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TalkinBoutWhat · 23/10/2017 13:17

MN, PLEASE fix this advertising bar at the top of the computer screen.

It is so large, that I can't actually click on any of the MN links that are at the top of the page. (eg, active, I'm on, etc).

Right now, on Site Stuff, I can't even click 'Site Stuff' to get other threads in this section. It's hidden by the ad, which is NOT scrolling up and away the way I've seen others do. It's just sitting there. The ONLY threads I can get onto are the active ones on the right hand side of the screen, and only the ones lower down the list as the top ones are hidden by the Ad. (Experian and Marks and Spencers, are the two so far....)

You did this before, we all complained, you apologised and said it shouldn't have been loaded on as you were testing something new. I really hope this was a mistake, because it is IMPOSSIBLE to navigate the site.

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TwitterQueen1 · 24/10/2017 13:47

So this is a long-term, deliberate policy that has been specifically instigated for ad revenue.

It sucks - big time. And I hate it. It is incredibly irritating. It might take me a while but methinks it's time to wean myself off MN.

Sallystyle · 24/10/2017 13:30

I can't do a screen shot on my laptop as when I highlight the area it goes away.

It is the same as what everyone else has posted though. It lasts way too long and isn't making coming onto MN much fun.

MyBrilliantDisguise · 24/10/2017 12:56

This is happening all the time and it's driving me nuts. Most of my laptop screen is taken up with adverts.

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BlackeyedSusan · 24/10/2017 12:45

five seconds too long.

headache inducing, pissing annoying and spending much much less time on MN

ShoesHaveSouls · 24/10/2017 12:41

Oh go on then, HQ. I'll click on a few and help you out Grin As a Halloween Special Grin Grin

WallyWantsWine · 24/10/2017 12:38

I know what this will be.

When you accidentally click on it it counts and MN can say ‘the users do click’ to the advertisers.

Tech needing screenshots is a bit of pretence of ‘oh sorry guys somethings going wrong’

I may or may not know someone very high up in an IT dept

ShoesHaveSouls · 24/10/2017 12:28

Oh, and we have excellent broadband coverage here - so I don't think it's a problem with it lagging at my end iyswim.

ShoesHaveSouls · 24/10/2017 12:27

MNHQ - I've been checking it again, and I think it's caused by the white box saying "we need to keep the lights on" - the page waits while this box comes up - and then the whole ad jumps down, then shrinks back after about 5secs.

ShoesHaveSouls · 24/10/2017 12:15

AaaaaarghHQ Grin no it's less than 5 seconds. The page loads, then after about a second (the exact time it takes me to, say, click on "I'm on") - it jumps down a bit, so I click on the ad instead. Or if I avoid this, as I'm learning to Grin then it sort of shrinks back about 5 seconds later.

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AaaaaaaarrghmyGMumsnet · 24/10/2017 12:09

Hi all, thanks for the continued feedback. To clarify, the way the ad is meant to work is that it'll be 'held' on screen for 5 seconds after it loads, before scrolling off. You might see normal leaderboard ads which will be 728x90, or a billboard ad at 970x250.

The ads shouldn't cover the Active/TIO/TIW links if you are scrolled to the top of a page - certainly for no more than a split second while the resize adjusts.

U2hastheEdge - can you screenshot the 'bar' and post on here or ping a mail over to [email protected] please?

ShoesHaveSouls thanks for bringing this to our attention - does it 'jump' after its been on screen for five seconds? So failing to shrink back as it should?

SilverSpot thanks for posting, please can you screen shot the ad covering the forum buttons? Does it stay there?

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TalkinBoutWhat · 24/10/2017 12:09

Erm, "AaaaaaaarrghmyGMumsnet, did you really ask if it shrinks back after 5 seconds or so*?????

Does MN REALLY think 5 seconds is an appropriate amount of time for this thing to be up there hogging the space before shrinking back????

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SilverSpot · 24/10/2017 11:41

IT IS STILL DOING IT!

The stupid shity MASSIVE advert blocks the top half of the page and I can't use the forum buttons

I do not have add block.

Why WHY WHY roll this out without testing usability????

ShoesHaveSouls · 24/10/2017 11:38

Mumsnet, I want to bring your attention the adverts jumping down the page too - with such precision timing that I click on the ad, instead of the "I'm on" or "active" tab that I was aiming for.

So far today I have clicked on a sony bravia 55" telly, and John Lewis, among others.

Is this a deliberate ploy? Wink

MyBrilliantDisguise · 24/10/2017 11:35

It's just ridiculous. Come on, MN, sort this out!

Sallystyle · 24/10/2017 11:35

It's a pain in the arse. I use adblocker but it isn't blocking that annoying bar floating half way down pages.

Ceto · 24/10/2017 11:21

It's improved slightly in that at least the massive banner seems to lift up rather than staying put indefinitely. But it's still annoying. I've never had an ad block before, I'm thinking seriously of getting one now.

MilibandStoleMySonsName · 24/10/2017 11:19

It's still happening! I give up..

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NewDaddie · 24/10/2017 10:58

I cannot screen shot

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inmydressinggown · 24/10/2017 10:55

I've got a massive ad popping up and covering the top of threads in Talk every time I refresh or visit a new page. Its incredibly frustrating and really, really off putting.

squoosh · 24/10/2017 10:52

I've never used ad block before but I certainly feel tempted to do so now. Those massive ads are obnoxious.

Laiste · 24/10/2017 10:51

There's threads about this everywhere. I wish we could round everyone up! Are MN still listening?

Lweji · 24/10/2017 10:39

Fucking floating large adds. Just saying.

Don't your IT team test these things before deploying them?

They deserve to spend 1000 hours MNetting to feel the pain of what they created.

PhilODox · 24/10/2017 09:43

Yes- I am unlikely to visit glasswells, even if it is the biggest furnishings store in East Anglia... because I am hundreds of miles from East Anglia!

TwitterQueen1 · 24/10/2017 09:24

It's still happening! I don't want to go to effing Andover College, no matter what their pass rate is. And my DCs are all at uni.

SecretSmellies · 24/10/2017 09:21

thanks for posting that Laiste.