Rogue Adverts - Please report here

[Ivo]

I view the forum through Google Chrome on my Android phone and the past week or so the Google play app keeps opening up and asking me to install either william hill, some photo printing app or I think it was twitter. This only happens when viewing GOT. Its just happened twice in about 30 secs. I'm a paid up forum supporter so should this be happening?

Cheers,
Ivo

 

[john jako]

Some YouTube survey keeps popping up. Doing me head in, putting it down to dodgy websites I’ve been on an not GOT.

 

[john jako]

Might be what others have reported but popping up every 5 mins. Annoying.

 

[Kurt.]

That is happening to me too all bloody day ... annoying

 

[Deleted member 28206]

This is why I use and Ad blocker

 

[Billysgingham.]

I keep getting a Ladbrokes advert.

 

[Connor]

These are back

 

[GrandOldTeam]

This is why I use and Ad blocker

Tosser

Leech elsewhere.

Some YouTube survey keeps popping up. Doing me head in, putting it down to dodgy websites I’ve been on an not GOT.

View attachment 54801Might be what others have reported but popping up every 5 mins. Annoying.

That is happening to me too all bloody day ... annoying

These are back

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Disabled our ad network for the time being until they can provide assurance they've caught the rogue advertiser.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Should be resolved.

Really appreciate the reports and for keeping adblock disabled blues, if everyone leeched with adblock we'd be goosed so nice one.

 

[ijjysmith]

Happening again @GrandOldTeam mate:



And then getting pushed to the dodgiest looking site of all time.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Thanks just pulled the ad network to another until they sort.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Dan i'm not being funny you've had ad problems on this site for years, you can't blame people for using an adblocker you know i know VERY well how bad they can get, thanks for the ban though

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Dan i'm not being funny you've had ad problems on this site for years, you can't blame people for using an adblocker you know i know VERY well how bad they can get, thanks for the ban though

I can and will. I don't use Adblock myself because I know websites need to recover some costs. If everyone who visits GOT used Adblock, GOT closes. GOT cost £533.07 a month to run in 2018

We've used Google Adsense/Doubleclick to serve ads which is on the vast majority of websites out there. Just looking at Everton alone, our ad network is the same as ToffeeWeb, NSNO, Everton Aren't We etc.

Our adverts aren't intrusive, just every now and again an advertiser goes rogue. When they do we ban them, it's a bit cat and mouse but it is what it is.

If you wan't to be a leech, that's on you.

Eventually, we'll be forced to prevent access to anyone using Adblock, if they want/have to use Adblock they'll need to pay £2 or 3+ a month to cover their usage

If others have some interest;

The rise of ad-blocking could herald the end of the free internet

More and more people are using software to turn off irritating website advertisements – but without them, smaller sites might go under

www.theguardian.com

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You may well argue, “if using an ad blocker removes obtrusive ads, increases privacy and saves your precious data, then how could that possibly be a bad thing?”

As it turns out, ad blocking’s detractors have some compelling arguments.

Opponents of ad blocking argue that ad blocking contributes to the death of independent media by removing the only model of revenue available for internet publishers to maintain their sites and pay wages. Publishers, embattled by the shift in emphasis from print and television to digital news making and storytelling, have yet to find sufficient replacement revenue models to maintain their businesses. As ad blocking continues to gain in popularity, publishers continue to lose advertising revenue and therefore the resources they need to pay for quality, independent journalism, which, as was argued at the aforementioned conferences we attended, is necessary for an informed populace and for democracy to thrive.

A recent study conducted by Pagefair and Adobe showed that there are close to 200 million internet users worldwide with an ad blocker installed and the figure is actually highest in Europe with 77 million. Of European countries, Greece has the highest rate of ad blocking in the region at 37% of users.

As ad blocking grew by 41% in the last year to account for over $20 billion in lost revenue in 2015, Pagefair predicts that this may rise to over $40 billion in 2016. So our apparent enthusiasm for blocking ads is beginning to match our enthusiasm for viewing great content, which arguably cannot exist without the ads.

Many detractors of ad blocking also argue that by viewing online content, users are entering into an ‘implied moral contract’ with the publisher; that by agreeing to view the content, you are also agreeing to view the advertising that pays for it.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Labelling those who choose to protect themselves as ‘leeches’ is aggressive and won’t help you grow Dan, it’s a fine line between growing a community and seeing that community as an opportunity to make money. Don’t get me wrong you’ve done a sterling job, but you’re trying to control something you have little control over and expect the users to suffer or pay.

Do you think that’s fair?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Labelling those who choose to protect themselves as ‘leeches’ is aggressive and won’t help you grow Dan, it’s a fine line between growing a community and seeing that community as an opportunity to make money. Don’t get me wrong you’ve done a sterling job, but you’re trying to control something you have little control over and expect the users to suffer or pay.

Do you think that’s fair?

It is what it is.

You either leech, or you don't.

GOT costs £533.07 a month.

I can't afford to pay that, I need to subsidise it with ad revenue.

If everyone, or rather another 15% of who already use adblock followed your approach, GOT isn't sustainable and closes.

The increase in adblock usage has forced me to try an find rev from other sources (Prints, Subscriptions - sponsor a thread etc) but it's never going to cover the total cost. Ultimately, it's this;

Many detractors of ad blocking also argue that by viewing online content, users are entering into an ‘implied moral contract’ with the publisher; that by agreeing to view the content, you are also agreeing to view the advertising that pays for it.

Your comment of "seeing the community as an opportunity to make money" demonstrates your level of ignorance on the subject. We run at a loss. It's about making it a sustainable loss.

Should I have to pay £533 personally on top of the countless hours to maintain this place?

Do you think that's fair?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

To add;

We're not a media agency.

We're not part of a massive network.

We're a genuine, legit, ran by fans, paid for by fans, for fans.

You'd be surprised just how rare that's becoming, in large part to sustainability. Most of the biggest 'fan sites' and 'fan channels' are now actually owned by the likes of FremantleMedia.

If you value GOT as a platform, disable Adblock. If you can't, pickup a subscription. £2 to £3.33 a month. If you visit often and choose to enable adblock on here then you are in effect leeching.

Forums are expensive beasts, we're not alone. Take Spurs. There's Spurred On who claim "the 100% unofficial Tottenham Hotspur Fan Channel. Made by Spurs fans, for Spurs fans". Take a closer look and it's actually owned FremantleMedia Limited - part of RTL Group, "a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, and a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann" who produce Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor, The Greatest Dancer, Celebrity Juice, Take Me Out, Through the Keyhole, The Apprentice, You’re Fired, Love in the Countryside, Grand Designs, Birds of a Feather, Great British Railway Journeys, The Keith and Paddy Picture Show, QI and digital work for programmes including Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor and The Apprentice.

Then take a look at Spurs Community, their GOT equivalent. Like us, they'll struggle with costs. They're not ""seeing the community as an opportunity to make money", they're just trying to stay online. Note their banner - they need over £400 a month;




Then look at say, Leicester City's equivalent of GOT.

They too have issues with the odd rogue advert, coinciding with the issues we've had because we're all using the same, extremely common ad network;

Pop up adverts

Seems to be a lot more of them on here, getting fed up with em. Is there any way of blocking them?

www.foxestalk.co.uk

An indication of how many people have adblock on GOT.

In January, 566,534 page views, 947,238 impressions.