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].

 

[Costello]

Does Playwire still make the ads with the new update?

yes

PLEASE BE AWARE we just launched the site yesterday, there are several issues with the ads not showing correctly or in the wrong place

For example, the videos can't be closed, and they are showing in the wrong place.
On some pages, there are no ads, and on some others there are too many.

It will be addressed ASAP. We have already contacted the ad network. They need some time to fix all that.

 

[Ondrashek06]

There are ads popping up for injections. Certain people with trypanophobia (including me) feel unsafe when seeing anything about injections.

 

[XRTerra]

I don't mind ads. It keeps this site up, and I love this site. But the god damn wawa hoagie fest ads keep popping up on mobile view whenever I'm editing a comment. And it takes up a good chunk of the screen and the comment I'm editing, AND makes the page go to the top sometimes.

Anyone else having this issue? I don't mind the ads at the bottom of the screen, just that wawa hoagie fest ad that just shows up, flashes the screen, and pops up. It's only appearing on mobile where screen space is limited.

I'm gonna go to sleep and see a pop up that takes up my whole dream asking if I want to buy a 5/6 dollar sandwich. No wawa, I don't.

 

[XRTerra]

Please, please, PLEASE REMOVE THE WAWA HOAGIE FEST AD! It makes the mobile website horrid to use.

 

[smileyhead]

So, it was time for my monthly re-login due to 2FA, and I was confronted with the suggestion system free users see:

One is appropriate, one is not, and two are external links to clickbait articles (with the second image being a lengthy GIF of a woman seductively ‘dancing,’ which I doubt is limited-data-friendly).

 

[digitalforums]

I had one just before Christmas for a Nintendo 3ds CIA file for pornohub.

And again lots of the ads on here play videos, which definitely are not limited data friendly.

 

[smileyhead]

And again lots of the ads on here play videos, which definitely are not limited data friendly.

Tick ‘disable affiliate videos’ in your preferences.

 

[digitalforums]

I've just checked my preferences, and it's ticked, but I still get them playing.

 

[Jayro]

Yeah, the ads on mobile are getting to be a bit much.

 

[smileyhead]

Yeah, the ads on mobile are getting to be a bit much.

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To be fair, that looks more like a crappy mobile layout from Taboola, rather than Temp's fault. Those small cards should definitely fit into one row.

 

[digitalforums]

Still getting this.

When clicked, it says oops page not found??

 

[smileyhead]

Still getting this.

When clicked, it says oops page not found??

Someone else was complaining about that thread being recommended content specifically (in a different thread), so a mod deleted it.
…It seems, it's still being recommended, though.

 

[digitalforums]

And still

 

[Jayro]

To be fair, that looks more like a crappy mobile layout from Taboola, rather than Temp's fault. Those small cards should definitely fit into one row.

Google chrome mobile for the win...

 

[crysmx]

I don't care if you can disable them, autoplay videos are not okay on any level.

 

[SylverReZ]

Use ad-blockers. It's the only way out of this garbage.

 

[smileyhead]

@fledge68 reported in this thread that they're getting a weird Star Trek ad that not only takes over the background of the whole page, adds a massive header, and auto-plays a video, but overrides their preference to put the site in full-width mode and prevents the toggle button from functioning.

 

[Lostbhoy]

Sorry I reported in that thread about a similar issue... Not the same one.

Can't see the site due to star trek... I don't want people to think I'm a trekkie!



As i said in the other thread, i get ads but why do they have to block the site I came to see?

 

[Jayro]

Putting the ad at the very top is a bad move, as i always go to click the notification bell, and it moves on me, forcing me to tap on the ad by mistake.

(If that was by design, it was a dick move.)

 

[OilFreak]

I'm getting the ad too. This is legetimatley horrible.