Huge ads on brickset site?

theguru1974

Anybody else seeing these huge obnoxious banner ads all over the brickset site? Is this intentional or some kind of rogue event like a few months ago?

Eric

bandit778

Are you logged in?
Normally they disappear after logging in but if not you may want to contact one of the site mods.

Matthew

As said above they should disappear when you log in. If you provide a screenshot @Huw can confirm if the behaviour  you are seeing is expected.

Huw

They are shown to casual users only so login and they'll disappear.

andrewt

Apologies for bumping, but when I visit the site (not logged in), I'm seeing these overwhelmingly large ads. I'm running Adblock, but these make the site look somewhat hideous.

theguru1974

It's a shame this is the first impression a new / "casual"  user might get of the site when visiting. 

gratefulnat

@Huw
Having the same issue as well.
Although once logged in they do not appear.

drdavewatford

^ It's not an 'issue' - it's intentional, both the advertising for casual visitors, and the lack of advertising for members.  

gratefulnat

^I understand, but I've never been confronted with this before (whether logged in or not) since I've been visiting the site since 2007.
So for me it is an issue :-)
I guess I'll just always have to log in to avoid the non-issue...
(a slightly cheeky response, but no ill will meant!!)

Paperballpark

I really don't see the issue. I stay logged in, so I never see any ads. They're no bigger than ads on some sites, and certainly aren't 'full screen'.

Paperballpark

However, @Huw it might be worth having a little banner there saying 'sign in to remove the ads' or something like that :)

andrewt

Personally I think the ads are aggressive and off-putting to someone who isn't logged in usually, especially considering Brickset's reputation as the premier Lego fan site.

theguru1974

Not a bad idea to have some kind of banner or notification letting people know the ads will go away if they join / login. First impression on a site is important. 

andhe

If I check the news on my break at work then I don't tend to be logged in. I was surprised at the size of the ads, especially the ones that sort of mixed in with the news. Made me wary of clicking anything.

Though that giant dog did make me laugh. I knew those scientists were hiding something!!

Huw

Those were shown to non logged in users with ad blockers. But they were absolutely awful and earning less than $10 a day so I have now removed them.

gratefulnat

Thanks @Huw - I was just wondering why after 3 days of these adds they suddenly weren't there again (without being logged in) - very happy!
@drdavewatford - I now concur, it is a non-issue :-)

FollowsClosely

I rarely go to the homepage as I spend most of my time on the forum, but this was an unpleasant surprise.

FollowsClosely

^ I was not logged in. Wow, I am thankful you turn those off for use members.

Switchfoot55

I don't see the big deal? 

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