but what is with the annoying John Deere ad that pops up on the bottom of the screen, covering up the posts. Extremely bothersome as I could not find a way to “X” it out… just an arrow to play audio?
ETA: I did find an “X” hidden away, but the complaint remains the same… this is the 4th time it’s popped up in less than tn minutes. . .
Today an ad for some kind of hunting gear popped up covering the bottom 1/4 of the screen. I had to close out of the chronicle forum alltogether to get rid of it. There was no x to close it. I like to come here to read posts, but I won’t any more if the ads take it over. This is NOT good!
Firefox plus Adblock Plus. No ads.
Seriously, these ads suck. I had some beer and wings advert, and then a hunting one pop up. They block half the screen and are SUPER aggravating.
PLEASE, please make these terrible ads go away!!!
I don’t care for them either.
A note to the COTH powers that be: I used to leave ads on for this site, and actually clicked through on more ads here than I do on other sites.
But your choices in the past six months or so went from tolerable ads to ads that actively badgered me (ads with sound, etc), and I went the AdBlock route.
So really – if you want more advertising revenue, consider ad options that won’t drive away the people who are perfectly willing to view and click through on non-intrusive ads.
^^^ THIS!
What they said.
[QUOTE=HappyVagrant;6593437]
A note to the COTH powers that be: I used to leave ads on for this site, and actually clicked through on more ads here than I do on other sites.
But your choices in the past six months or so went from tolerable ads to ads that actively badgered me (ads with sound, etc), and I went the AdBlock route.
So really – if you want more advertising revenue, consider ad options that won’t drive away the people who are perfectly willing to view and click through on non-intrusive ads.[/QUOTE]
Ditto. About to go the adblock route now & I’m a little bummed as I LIKE many of the ads on CoTH. The freaking pop-up every time I load a page is just completely obnoxious. Bad move.
Ditto.
The Dodge one is popping up EVERY TIME I go to a different page. The only thing I have learned tonight is that I will NEVER buy a Dodge!! I click through quite a few ads on this site, and I appreciate the advertisors that make it possible for me to use this site for free, but an annoying ad that pop-ups everytime I click on a different page is just too intrusive. I am really hoping it is a temporary glitch and not a new advertising ploy because I won’t be able to stand that for very long!
I just started getting this a bit ago…very annoying…time to turn adblock on 
When I “x” the pop up ad, my Mac gets the turning spiral of doom and freezes up, then says I need to stop unresponsive script.
They are messing with my iPad and I am not happy! Trying to click the x to close sometimes activates the link behind instead, opening a new window (ad). Or the whole thing just locks up completely. I have Adblock onmy PC but didn’t have to worry on my iPad…until now.:mad:
I actually like the ads along the sides. I get to see new products, etc. The ads with sound are extremely obnoxious, but not enough for adblock. But these new ads along the bottom are too much. I installed adblock. I will miss the ads on the sides, but I cannot stand the ads with sound and the ads that cover half the page.
COTH- please get rid of these ads and I will happily uninstall adblock!
I also made a mental note to never buy a Dodge. I support relevant ads, but I take notice of and avoid supporting companies which use ads that “badger.” Ads that are extremely difficult to close are really crossing the line.
Trying to get some answers for you–advertising is not within moderator purvey, and since it’s Saturday, it might take a while to find out what the deal is.
Trust me, your voices will be heard!
Mod 3
I think it is a combination of the obnoxious size and the fact that the close button is hidden
you gotta advertise I get that,but the size is off putting.
Tamara
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