adverts "weight" and layout - can we pay not have any?
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The all new ads malarkey is making browsing a pain in the backside, both on the computer and ipad style thinghy.
I write this as a non it-expert. Issue being a page is loaded, you are ready to click/touch, and all move about because of a new ad loaded. Or the ads around are so big the usable page is scaled down and unreadable.
Please please please, give me the option to pay and get rid of all the c**p. It is too frustrating, to the point I tend to avoid PH, but I cannot live without classifieds. I'm sure i'm not the only one on this and it shouldn;t cost too much to make a pay-per-view only version with not a single ad. Ah, if possible, get rid of the "you might like" because I ususally don;t.
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I write this as a non it-expert. Issue being a page is loaded, you are ready to click/touch, and all move about because of a new ad loaded. Or the ads around are so big the usable page is scaled down and unreadable.
Please please please, give me the option to pay and get rid of all the c**p. It is too frustrating, to the point I tend to avoid PH, but I cannot live without classifieds. I'm sure i'm not the only one on this and it shouldn;t cost too much to make a pay-per-view only version with not a single ad. Ah, if possible, get rid of the "you might like" because I ususally don;t.
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RacingPete said:
How much would you pay?
I don't know why PH doesn't do this. I run a much smaller site and it generates load of income. People mainly pay due to the site helping them in some way (we have DIY guides etc). I remove ad's for paying members, as well as give some additional perks, it's a no brainer for £10.
If you need someone to run it, i'm available
Fastdruid said:
If you use Chrome then install Adblock plus and add the filters
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What adverts?
And I forgot to add: your may new bestest friend!! www.pistonheads.com##DIV[class="asphalt"]
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||taboola.com^
What adverts?
Edited by Fastdruid on Wednesday 13th August 15:37
I'd still be ready to pay to get all ad free without too much fuffle on any device I want
every time I look at cars for sale I get that crap red bull add dropping down did phone up admin but they give some sort of B/S about my pointer going over the add that makes it bigger that's crap because I don't and the add just's gets bigger until I clouse it what a waste of my time can we sack the maker of this add guy..?
tbh the new ads are making me use the PH front site AND classifieds less and less.
Its a total PITA. especially the new ones that circle the entire page. great. not all of us have 50million inch TV's so now the entire site isnt very readable. For the first time in 5 years I didn't buy my car from the PH classifieds as I find them a chore and extremely slow. Just as you click something a new ad loads and the whole thing moves so you end up clicking something you didn't want. I found myself surfing AT as it was smoother and easier to browse. sad times.
ETA: I'd happily pay a £10-15 subscription to get rid.
Its a total PITA. especially the new ones that circle the entire page. great. not all of us have 50million inch TV's so now the entire site isnt very readable. For the first time in 5 years I didn't buy my car from the PH classifieds as I find them a chore and extremely slow. Just as you click something a new ad loads and the whole thing moves so you end up clicking something you didn't want. I found myself surfing AT as it was smoother and easier to browse. sad times.
ETA: I'd happily pay a £10-15 subscription to get rid.
Ive been using Pistonheads for years and the new adverts are awful with both my PC and IPad having to wait for the size/re-size, having to cope with data bursts and lots of other things that slow the process up. Is it time for a new site for everyone and to get someone to start this car enthusiast thing somewhere else...........arrrrggghhhhh
I have limited scope in the type of ads that are served to the site, but we can look at the jumping around issue as best we can - so will put the main offending areas into bugs for the devs to look into.
Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
RacingPete said:
I have limited scope in the type of ads that are served to the site, but we can look at the jumping around issue as best we can - so will put the main offending areas into bugs for the devs to look into.
Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
Well turn the dynamic sizes off then!Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
illmonkey said:
RacingPete said:
I have limited scope in the type of ads that are served to the site, but we can look at the jumping around issue as best we can - so will put the main offending areas into bugs for the devs to look into.
Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
Well turn the dynamic sizes off then!Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
RacingPete said:
illmonkey said:
RacingPete said:
I have limited scope in the type of ads that are served to the site, but we can look at the jumping around issue as best we can - so will put the main offending areas into bugs for the devs to look into.
Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
Well turn the dynamic sizes off then!Where we struggle is an ad slot which has dynamic ad sizes in it as it is served after the page is loaded, and we don't know if the ad is going to be 100px high or 300px high causing the jump.
It all smells a little bit to me. Why can't someone at PH just admit they are pushing their luck with the ad's and sort the bloody issue out!
So, this new site to replace PH, what to call it?
illmonkey said:
So change it. This isn't something that started happening an hour ago, it' been going on for months.
If PH was mine, or I worked for PH, I'd be embarrassed.
I think you're confusing RacingPete (who's a techie) with someone who has the authority to change the Haymarket advertising policy. I'm sure he's putting across the views of the readership on the ad policy whenever he has the opportunity..If PH was mine, or I worked for PH, I'd be embarrassed.
rscott said:
illmonkey said:
So change it. This isn't something that started happening an hour ago, it' been going on for months.
If PH was mine, or I worked for PH, I'd be embarrassed.
I think you're confusing RacingPete (who's a techie) with someone who has the authority to change the Haymarket advertising policy. I'm sure he's putting across the views of the readership on the ad policy whenever he has the opportunity..If PH was mine, or I worked for PH, I'd be embarrassed.
Really isn't an excuse!
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