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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??

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dollophead · 19/07/2021 23:01

Me too! Bloody Nespresso or something multiple times when scrolling on the website.

Whattodonow5 · 19/07/2021 22:58

The cruise advert is making me want to leave Mumsnet and never return it's so sensitive and so unbelievably annoying.

Kitchendilemmas · 19/07/2021 21:08

@MNHQ this is still happening. Why are the adverts so massive?

Itis6oclocksomewhere · 06/07/2021 21:53

The cruise company advert seemed to disappear for a while, but it's back now with a vengeance!
16 tabs open in safari and they're all for that cruise.
Why is that advert so sensitive? Very frustrating when you're trying to read through a thread and it keeps clicking away.

cocoloco987 · 26/06/2021 23:06

Oh wow, almost like my thoughts have been projected in to a post as I've just 'clicked' the cricet (whatever that is) ad for the millionth time. Do mumsnet control the sensitivity as I've never had this issue before on any other app or site but merely scrolling over it opens the ad. The other day it even opened a whole second sun page. Happening several times a day and I suspect someone is making profit from these ads being opened even though it's not deliberate, I don't look at them and have no idea what they are for

whatsat · 26/06/2021 22:16

Just echoing the comments here, it makes the app very hard to use.

headintheproverbial · 22/06/2021 19:19

It's always that bloody cruise company. Awful awful. I don't know how they make it so easy to accidentally click on!!

Itis6oclocksomewhere · 22/06/2021 19:18

That cruise advert is so frustrating. It now comes up in 'Frequently Visited' on my Safari because of how often I accidentally click on it.

I'm using an iPhone 8 Plus and the Mumsnet app.

I first commented on this on the 25th April and it did seem to get better for a while, but it's back to how it was. Possibly even worse!

Sharpkat · 21/06/2021 21:39

Someone else who is totally frustrated with the cruise one on the app. I have about 1000 windows open in safari as I catch it every time it appears in a thread.

Gladioli23 · 21/06/2021 21:32

They take up most of the screen for me too. I nearly manage to avoid accidentally clicking on them but it's very difficult. I have a pretty decent sized phone as well, so I don't think it's a small phone issue.

Android, Chrome here.

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BlackeyedSusan · 21/06/2021 21:24

As you can see a tiny wee space top and bottom to scroll. And you either get redirected to playstation or search on mn

BlackeyedSusan · 21/06/2021 20:43

This

Enormous ad banners that you accidentally click on all the time?
Polly99 · 20/06/2021 18:58

This is really quite annoying. I don't want a cruise and having to constantly close tabs for their website is hardly likely to change my mind.

BatshitCrazyWoman · 19/06/2021 10:10

I use the mobile site not the app and I get the attached. Very annoying as it takes up the whole screen, virtually.

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20viona · 16/06/2021 20:45

The cruise one is soooo annoying

Goingplacestogether · 16/06/2021 20:40

I constantly get a video of a woman in a khaki top talking. It’s not successful as I haven’t a clue what she’s talking about.

Trayble · 16/06/2021 20:34

The cruise advert is ruining Mumsnet as well for me. Out of 24 tabs open on my phone it's responsible for 13 of them.
It's massive and ridiculously sensitive.

Cismyfatarse · 16/06/2021 20:28

Me too and I pay for Premium which is supposed to be ad free.

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 16/06/2021 16:14

Just observing that Google are starting to roll out their new Page Experience update which means that user-friendliness on mobiles will affect how high sites rank on search engines, & ads taking up half the screen could bugger things up a bit.

The Mumsnet search engine optimisation team should know all about this.

Bananarama101 · 16/06/2021 16:03

It's an iPhone SE 2020 accessing MN through the app

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soniamumsnet · 16/06/2021 15:46

Hi @Bananarama101 thanks for providing this image. Please can also let us know the device and browser version that you are using? We'll take a look into this. Flowers

Bananarama101 · 16/06/2021 15:42

God yes, this! Forever accidentally clicking on the advert. Thought it was just my fat thumbs. Is really sensitive if that makes sense, just a light touch and it's off to the browser for you!

From being on just today this is the pages

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soniamumsnet · 16/06/2021 12:09

Hi @MutteringDarkly @BlackeyedSusan and others - just dropping in to say thanks for the reports. Are you able to provide a screenshot please? Also, please can you let us know the device and browser versions. Flowers

MutteringDarkly · 16/06/2021 12:06

Agh, ads are suddenly showing every three posts, they're massive and get clicked every time I try and scroll.

What's the point of paying to subscribe when the threads are unreadable? If I can't scroll through a thread the entire site has just lost its purpose for me.

BlackeyedSusan · 15/06/2021 22:35

play station. too bloody sensitive.