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roadcc bad ad lead pic.JPGroad.cc bad ads: sorry, we're working on it
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.
Jack has been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of the website including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named Editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master's degree in print journalism and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it's a long story).
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Try here
https://road.cc/content/forum/subscriber-why-my-screen-full-adverts-285369
Mine looks like this now. Totally unreadable.....
And now I'm going straight to Malta!
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.
Too many ads together old recycled and out of date content means it might be time to check out of Road.cc soon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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As regards adverts, if I use Edge browser without an ad blocker then my pages look like this:
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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.
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.
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).
Is 'naghty' somewhere between naughty and nasty?
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.
Same here, I was getting warnings, today was the first time of going to the "BT" page.
Seems better since this morning.
Well done.