resulted in advertising that plays audio that I can't stop and that intrudes on my browsing (I can hear it even if I have PPRuNe open in the background.)
Another advertising problem - today my computer froze (using Win7 / IE11) due to a slow, buffering advert. I think that https://s0.2mdn.net/ads/richmedia/st...33/index.html? was the offending item?
Can we PLEASE have the 'NoAds' style back - I'm getting fed up with advertising slowing down PPRuNe page loading / scrolling on a 70Mbps Internet connection....
Can we PLEASE have the 'NoAds' style back - I'm getting fed up with advertising slowing down PPRuNe page loading / scrolling on a 70Mbps Internet connection....
I have been experiencing very disruptive ads when browsing PPRuNe on my mobile. Once a thread loads the page redirects to an ad which appears to spoof a google website and threatens that my handset is infected with a virus.
Of course I know a spoof ad when I see one, my two issues with them are:
1) Pressing back on the ad either loads a redirect that takes you back to the ad, or closes the tab completely. I can't go back to the thread I was reading as the script which loads the ad seems to also close the tab with the forum thread in it!
2) The ads abuse javascript popups and the vibrate API in HTML5. Yes, these dreadful popups actually make my phone vibrate loudly until I close the tab!
Ad domains change all the time but most recently I have seen ads from
lp.want-to-win.com
secure.mobieblitz.com
Very annoying and I hope to see the admins take steps to remove them.
Of course I know a spoof ad when I see one, my two issues with them are:
1) Pressing back on the ad either loads a redirect that takes you back to the ad, or closes the tab completely. I can't go back to the thread I was reading as the script which loads the ad seems to also close the tab with the forum thread in it!
2) The ads abuse javascript popups and the vibrate API in HTML5. Yes, these dreadful popups actually make my phone vibrate loudly until I close the tab!
Ad domains change all the time but most recently I have seen ads from
lp.want-to-win.com
secure.mobieblitz.com
Very annoying and I hope to see the admins take steps to remove them.
Cheers. I'll try for a screenshot next time, for what it's worth here is the popup url which quickly redirects to that mobieblitz domain.
tulpaserv.com/sf6/beatbanner/MDAzc1FoQnp6Z045bklDMy9KS1E5UzlMV3BhcmRWSFkxNzVrZFcrNmJKdDhP cW1Xc0cvSWZNbjQxNUNZdFRoVA==?cl=5fqnaXdkP&af=bipt&ext1=5041& ext2=5fqnaXdkP-R
tulpaserv.com/sf6/beatbanner/MDAzc1FoQnp6Z045bklDMy9KS1E5UzlMV3BhcmRWSFkxNzVrZFcrNmJKdDhP cW1Xc0cvSWZNbjQxNUNZdFRoVA==?cl=5fqnaXdkP&af=bipt&ext1=5041& ext2=5fqnaXdkP-R
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The following ads are autoplaying audio:
Mitsibishi End of Year Sale.
Energiser Battery.
Both Australian ads.
And another one about a Windows 10 device. English accent. I'm disinclined to click to find the exact advertiser as that will only encourage the bastards.
Another for American Express and one for Spirit of Tasmania.
Mitsibishi End of Year Sale.
Energiser Battery.
Both Australian ads.
And another one about a Windows 10 device. English accent. I'm disinclined to click to find the exact advertiser as that will only encourage the bastards.
Another for American Express and one for Spirit of Tasmania.
Report any ads that have audio autoplay.
Last edited by India Four Two; 6th Dec 2016 at 17:34.
Another autoplay audio: mccain.ca
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Mods,
A couple more 'autoplay' pop-up ads on the mobile version of PPRuNe here in North America, which necessitate exiting the app. The culprit is "go [dot] goonmobi [dot] com"
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Cheers,
I/C
A couple more 'autoplay' pop-up ads on the mobile version of PPRuNe here in North America, which necessitate exiting the app. The culprit is "go [dot] goonmobi [dot] com"
Imgur link 1
Imgur link 2
Cheers,
I/C
And here's another one with autoplay: staples.ca
What's really annoying about these ads is that they will start playing, regardless of whether the pprune tab is active or not.
What's really annoying about these ads is that they will start playing, regardless of whether the pprune tab is active or not.
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Invasive Advertising
This has now got so bad when accessing the site from abroad on my phone that pprune has become completely unusable.
Each page will load for c. 5 seconds, and then I'll be taken to some woeful bit of dodgy advertising for virus software, or a free phone, or a longer penis - two of which I don't need.
The adverts are so invasive that they won't let you click back to the page you were on. So then you have to re-load pprune and the whole thing happens again.
This is a serious flaw and it's time for management to stop accepting money from advertisers who are clearly attempting to illicitly make gains from users. No legitimate advertiser could operate in this way.
Each page will load for c. 5 seconds, and then I'll be taken to some woeful bit of dodgy advertising for virus software, or a free phone, or a longer penis - two of which I don't need.
The adverts are so invasive that they won't let you click back to the page you were on. So then you have to re-load pprune and the whole thing happens again.
This is a serious flaw and it's time for management to stop accepting money from advertisers who are clearly attempting to illicitly make gains from users. No legitimate advertiser could operate in this way.
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