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Can I switch off the huge ads (please)?

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YogaDrone · 17/05/2016 08:05

Absolutely HUGE ads are taking up half the screen this morning. They are massive!!! Running down both left and right sides of the page and leaving very little space for any actual threads.

Is there a way to switch them off please? I want to read thread conversation content not look at twee adverts for stuff I don't want (and am even less likely to want now given that they are annoying me!)

Can I switch off the huge ads (please)?
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RidersOnTheStorm · 17/05/2016 08:06

Me too. Awful.

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YogaDrone · 17/05/2016 08:36

They're giving me a headache now.

I'll come back later and see if they're gone, otherwise I probably will be Grin

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iseenodust · 17/05/2016 09:04

Totally agree with what Yoga says and then more ads under MNTalk box (Pampers on mine). Must be less than 50% visible related to MN. Can only see first line of OP's post.

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TwoLittleBlooms · 17/05/2016 09:09

I agree and would really like to turn them off if possible, they are really distracting and making it quite difficult to read the discussions (the page is just too busy for my poor eyes now!). I cleared all cookies etc to see if that was the problem but obviously not if others are seeing them!

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Pyjamaface · 17/05/2016 09:13

Absolutely horrible. I could just about put up with the banner ad at the top and the ads under the Talkbox (when they don't autoplay) but the giant side banners are making the page unreadable.

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VeryTattyMum · 17/05/2016 09:18

Very distracting this may cure me of my MN addiction

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MoonfaceAndSilky · 17/05/2016 09:25

What device are you on? Can you install an adblock?

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 17/05/2016 09:26

It's been going on for weeks now!

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 17/05/2016 09:26

I have Ad Block, so I've only got the side panels - I don't know why they aren't being blocked but it's really intrusive. It's switching between the one shown in the OP and a creepy ad for EllaOne.

Can we turn this off please?

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LagunaBubbles · 17/05/2016 11:00

Its as if the actual advert is the main focus now, and the thread itself is just squeezed into the middle. Im on a PC. Its horrible and makes reading the threads difficult! Al, I can focus on is lots of women in the VERY advert just now.

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KatherineMumsnet · 17/05/2016 11:20

Hi all,

So sorry about this! We've flagged to the ads team, and will get back to you as soon as we hear. Flowers

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member · 17/05/2016 11:22

Oh good, the Very sidebars are bugging me too!

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FrazzleRock · 17/05/2016 11:33

Yes get rid! Most annoying!

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YogaDrone · 17/05/2016 13:45

Just checked back in and the side bars have gone for me. Hopefully for everyone else too. Thank you MN Flowers

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RidersOnTheStorm · 17/05/2016 13:47

Hurrah!

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 17/05/2016 18:56

Bloody motor bike insurance!!!!Angry

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iseenodust · 20/05/2016 13:59

They're back. On Talk homepage I can only see the title of the first thread as pushed so far down the page by ad and the MN ad for pregnancy thingy.

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FrazzleRock · 20/05/2016 15:15

Yep they're back again. This time emergency contraceptive pill ads. Not something I want to see after two very recent miscarriages.

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Periggy · 20/05/2016 16:21

Sorry about your losses frazzle. Have you googled anything about them at all? It's just that I noticed lots of pregnancy test adverts on YouTube at one point and thought that was bad luck as it kept slapping me in the face, then realised they were based on my search history. If you wipe history and cookies etc you should see fewer ads about pregnancies I think - they've stopped popping up for me since then.

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Periggy · 20/05/2016 16:22

(*googled anything about miscarriages, not pills)

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GraysAnalogy · 20/05/2016 16:23

I wish they'd get rid of video ads. I completely understand they need advertising but they're really annoying

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FrazzleRock · 20/05/2016 17:30

I google miscarriage and how to prevent them several times a day tbh, it takes up all of my thoughts. I just didn't expect to see an ad for emergency contraception when all I want is a baby.

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Periggy · 20/05/2016 18:17

Yes, I did the same; all I mean is that I bet advertisers count on some people looking for the odds of having one because they don't want a baby.

They're not exactly going to worry about upsetting some few people in exchange for a sale from others.

So worth clearing history etc to see if it stops them. That and ad-blocker is always helpful Smile

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DawnMumsnet · 20/05/2016 21:01

@iseenodust

They're back. On Talk homepage I can only see the title of the first thread as pushed so far down the page by ad and the MN ad for pregnancy thingy.


Hi iseenodust,

Can you let us know which ad you're seeing please? And if there's any chance of grabbing a screenshot, that'd be ace.

The more info we have, the better. Smile
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DawnMumsnet · 20/05/2016 21:04

Frazzlerock,

So sorry you're seeing these particular ads; we can understand how upsetting that must be. Flowers

Can you please let us know where these ads are cropping up for you. Are you on the desktop site? Again, the more info we have, the sooner we can sort things.

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