Silly Question about Advertisements

[astone2292]

I've been a little absent from GA recently, but this is a new thing for me to see. Are advertisements supposed to be within the story body itself, when reading? I've always seen them either on the sides of a browser, one of the ones that peek from the bottom of the window, between areas (story body -> comment section), but this one was very jumpscare-y and makes reading a little silly. 

This occurred on a Microsoft Edge browser, Windows 11. It happens at times. This page is my "Retail Ninja" story chapter 1, but when I backed up on the browser then re-entered the page, it was normal. Moved onto chapter 2 of same story, ads returned between paragraphs. 

 

[ReaderPaul]

I've seen those type of ads when I made the mistake of letting my Premium subscription lapse.  When I renewed, they immediately went away.  But I am seeing them on more and more sites, especially when I am on my phone.

[Mike Carss]

Ads will appear when stories are rated Everyone or Teen. Mature-rated stories don't have ads.

As to why they're appearing, disappearing, and then re-appearing, I'm going to assume it's just a glitch.

[Ron]

25 minutes ago, Mike Carss said:

As to why they're appearing, disappearing, and then re-appearing, I'm going to assume it's just a glitch.

I assume it's much more nefarious. When you don't see the adds you breath a sigh of relief.  Then the adds pop up again and think 'Oh!'. 

Then it's rinse and repeat. 

[Myr]

Not in the story text. Google is being a pain again. I will investigate 

[Zombie]

didn’t Google promise to stop being evil?  

[Myr]

4 hours ago, Zombie said:

didn’t Google promise to stop being evil?  

Google suspiciously dropped that "don't be evil" thing a long time ago.  You can tell.

[Enoch]

I take it Google isn't being helpful since I'm still seeing those types of ads

[Myr]

Google changes it's own settings all the time. I turn it off, it stays off for a few days and it turns itself back on again.

[Enoch]

2 hours ago, Myr said:

Google changes it's own settings all the time. I turn it off, it stays off for a few days and it turns itself back on again.

There’s never any rest for the people who keep this place going. Thank you — truly — for everything you and the staff do to keep the site running smoothly.

[Gary L]

1 hour ago, Enoch said:

There’s never any rest for the people who keep this place going. Thank you — truly — for everything you and the staff do to keep the site running smoothly.

Hear, hear!

[Enoch]

Now if only we had a billionaire to foot the site's bills, then maybe we could trash the stupid ads.

[Enoch]

@Myr Are we getting pop-up ads now from this site?

[Myr]

4 minutes ago, Enoch said:

@Myr Are we getting pop-up ads now from this site?

There shouldn't be a pop-up ad. (Pop-ups are defined as opening a new window)

[Enoch]

@Myr  So, it wouldn't be against GA's rules if I downloaded am app that prevents pop-up ads?

I just want to stay within the rules and stop annoying pop-up ads (Pop-ups are defined as opening a new window).

[Myr]

11 minutes ago, Enoch said:

@Myr  So, it wouldn't be against GA's rules if I downloaded am app that prevents pop-up ads?

I just want to stay within the rules and stop annoying pop-up ads (Pop-ups are defined as opening a new window).

we aren't currently blocking people that use ad blockers.

but if you are getting pop-ups you might have a different issue on your computer.

[Enoch]

8 minutes ago, Myr said:

but if you are getting pop-ups you might have a different issue on your computer.

I agree, I may very well have a bigger problem, but I wanted to ask before taking actions.

Thanks @Myr as always you have been very helpful