META: Ads are blocking me from being able to read the blog
Anyone else having this problem? I'm okay with ads, and have but holy smokes I can't even see what I'm typing. Seems like Seth might want to know about this.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
I get that sometimes also.
Realistically, you're just missing a lot of offseason level BPONE.
MGoBPONE
November 11th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
I'm not having the issue but other posters reported same thing this morning. FWIW I have a Galaxy 8 (no problems) and run Chrome at work (no problems)
November 11th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
When I scroll down, the ad covers the entire page, and when I try to scroll back up it doesn't go away. Wgh HUEL
November 11th, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
We really need to stop blaming HUEL for this stuff. At this point, the only reason stuff is broken or sub-optimal is either because Brian doesn't think it's wrong, or doesn't care to pay to get it fixed.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:36 PM ^
Based on his comments on what he thinks of the users on the mgoboard, I'm gonna go with the latter
November 11th, 2019 at 12:44 PM ^
Should've went with the ladder instead, then you'd be moving up in the world.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:25 PM ^
I don't know what the exact arrangement is between mgoblog and HUEL. I would not be at all surprised if Brian doesn't care but I still blame HUEL. It's their work. Given how this entire site is essentially an advertisement for their services, I would think they would be even more invested in its success than Brian.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:30 PM ^
I've been informed by someone who knows that Brian is responsible for implementing changes to all of the settings to make stuff like how many posts we see per page, how links and jumps work, how profiles are tracked, and all of that sort of stuff.
Making ads work and the overall design is something that gets fixed by giving enough money to people capable of doing the work. He's the one who chooses who gets the money and how much they get.
To be clear, if an ongoing problem continues to crop up, it's because of choices made or not made by the guy who owns the website.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:45 PM ^
I won't dispute anything you're saying but HUEL should rethink its partnership or how much they want to be recognized as the company that built this site. They do a lot of advertising here and they should probably just slink off and hope no one notices them. The irony of the whole "did your brother's friend's cousin's nephew build your site" is very rich.
#NeverHUEL
November 11th, 2019 at 12:53 PM ^
I get this exact same issue using IE. When I switch to Chrome, everything's fine.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:29 PM ^
Brian is keeping the fully-optimized site under wraps until we play OSU.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:18 PM ^
I’ve been having some kind of malware/ad issue where every few visits to the site, it redirects me to a sketchy page claiming my Norton antivirus is expiring that day. I don’t have Norton antivirus. This only happens when I visit MGoBlog. Anyone else? I’ll take a screenshot next time but it’s made me a little hesitant to even go to the site on my MacBook.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
I've gotten that too. I've won $200 in an online sweepstakes if I just give them my name, address, phone number, email, and last four of my SSN.
Still waiting on that check...but I'll let you know when it shows up after I settle this unrelated identity theft issue I'm working through.
November 11th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
It's not just you. There has been a increase in number of redirect ads on the site recently. These are dangerous and Brian needs to be more careful about the types of ads he accepts or ad networks he works with. It's gotten to the point that I'm starting to not feel comfortable visiting MGoBlog.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:19 PM ^
Yes. They sucks.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
Here's what it looks like when I switch out of desktop mode
November 11th, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
And I was just wondering how to keep my kids off lead...
November 11th, 2019 at 12:36 PM ^
Easy, don't take them to Flint.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
It looks like you're having the same problem I am, EYB. I posted at 6am on the bug sticky thread and later to Seth on the mod sticky thread. I also did a thread hijack near the top of the "ref suspended for sucking thread" , as It looked damn near impossible to start a META OP to complain about it.
Only solution for me is to look into using adblock until the MGoPowersThatBe go after HUEL to get it fixed.
November 12th, 2019 at 6:05 AM ^
I had the same problem a few days ago. That ad just stays as you scroll. I could even scroll to where the site page had a fixed ad, so literally the whole screen was ads.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
Furthermore, why are all the ads for russian mail order brides, various taint ointments, and the Mango Farmers of America Alliance?
November 11th, 2019 at 12:30 PM ^
This seems purposeful, exactly like the mobile ads that entirely block the nav options.
"Look: Users MUST interact with your ads in order to use our site at all."
If so, it's a good short term strategy that doesn't work out well in the long term.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
Of course I am frugal, and not easily swayed by ads. But I find them so annoying and aggravating that I now am in the place of noting the advertisers. And choosing to boycott said advertisers. This, imhe, is not the way to gain customers and increase your base. BTW, I have this problem or worse at the Chicago Tribune website.
NOTE: Yeah, of course, like most people, if there was an ad for something I really wanted, and the price was really good, I'd consider it. But somehow, almost all the ads I see are for things I would never get. To wit, I am not going to get another graduate degree; I am not going to date; I am not going to buy any dresses, lingerie, or items to increase sexual performance; I'm not looking for medications; I'm not going to fly to the middle east or other exotic locales; and I will probably never buy a new car.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^
pretty sure this is a website design glitch that can be fixed, not the fault of the advertisers, or even the ad servers.
November 11th, 2019 at 12:49 PM ^
My PC view is fine but my iPad view is basically ruined by the top banner ad -- it's taking up half the screen and staying there when I scroll down.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^
Ublock origin.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^
UNACCEPTABLE!
How can this happen when the US Military has a $700 billion budget?
November 11th, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
Im on iPhone and use the mobile site. This usually comes up when reading UFRs but when I watch the embedded videos in landscape and then go back to the article in portrait, there’s always an ad that gets stuck in the middle of the screen and it can’t scroll past it. I have to refresh the page to get it to disappear.
November 11th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
Looks even worse on mobile
November 11th, 2019 at 1:35 PM ^
"REFRESH" button solved it for me, just click and be merry.
November 11th, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
On mobile, any second page I load, completely covered by ad space.
November 11th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Reporting this to our network ad manager. That seems to be a rogue-sized ad getting in where it's not supposed to.
We have a lot of security measures to block these sorts of things but all the bad actors saved up this year's round of shit code for the holiday season and it's like playing whack-a-mole right now.
November 11th, 2019 at 2:33 PM ^
Thank you Seth. I didn't want to cause more work for you as I will continue to check the blog 1,500 time per day even if it gives me carpal tunnel syndrome. But I thought you'd want to know in case the more casual readers are turned off by it.
November 11th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
Same....I let the ads run on the site because it's great and they should get money.
November 11th, 2019 at 3:01 PM ^
But do you click them?
November 11th, 2019 at 5:35 PM ^
I buy the book and do at least one other random donation per year to account for me having an ad blocker. Fuck ads.
November 11th, 2019 at 6:53 PM ^
It doesn't seem like specific ads, everything os displaying that way.
November 11th, 2019 at 2:40 PM ^
yep. me too
November 11th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
I keep trying to close the ad in your post but it... won't... close!
Yes, today is a bad day for Google reported ad covering content ad closures.
November 11th, 2019 at 4:27 PM ^
Actually, I have AdBlock on and it sometimes creates some weird spacing among the panels as it is trying to display things but can't, but I have experienced this with AdBlock off, or the blog content will be pushed down the page quite a bit.
November 11th, 2019 at 4:55 PM ^
I just swipe down which refreshes for my phone and the page reloads without the ad.
November 11th, 2019 at 8:24 PM ^
It seems to happen in waves. I've had no problems lately on my phone with chrome, but I've had similar issues in the past. Very annoying when you have to refresh on one of the longer threads and lose your place.
October 2nd, 2020 at 1:12 PM ^
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December 11th, 2020 at 1:28 AM ^
Account blocked. Nothing but spam since January.