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Ads with volume

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yawning801 · 27/12/2017 14:43

I frequently get ads on Mumsnet that suddenly burst into life with very loud talking, cleverly positioned near the bottom of the page so that I can't find it at first. It's very annoying because I have to keep turning my sound off and on. Can these be removed?

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SaintNichoLornaMumsnet · 28/12/2017 09:22

Hi Yawning,

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks so much for flagging. Our adops team are currently investigating this. If you can, do let us know what the advert was (and what browser you were using when it happened).

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AngieMumsnet · 28/12/2017 12:04

Hi yawning801

Thanks for raising this with us, can you please let me know which ad it was, ideally a screenshot of it so we can look into how it is slipping through.
We do not allow ads with sound on but clearly, some are slipping through.
I will keep an eye out for more information so I can block that ad.
Thanks

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yawning801 · 28/12/2017 16:44

Hi, I'm not sure what advert it is (if I see it again I will specify) but it was of a woman talking (specific, I know!). I'm using Google Chrome on an HP laptop.

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ChillieJeanie · 31/12/2017 08:19

This morning I have been getting banner ads for a novel, I think, at the top of the page with loud music and no way I can see to silence them. If you could have a look at that one too that would be great - I'll try and screenshot it next time if comes up.

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yawning801 · 31/12/2017 21:43

Chillie I just got that exact same banner ad for a novel called "Exile" just now. Can't screenshot on a laptop though!

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BlackeyedSusan · 31/12/2017 22:19

yep loud music randomly starting.

at least I can turn the sound off though, not like the ones that covered half the screen.

ForFuckSakeSusan · 01/01/2018 00:48

yawning801 Also having the same issue, will try and remember to screenshot but you can in the meantime as well if you press the 'Print Screen' button on your keyboard, it'll take a copy of the page your on and you can paste into word/paint/photoshop/PDF etc. Obviously easier to do on tablet/phone but just for future reference :-)

ChillieJeanie · 01/01/2018 06:15

Just came up for me again - hopefully I've managed to upload a photo here!

Ads with volume
BashStreetKid · 01/01/2018 10:22

One of them is an Alexa ad.

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yawning801 · 01/01/2018 11:40

Ooh thank you Susan, I will try to remember that. I'm slightly glad that I'm not the only one getting it, at least I'm not going insane Grin

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