New ad network - centralize discussions here

[Costello]

We have switched to a new ad network just recently. We're still working out the kinks, please bear with us until we're done

Known issues, which will be addressed by our supplier as soon as possible:
- bottom adverts on mobile are too big
- <please post in this thread if you are getting other issues>

On most ads you will also see a "report ad" button, please click it to report it, obviously. There's no need to report it again on the forums since we'll only tell you to use that report button.

Also, please keep in mind that these ads arent there just for the fun of it. We need revenue to keep servers going, to allow some staff to get (small) payments to keep the site alive, and ... competitions. A big one's coming up real soon, if you've been following the Switch forums you know what I'm talking about.

• Please contact our advertising representatives at Playwire for ad rates, packages and general advertising information.
• All display advertising on our site is managed by Playwire. If you would like to advertise please visit www.playwire.com or email [email protected].

 

[SecureBoot]

Could you please take screenshots and post them here, use the report button that's under the ad banner if possible.
We are aware of issues but since everyone gets different content based on their location, we can't magically guess where and what the problems are unfortunately.

We're taking this seriously... you may not be aware of it but we have switched ad networks 3 times over the past year already to get rid of those issues, but sadly it keeps hapenning. I am feeling a bit powerless right now, what else can we do but continuing to report issues? we can't disable ads altogether as without them the site wouldnt run at all. Switching ad networks? we've tried that 3 times within a year already.

For sure. I appreciate all the work you're trying to do and making the user experience better. Next time I see one of the full screen ones I'll report it. Keep up the good work Costello and the rest of staff

Edit: got these within 60 seconds of each other

 

[Costello]

For sure. I appreciate all the work you're trying to do and making the user experience better. Next time I see one of the full screen ones I'll report it. Keep up the good work Costello and the rest of staff

Edit: got these within 60 seconds of each other
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thanks for the report, I have sent the information to our ad network.
I hope they will take action as soon as possible.

 

[SG854]

Fucking hell. Fullscreen ad while browsing this thread. Had to tap the X to close.
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Ffs..it happened again, in a space of less than 5 minutes

I got this same ad but it was with Shaq favorite book

 

[delete12345]

Ok, so it's not just me that's getting hit by fullscreen, non-returning/non-naviable ads that I can't get back to gbatemp once they appear.

Thanks for the effort.

 

[Deleted User]

I'm getting ads that completely fill the page on mobile

 

[SG854]

I'm getting ads that completely fill the page on mobile

I gotv

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I'm getting ads that completely fill the page on mobile

I got that same ad. It takes up my entire screen.

Look at my above post. The random poping up ads keeps on making press the wrong things on accident. It’s making my phone jump around like crazy. @Subtle Demise can confirm this. It messed with his postings too.

 

[Deleted User]

I gotv

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I got that same ad. It takes up my entire screen.

Look at my above post. The random poping up ads keeps on making press the wrong things on accident. It’s making my phone jump around like crazy. @Subtle Demise can confirm this. It messed with his postings too.

Look at that..as I was about to reply to you another one


I understand that the site needs to earn ad revenue as nothing in life is free, but this is sketchy as hell. And really seems like they are just trying to sell us for easy clicks.

Full page ads should never ever be a thing, let alone when they open up multiple times per page .you might as well take over the page with some.mining script at this point

The ad network clearly doesn't care either as each time something is reported something worse just replaces the last set of ads

 

[SirNapkin1334]

I gotv

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I got that same ad. It takes up my entire screen.

Look at my above post. The random poping up ads keeps on making press the wrong things on accident. It’s making my phone jump around like crazy. @Subtle Demise can confirm this. It messed with his postings too.

Can confirm too. Look at my post on page 4.

 

[Creatable]

Okay, at this point the site is unusable. I will not use the site on mobile without an adblocker. I consider this unacceptable. I wasn't even able to make this reply without using an adblocker. I was barely able to report ads, was given loads of fullscreen ads, and was redirected to malicious sites multiple times.

Here are the links to the malicious domains since those are the ones I'm able to report:
http://walmart-21k.club/
http://samsung-41d.club/
(these links do not work as they only work when personal details are attached to the URL.)

 

[The Catboy]

definitely not, you'd need to hit the report button for that or post a screenshot and include the URL so we can report it.

these are getting more and more frequent I keep sending reports but nothing seems to be done sigh

I had the same issue as full screen pop-ups and there was no report option. I want to report these issues, but it seems whoever is proving these ads is not giving the option to report them when they happen.
I think it's worth noting that I've found the worst issues are on mobile. I have the Temp whitelisted on adblocker on my computers and mobile and I can safely say my phone suffers the worst ad abuse.

