At what point are you guys actually going to get rid of auto sound/play banner ads?

[DaveW]

Just saw another one for skiing, very annoying. Why hasn't this been fixed yet?

[Brock Beauchamp]

It's a game of whack-a-mole. We kill five ads, autoplay ads go away for a few weeks. Then, another advertiser's autoplay ad appears on the site and the process starts over.

 

Rinse, repeat.

[drock2190]

Love the adds.

 

Keep up the solid work.

[Squirrel]

Ack!!! They're back!  And with no option to click pause or mute, except to mute my entire computer, which I don't want to do.  Ugh!

[jay]

I'm going to lose my mind if this site automatically redirects me to the iTunes Store for Panda Pop Bubble Shooter one more GD time.

[Brock Beauchamp]

You're getting auto redirects? Unacceptable. Are you on mobile or desktop when it happens?

[Squirrel]

That has happened to me a couple of times when I've been on my iPad.

[Steven Buhr]

I'm sure you're probably already aware, but the autosound ads are back again. Nissan and a Medical Center, I think. Seems to be the bottom ad in the sidebar.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Yep, spotted my first one this morning. John and I are going to meet about this later in the week. Frankly, I'm pretty pissed about it. I feel like I've been through this circus 100 times with the ad networks and I'm tired of having this conversation with them.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

That has happened to me a couple of times when I've been on my iPad.

me too

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Mobile redirects. Comes and goes in cycles.

 

But I haven't seen any threads about expensive wristwatches in a while, so keep up the good fight.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

I got auto redirected in this thread!

[Squirrel]

I'm going to lose my mind if this site automatically redirects me to the iTunes Store for Panda Pop Bubble Shooter one more GD time.

You're getting auto redirects? Unacceptable. Are you on mobile or desktop when it happens?

Okay, am blaming Jay as this has never been a big issue for me, but today, ugh. And yes, I've been on my iPad.

[jay]

You're getting auto redirects? Unacceptable. Are you on mobile or desktop when it happens?

Happened again just now. Automatically directed to the Apple App Store for PPBS (no benefit of putting their name on the web again).

 

The ad was further up on the page, so I couldn't have possibly clicked it accidentally.

 

Mobile, iOS8.1.3.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Okay, I have disabled one of our networks. Give the system ~30 minutes to cycle through the ads and if you see any auto-play ads or get redirected after 11am, let me know.

[Squirrel]

aaaaaaargh!  In the top right spot.  Usually I can turn them off or mute them within the ad, but when I can't?  ugh.  I guess I can mute my computer in the meantime.  Anyway, State Farm commercial, with an Indian guy retiring ... can't even mute it or pause it.  Not sure what the others are because I turn them off right away.  Just annoying when you are in the middle of reading something.

[diehardtwinsfan]

The solution is more private sponsors and less add networks. 

 

Any TDers own businesses in the twin city areas that would be up for buying add space?

 

And Dave, I'm sure you can buy space asking they sign Mark Derosa. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

We're working on restructuring our entire ad system. It's going to take 6-8 weeks to implement but work is being done on all the sites to alleviate this issue.

[Squirrel]

I know you are on the receiving end of a lot of complaints ... and I'm sure I'm right up there with everyone else with all that I whine about ... but it can't go unsaid ... I really appreciate what you do! I know you are working hard on these things.

 

(And I think I'm finally learning to type with one space! Progress!)

[diehardtwinsfan]

We're working on restructuring our entire ad system. It's going to take 6-8 weeks to implement but work is being done on all the sites to alleviate this issue.

Wait, you don't want Dave to buy a 'free Mark Derosa' add?

[USAFChief]

Anyone else really tired of hearing "This bird..." every time you open a page?

[South Dakota Tom]

Sorry, Brock and TD, but I advocate running Firefox and adding the AdBlock extension, and it is all eliminated.  None of the ads now even show up.  I support your site but I kept getting error messages (can't remember the exact wording now) about glitches occurring in running programs from those ads, and I couldn't even navigate the website anymore without doing something drastic.

[JB_Iowa]

 

Anyone else really tired of hearing "This bird..." every time you open a page?

 

 

I like mute.

[Craig Arko]

 

I like mute.

 

Then they start using mimes.

[Squirrel]

Since this falls in the 'annoying ads' realm I'm posting this here instead of a new thread. When using my iPad I'm getting a lot of redirects to .... adtrack.king.com ... then to king.com and to the App Store, mostly for Candy Crush. There seems to be no rhyme or reason with this. I'll be reading along then 'boom,' redirected.

[TheLeviathan]

 

Since this falls in the 'annoying ads' realm I'm posting this here instead of a new thread. When using my iPad I'm getting a lot of redirects to .... adtrack.king.com ... then to king.com and to the App Store, mostly for Candy Crush. There seems to be no rhyme or reason with this. I'll be reading along then 'boom,' redirected.

 

Same.

[brvama]

FWIW I've not had one problem with ads on my iPad 2. Knock on wood. But I'd be just as annoyed as everyone else.

[Craig Arko]

Since this falls in the 'annoying ads' realm I'm posting this here instead of a new thread. When using my iPad I'm getting a lot of redirects to .... adtrack.king.com ... then to king.com and to the App Store, mostly for Candy Crush. There seems to be no rhyme or reason with this. I'll be reading along then 'boom,' redirected.

Exact same thing.

[Steve Lein]

Don't know how many of you use Firefox (and you can probably do this in other browsers too), but if the ads bother you this much, disable Adobe Flash on this site. I don't see a single one of the banner ads that's tied into the auto-ad stuff since I've done this. Those banners and boxes remain blank.

 

It's an option available immediately to the left of the address bar and right of the "back" button in the browser menu bar.

 

I did this because, for me at least, these sites overload Flash to the point of crashing the browser consistently if I don't (like using well over 1 GB of RAM just for Flash), but getting rid of these ads is a side-effect perk.

 

 

[Mike Sixel]

Ads running like crazy on the right today. I can't change the settings at work, must be some trick to keep more from doing this at work.....I can't even scroll away from them.