Invasive Advertisements

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:30 am

I've been experiencing a pop-up ad from one particular adverstiser on the website that presents no visible way to "close" the ad. All of the others I have seen feature a "close" button...even though it can be tricky to find

...but this one does not. The problem is, the ad covers the majority of the screen, making it impossible to interact with the website while it is up. The only way to escape it is to close the browser window, as the ad also "covers up" my navigation buttons, address bar, browser toolbars, etc.

To the best of my memory, it is a soft-drink ad...Sunkist I do believe. If I encounter it again, I will note exactly who the advertiser is and update this post.

Is anyone else experiencing something similar?

Update: the advertiser in question is indeed Sunkist.

AvatarOfLight · Post by **AvatarOfLight** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:37 am

Can't say I've seen anything like it.

An obvious question now would be, what browser do you use.
I use Firefox and have no advertisement problems whatsoever

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:46 am

I use IE at home and have the same problem with the Sunkist ad..
while at work, I use Mozilla and haven't had the popup bother me.

At home if you wait 30 seconds or so the ad closes down.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:03 am

I have some issues with a "Nike Soccer" (http://image.ugo.com/Nike/nike-soccer_peelback.swf) advert which looks to be flash, and should apparently roll out. Problem is that it does not roll out but still covers the menu buttons.
This was in FireFox 2

Lemmus · Post by **Lemmus** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:19 am

If it's an actual pop-up ad (ie. it opens a new, separate window), why not just press ALT-F4 (end current program) in IE or CTRL-W (close current tab) in FireFox when it's the main window ? That should close it without touching anything else.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:20 am

It is not a popup - it is a roll over, and a faulty one at that.

Post by **BuckGB** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:08 pm

Chanak wrote:I've been experiencing a pop-up ad from one particular adverstiser on the website that presents no visible way to "close" the ad. All of the others I have seen feature a "close" button...even though it can be tricky to find ...but this one does not. The problem is, the ad covers the majority of the screen, making it impossible to interact with the website while it is up. The only way to escape it is to close the browser window, as the ad also "covers up" my navigation buttons, address bar, browser toolbars, etc.

To the best of my memory, it is a soft-drink ad...Sunkist I do believe. If I encounter it again, I will note exactly who the advertiser is and update this post.

Is anyone else experiencing something similar?

Update: the advertiser in question is indeed Sunkist.

I don't recall seeing the Sunkist ad myself, but I'll forward this on to UGO and have them check it out.

Can anyone confirm that this problem only exists in Internet Explorer?

Lady Dragonfly · Post by **Lady Dragonfly** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:20 pm

I use Internet Explorer and that Sunkist ad has been trying my patience for some time. There are several other annoying ads that block the whole screen, but the Sunkist stuff is particularly obnoxious.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:35 pm

BuckGB wrote:I don't recall seeing the Sunkist ad myself, but I'll forward this on to UGO and have them check it out.

Can anyone confirm that this problem only exists in Internet Explorer?

My problem with the Nike was in Firefox 2.
I've not seen the sunkist ad myself.

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:15 am

Xandax wrote:My problem with the Nike was in Firefox 2.
I've not seen the sunkist ad myself.

I had the same problem with Nike using Firefox 2, but I haven't noticed a Sunkist advertisement at all with Firefox.

Fiberfar · Post by **Fiberfar** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:14 pm

The sunkist-add popped up just now, and I found a Close-button on it.
It's in the upper left corner.

xraygord · Post by **xraygord** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:43 am

I get that sunkist ad also, I either wait it out or open new page. I use IE.

xraygord · Post by **xraygord** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:45 am

Fiberfar wrote:The sunkist-add popped up just now, and I found a Close-button on it.
It's in the upper left corner.

Yes but sometimes the ad scrolls along with you and keeps the close button out of reach. This only happens about 50% of the time.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:36 pm

xraygord wrote:Yes but sometimes the ad scrolls along with you and keeps the close button out of reach. This only happens about 50% of the time.

I don't know what the capabilities of your web browser are, but on some of the leading ones, you can reduce or increase the size of viewed content. If the close button goes out of reach, try reducing screen size. Just a thought.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:57 am

Xandax wrote:I have some issues with a "Nike Soccer" (http://image.ugo.com/Nike/nike-soccer_peelback.swf) advert which looks to be flash, and should apparently roll out. Problem is that it does not roll out but still covers the menu buttons.
This was in FireFox 2

Similar problem existed with the "Codemasters/overlord_immercial_v1.swf" advert just now, which had "Advertisment Loading", but was still rolled out over the menu buttons, so I couldn't navigate the site, taking up the top 25% of the screen with it's overlay.

(Firefox 2)

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:39 am

Some ads apparently bypass pop-up blockers as well, as I've been experiencing as of late. For reference I use IE, and as a rule don't experience pop-ups. Some ads here, however, bypass the blocker.

Kiwi · Post by **Kiwi** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:16 am

Use a HOSTs File

I dislike Flash so much that I have FlashBlock active all the time. There are several places on the net that collect advertiser URLs and offer downloads of their collections to add to your HOSTs File. Well worth the time to look for them, add the collections, and never see many such ads ever again.

the_bogan · Post by **the_bogan** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:42 am

I book marked a thread in the Diablo II forum, which I'm guessing has a flash pop up attached to it. The problem is, I can't see the ad, and apart from selecting GameBanshee home, I can't select anything else. This also happens when I'm browsing other forums.

I'm running Firefox 2.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:04 pm

There's a new ad featuring a show called Torchwood. Whenever you roll your mouse over the advertisement, it pops up into a completely separate box containing a picture. This blocks out many links on the site itself.

Now, what's worse is that the close button is located right on the banner ad itself, so anytime you close it, the instant you move your mouse it's going to open right back up. There's no other conceivable way to fix this problem I've noticed. I've even tried not moving my mouse and simply hitting page down, and that doesn't work. It still pops up.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:24 am

Kiwi wrote:I dislike Flash so much that I have FlashBlock active all the time. There are several places on the net that collect advertiser URLs and offer downloads of their collections to add to your HOSTs File. Well worth the time to look for them, add the collections, and never see many such ads ever again.

The problem is that this site lives and is run by advert revenue, so many of us do not want to block the ads on this site, because they make the site possible.
Thus it is a really bad road to go if you like a site and especially use the content on the site.