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Enormous ad banners that you accidentally click on all the time?

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Zancah · 24/04/2021 17:16

I'm on the mobile site on an iPhone 11 (one of the biggest screens!) and these new banners that are triple the depth of the previous/normal ads are the bloody bane of my MN life.
They are damn near impossible to not click on when you're scrolling upwards.

Is that it? You get revenue for clicks so you made it so that I accidentally click on it about 29 times a day??

Enormous ad banners that you accidentally click on all the time?
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catfunk · 06/08/2021 07:18

Ironically just happened as I was scrolling though this thread Hmm

catfunk · 06/08/2021 07:16

Yep. I work in digital marketing and trust me they know EXACTLY what they're doing.
It's a really shitty UX but they don't care.

Itis6oclocksomewhere · 06/08/2021 06:47

Mumsnet advertisers are doing their best to get me to go on holiday!
Had a few days of not opening up any ads which was lovely.
Last night it starts all over again with the Visit Portugal ad.

DazzlingHaze · 04/08/2021 10:10

I knew this was going to be the cruise ad before I even opened the thread! Grin like a PP, I've accidentally clicked it that many times that it's in my most visited on my safari home page

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soniamumsnet · 04/08/2021 10:02

Hi @CatbellsQueen thanks for reporting this again and passing on your feedback. If you can post a screenshot it would be really helpful. We're taking a look now. Flowers

CatbellsQueen · 04/08/2021 08:46

Barbara Sturm can stick her discovery kit where the sun don't shine too.
This totally backfires really... companies I will never ever buy from. And yes is clear no one at HQ gives a shit

Kitchendilemmas · 01/08/2021 12:52

Well it's clear that @MNHQ gives no shits about the user experience here...

WannabeGilmoreGirl · 29/07/2021 01:14

I have a Shein advert after every 6 comments on this thread, takes up half the page and exactly the same advert.

Samsung s20 on the app.

BlackeyedSusan · 29/07/2021 01:01

the play station ad used to be the same.

QuercusRose · 29/07/2021 00:12

Came on to see if anyone else had posted about the Nespresso ad - I don't get this trouble with any of the other ads, but Nespresso pops open every time I try to scroll past it. I don't even drink coffee, so they'll have no luck with me!

whatmattersisthatyoulove · 27/07/2021 17:34

Me too, a few weeks ago I went to clear my safari tabs that were open and I couldn't understand why I had so many for cruises. It's now a daily chore to close all the cruise tabs open after an evening on mumsnet.

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soniamumsnet · 27/07/2021 17:24

Hi @BlackeyedSusan thanks for your comments about these ads which have been passed on. Flowers

BlackeyedSusan · 27/07/2021 11:24

nespresso is so sensitive that it triggers every time you brush against it. they are making me so cross I would neverr byuy them.

DoTheNextRightThing · 26/07/2021 09:13

Oh good I'm not the only one! It happens to me multiple times on every thread. Drives me insane! I can't afford a bloody cruise and I don’t want a ring doorbell!!!

eurochick · 26/07/2021 09:09

Just seen this thread. I'm having the same issue, also mostly with that bloody cruise ad (I can't think of any worse holiday so it's not working). It takes up so much of the page (using the app on an iPhone) that's its hard to avoid clicking it accidentally. I'm sure MN is enjoying the ad revenue but this is a bit over the top!

BarbaraofSeville · 26/07/2021 08:57

@dollophead

Me too! Bloody Nespresso or something multiple times when scrolling on the website.
Nespresso here too. They're shit out of luck no matter how many times it clicks through because we have another pod machine and we're not even finished paying for it through the 'here's your free machine, now you have to take a box of pods every month for the next year' scheme.
Kitchendilemmas · 25/07/2021 23:57

@soniamumsnet is there any update please?

itsmschanandlerbong · 19/07/2021 23:43

Same, those bloody cruise ads.

wtfisgoingonhere21 · 19/07/2021 23:34

So glad it's not just me. I thought it was my clumsy fingers

PickAChew · 19/07/2021 23:32

I'm just getting constant pop up block message pop ups, which are annoying in their own right.

Naiceprosecco · 19/07/2021 23:29

Me too! Had 15 tabs for the cruise open yesterday 🤣

musicalfrog · 19/07/2021 23:27

Yes this is not leaving me with good impressions of said advertisers, the very opposite of what they would wish for I'm sure!

scatteredglitter · 19/07/2021 23:16

Adding my voice too! So annoying, this evening I just kept clicking accidentally to a stupid ad. Wouldn't let me scroll past.
It s gotten much worse right ?
There has to be better optio

Howcanthisbe123 · 19/07/2021 23:14

Yes so annoying!! When it’s clicked it opens a new page too so takes me off mumsnet and most the time I don’t bother clicking back to mumsnet because it happens too often!

missrabbitismyhero · 19/07/2021 23:03

The app is nearly impossible to use because of this!