All Advertising Questions

carlquincy · Post #241 » by **carlquincy** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:27 am

Getting an obnoxious square ad on the top left that follows even when scrolling. It even blocks the forum posts.

Post #242 » by **Moonbeam** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:18 am

carlquincy wrote:Getting an obnoxious square ad on the top left that follows even when scrolling. It even blocks the forum posts.

Yes, it is very disruptive. It appeared as I started to type this reply and I had to scroll so that I could see what I was typing.

carlquincy · Post #243 » by **carlquincy** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:02 am

Moonbeam wrote:
carlquincy wrote:Getting an obnoxious square ad on the top left that follows even when scrolling. It even blocks the forum posts.

Yes, it is very disruptive. It appeared as I started to type this reply and I had to scroll so that I could see what I was typing.

Thats why we can't have good things.

I've immediately installed adblock plus.

EntropyPR · Post #244 » by **EntropyPR** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:27 pm

Yup that square ad is absolutely terrible and really hinders the experience of using this board.

BadMofoPimp · Post #245 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:24 pm

This covers the left side of the page. I have to scroll page up just so I can see what I am typing here. The Post or Quick Reply buttons have to be scrolled to the bottom of the page to even use them. This is a massive nuisance.

RealGM is becoming one of the worst for Advertisements out of all sports websites.

Post #246 » by **moocow007** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:32 pm

And you can't even close it. With some of the adds you have an option to click on [x] close but that doesn't even work.

jimmy_smith · Post #247 » by **jimmy_smith** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:25 pm

I use chrome, adblock app is work, now they are disappear.

dacrusha · Post #248 » by **dacrusha** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:22 pm

These are terrible. Will use adblock if this doesn't get rectified soon.

BadMofoPimp · Post #249 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:09 pm

I haven't even seen Ad's this bad on any other website before. RealGM is getting hosed big time.

BadMofoPimp · Post #250 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:52 pm

I only use Firefox for RealGM and Chrome for other stuff while at work. Thus, I just added the free Add-On called Bluhell Firewall which disables ad's like this for Firefox only. Just downloaded it and it has been working well thus far:

Spoiler:

Rockazoids · Post #251 » by **Rockazoids** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:59 am

jimmy_smith wrote:I use chrome, adblock app is work, now they are disappear.

Great fix you the man :thumbsup:

Post #252 » by **CR Reina** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:33 am

Sorry about the issue with the square ads appearing on the page. Those were appearing on mistake and we've been working on having them eliminated over the past 24 hours.

Post #253 » by **CR Reina** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:34 am

BadMofoPimp wrote:
Howard Mass wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
This is going on 2 weeks now. Black n Decker non-stop every page with sound. I can't listen to Pandora at work anymore and visit RealGM. This has been a real drag.

We are looking into this but please post ad stuff in this thread and not others.

Still getting these commercials with sound. When does the contract end so I can use my speakers again? This is the worst I have seen it at RealGM with their advertising.

ESPN doesn't even blast audio this often.

The Black & Decker ads have been eliminated from the site.

Our policy remains to not have any ads that have sound playing automatically.

Tave · Post #254 » by **Tave** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:03 am

Quoted from one of the mobile troubleshooting threads because I think it's relevant here too:

Tave wrote:I'm getting permanent redirects on mobile 9 out of 10 browsing sessions.

Howard Mass wrote:Is anyone still having trouble?

FWIW, I've been having ad trouble since I joined this site, even on a full browser. Every time you guys "fix" an ad issue it's like slapping a bandaid on a bullethole. The problem isn't the individual ads (although some are particularly heinous). The problem is the clickbait revenue model that leads to things like triple flash boarders, multiple top banners, thumbnail links to gossip tabloids, etc... As long as the site continues to pimp itself out like that, it will never free itself of virulent ads. For every one you remove, you open the door for a new offender. It's like playing wack-a-mole at the arcade.

There's gotta be some happy medium that allows you to both make money and put out a quality product.

Jvaughn · Post #255 » by **Jvaughn** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:20 pm

Anyone know of an ad blocker for Chrome on an Android Phone? I keep getting inappropriate ads coming up on my phone for cheating, and pornographic sites.

Hobes · Post #256 » by **Hobes** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:31 pm

Jvaughn wrote:Anyone know of an ad blocker for Chrome on an Android Phone? I keep getting inappropriate ads coming up on my phone for cheating, and pornographic sites.

I can't even use this site while mobile browsing because the ad redirections are so bad. Literally every item I click redirects me.

Also, I was just redirected to that porn (cheating site) you mentioned while mobile browsing. This is really atrocious.

Post #257 » by **Howard Mass** » Tue Jan 5, 2016 3:30 pm

Anyone else still having problems?

Tave · Post #258 » by **Tave** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:40 pm

I haven't had any mobile redirects lately, but I'm experiencing terrible lag, flash crashes, and rendering issues on the full site. It continues to be a very large resource hog and I get the impression it's more related to your advertisements than the web traffic.

Suga2Panda · Post #259 » by **Suga2Panda** » Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:10 pm

My android phone is 28.1% damaged because of 4 harmful virus, the only solution is to get Go Security Antivirus Applock or I will lose everything on my phone.

This keeps popping up every time I try to view realgm on my android stock browser.

BadMofoPimp · Post #260 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:20 pm

I never browse RealGM without Ad-Blockers with Flash and Java Disabled. Otherwise, I have gotten Trojans and other assorted Ad-Ware installed on my computer.