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Huge adverts making site unusable

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Zingy123 · 19/10/2024 19:17

I am being plagued by a Taylor Wimpey advert. It takes up the whole page and makes it impossible to scroll. Please get it removed or made smaller.

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Skunkaniseed · 19/10/2024 20:56

I've just come over to say the same but some awful German advert.

GurlWithACurl · 20/10/2024 10:21

I’m getting this too. Whole screen advert. I’m using an iPad and Safari.

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Sethera · 20/10/2024 10:32

Yes, also getting KitchenAid and Taylor Wimpey taking screen over, also on Safari (desktop).

Puzzledandpissedoff · 20/10/2024 10:36

Not had the Taylor Wimpey one, but the blasted KitchenAid thing appears every time I click on a page

Chrome on a laptop, no ad blockers and cookies all cleared FWIW, but I'm never sure why HQ inevitably ask for this info every time ... it's their site and surely they know what's going on within it??

Theteapotsbrokenspout · 20/10/2024 18:52

Thought it was me accidentally clicking something, obviously not, very very annoying. iPad Safari

RampantIvy · 20/10/2024 18:53

It's the size of the ads that is the problem.

newtlover · 20/10/2024 18:54

yes I'm getting that coffee machine (laptop, chrome)
happened the other day too

Melancholyflower · 20/10/2024 18:57

Me too - I thought I had accidently clicked on an ad while scrolling, until it kept happening. Using Chrome on a laptop.

HebeMumsnet · 20/10/2024 21:17

Evening, everyone. We'll look into this asap. In the meantime, if anyone can send us a link to the ad itself or tell us where they were on the site when it appeared, that would be brilliant. Thank you.

TinyTear · 21/10/2024 11:47

HebeMumsnet · 20/10/2024 21:17

Evening, everyone. We'll look into this asap. In the meantime, if anyone can send us a link to the ad itself or tell us where they were on the site when it appeared, that would be brilliant. Thank you.

it's all over! including my own site stuff thread reporting it

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MayaKovskaya · 21/10/2024 11:48

I'm being plagued by some awful biscuit ad that fills the whole screen and takes ages to delete. It seems to reload several times and freezes the site.

Zingy123 · 21/10/2024 18:46

I'm getting it throughout the site. It's making it impossible to use the site.

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Zingy123 · 21/10/2024 18:47

I'm using Chrome on my Android phone by the way.

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GurlWithACurl · 24/10/2024 21:37

It stopped for a few days, but has started up again tonight, in fact a couple of minutes ago on the £20,000 to a mistress thread.

GurlWithACurl · 28/10/2024 10:16

It’s still happening! Just a few seconds ago as I opened this thread. Also twice more this morning alone.

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 28/10/2024 10:33

I've got a really poor Internet connection and it's making the site virtually unusable for me now other than when I'm using my phone. Have to wait about 3 minutes for each page to load if I'm using my ipad and it drains the battery really quickly.

JoMumsnet · 28/10/2024 11:55

Thanks for letting us know that this ad is cropping up again. We're sorry for the disruption it's causing and we're on the case.

TinyTear · 31/10/2024 15:28

Happened again today - for me was on the thread about the farmer's daughter and the budget

JoMumsnet · 01/11/2024 11:03

Thanks for letting us know, @TinyTear. We've replied on the other thread about these ads and we're trying to implement a permanent block. In the meantime, sorry for the disruption they've been causing.

JoMumsnet · 01/11/2024 12:06

Just a further update to say that these ads should all be blocked by now, but please let us know if any new ones crop up.

Thanks again for your patience.

newtlover · 02/11/2024 18:22

its just happened again, I was on the ''2 genders thread on FWR
a coffee machine

GurlWithACurl · 02/11/2024 21:11

Has just happened again to me. On Advanced Search this time!

GurlWithACurl · 03/11/2024 13:06

Just happened again on “Leaving a suicidal person” in Relationsips at 13.04.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 03/11/2024 13:12

Same here - it's infested with the KitchenAid adverts again Hmm

HebeMumsnet · 04/11/2024 10:27

Thanks, everyone. We're working to get these ads blocked again. Thanks for sharing the information about where you are spotting them. It's always helpful.

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