 

[Costello]

Okay, at this point the site is unusable. I will not use the site on mobile without an adblocker. I consider this unacceptable. I wasn't even able to make this reply without using an adblocker. I was barely able to report ads, was given loads of fullscreen ads, and was redirected to malicious sites multiple times.

Here are the links to the malicious domains since those are the ones I'm able to report:
http://walmart-21k.club/
http://samsung-41d.club/
(these links do not work as they only work when personal details are attached to the URL.)

This is very upsetting, I have reported the situation to the ad network once more, and I've cc'ed their boss this time, hopefully he does something.
We have tried several ad networks over the past year but this one seems to be the worst in terms of bad ads. :/

 

[Pleng]

We have tried several ad networks over the past year but this one seems to be the worst in terms of bad ads.

So why do you stay with them?

 

[SG854]

Look at that..as I was about to reply to you another one


I understand that the site needs to earn ad revenue as nothing in life is free, but this is sketchy as hell. And really seems like they are just trying to sell us for easy clicks.

Full page ads should never ever be a thing, let alone when they open up multiple times per page .you might as well take over the page with some.mining script at this point

The ad network clearly doesn't care either as each time something is reported something worse just replaces the last set of ads

Okay, at this point the site is unusable. I will not use the site on mobile without an adblocker. I consider this unacceptable. I wasn't even able to make this reply without using an adblocker. I was barely able to report ads, was given loads of fullscreen ads, and was redirected to malicious sites multiple times.

Here are the links to the malicious domains since those are the ones I'm able to report:
http://walmart-21k.club/
http://samsung-41d.club/
(these links do not work as they only work when personal details are attached to the URL.)

Can confirm too. Look at my post on page 4.

Get an ad blocker on you phone/computer it’s the best thing for this problem. This site was at the point of being unusable. And bam ad blocker fixed it.

 

[smileyhead]

Based on all the complaints, I think it might be useful info that I didn't get any full screen ads whatsoever.
Might be because of my country tho, IDK.

 

[Creatable]

Get an ad blocker on you phone/computer it’s the best thing for this problem. This site was at the point of being unusable. And bam ad blocker fixed it.

If your site is only usable with an ad blocker, then your site is not worth going to.

 

[delete12345]

So why do you stay with them?

They did say they switched ad network several times in 2018. So, it's a pickle of a situation.

 

[Chary]

For what its worth, I haven't run into the full page ad that was plaguing me, ever since Costello reported it to the ad network. If you see any of those gross full page ads, report them to death, and hopefully they'll stop happening.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

https://www.patreon.com/gbatemp

GBATemp's motto on Patreon..

creating an independent community for free speech and unbiased journalism

Creating? It already exists for endless years now and unbiased? That made me chuckle. Everyone is biased one way or another.

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Video ads were actually invented by Satan so it's reasonable enough to demonize them.

Being able to turn them off is a terrible argument; the only 6 people who know that you can turn them off are those reading this thread; and it doesn't apply to non resistered users. Video ads make websites look cheap and scammy. If I land on a site with a video add from a search result or a link from another site then I close it straight away. If more people did that then the internet would be a much nicer place.

Agree with ya. I fucking hate video ads, there are websites that just play it automatically and I can't even stop them unless I close the damn website. God damn annoying ads, they're as bad as the intrusive ads on smartphone games/apps which block the entire screen.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Issues like these make me glad adblockers exist. I mean, as a Patreon I wouldn't see ads here anyway, but any time I visit a site without an adblocker it just feels so sketchy, like I'm somehow going to get infected by malware. And then there are autoplaying video ads, those are some of the worst.

Ads just keep getting worse in an attempt to make more money, I wonder if it's actually working or if it's just pushing more people to install adblockers.
Any time I visit a site and it tells me I have to disable adblock to continue, I'm like "nope" and make a 180. You can't really blame me, the ad networks brought this on themselves. I know the sites (for the most part) aren't to blame, but there's a reason why huge sites typically go with in-house sponsored ads rather than ad networks.

For sure. I appreciate all the work you're trying to do and making the user experience better. Next time I see one of the full screen ones I'll report it. Keep up the good work Costello and the rest of staff

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That 3-course meal does look mighty good though. Too bad I can't get anything like that here (that I know of) nor can I afford it

 

[Costello]

So why do you stay with them?

this is certainly a question we are asking ourselves right now!

GBATemp's motto on Patreon..
Creating? It already exists for endless years now and unbiased? That made me chuckle. Everyone is biased one way or another.

and towards what are we biased exactly? I'm eager to hear your reasoning, lol