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road.cc bad ads: sorry, we're working on it

We're aware of numerous 'bad ads' that appear to be taking over the page on road.cc. We're not the only ones experiencing a problem, and are looking for a solution...

Over the last couple of days, some of you may have noticed something take over your page when trying to read an article on road.cc. 

How to report annoying or intrusive ads on road.cc

it's as annoying for us as it is for you, and in this instance we're more than aware of the problem as it's affecting our work! Most of the ones being reported this time around claim to be from TV and broadband suppliers (Sky in the one we've screenshotted in the lead pic) and are taking readers right off the page they were reading on road.cc. We understand that we're not the only site who are having issues, and are trying to get it fixed right away. 

These ads annoy us because they impact on your enjoyment of the site, which in turn could lead to an increase in the use of ad blocking software. If this grew too large it would ultimately lead to the death of road.cc, something we’re very keen to avoid.

Please bear with us, accept our apologies and we hope it's not making the site unreadable while we find a fix. If you want to report any bads on road.cc in the future, you can do so here

Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.  

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Hirsute | 2 years ago
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mikewood | 2 years ago
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Mine looks like this now. Totally unreadable.....

 

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mikewood replied to mikewood | 2 years ago
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And now I'm going straight to Malta!

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slappop | 3 years ago
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This is exactly why you should be using an ad blocker. If a company can't control the ads they show on their website, then they can't control whether they contain malware or not. It's a basic safety and security issue.

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Notbuilt2climb | 3 years ago
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Too many ads together old recycled and out of date content means it might be time to check out of Road.cc soon

This is what my screen looks like right now.  I've tried 'reporting' the ads through AdChoices as 'Innappopriate', 'seen too many times' etc etc but keep getting the same ones. 

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Notbuilt2climb replied to Notbuilt2climb | 3 years ago
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brooksby | 3 years ago
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As regards adverts, if I use Edge browser without an ad blocker then my pages look like this:

 

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brooksby | 3 years ago
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brooksby | 3 years ago
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Organon | 3 years ago
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When more than half of the ordinary page are ads it doesn't make the site a pleasure to read. I spend less time here. I never clicked or would click on an ad for a Shark Vacuum or Guildwars2 or to apply to be a Prison Officer. At least the old ads stood a chance of beeing clicked on if I saw a deal on wheels from Chain Reaction, but come on... what is the point of selling out to third parties who have no interest in your business. Does it really drive more traffic? Well only you lot know, but I don't see how it helps your brand.

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NPlus1Bikelights | 3 years ago
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I turned off adblock for 3 days and had such a bad time I turned it back on. If you trust third parties you are trusting a huge range of dodgy actors and surrendering site control. Change your model to affiliate links transparently. And make sure external links to e.g. Tweets don't accidentally use the skimlinks model because you went for the easy option.

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bigblue | 3 years ago
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My "BT" page (can't remember if it was whilst browsing this site or another) came from https://eu <dot> attractionsdisneycollegeprogram <dot> xyz according to the browser URL bar. Yeah, right I'm sure BT would use that URL ... !

(edited URL to insert <dot>'s instead of the dots in the real address to make it non-clickable).

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mdavidford | 3 years ago
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Is 'naghty' somewhere between naughty and nasty?

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AlsoSomniloquism | 3 years ago
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Started to happen on Saturday for me. I did use your link for bad Ad's but as it was a weekend, I suspect it wasn't checked to this morning. Hopefully it is sorted soon.

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ktache replied to AlsoSomniloquism | 3 years ago
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Same here, I was getting warnings, today was the first time of going to the "BT" page.

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ktache replied to ktache | 3 years ago
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Seems better since this morning.

Well done.

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