So many off-topic ads.
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For a while I have been getting off-topic ads every once in a while, but it seems like it just got a lot worse. I have been reporting them when I can (not on my phone because it is just about impossible to do without clicking on the ad), but does that actually do anything? [EDIT] Message Type changed from Bug to General. [/EDIT] Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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For a while I have been getting off-topic ads every once in a while, but it seems like it just got a lot worse. I have been reporting them when I can (not on my phone because it is just about impossible to do without clicking on the ad), but does that actually do anything? [EDIT] Message Type changed from Bug to General. [/EDIT] Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
SoMad wrote:
does that actually do anything
Yes, absolutely! Yuriy and Julie go through reports every day and nuke the ones that we feel deserve the bad rap. We're also constantly looking at new ad providers to try and keep ads on-topic. It's an incredibly frustrating problem because while we can find advertisers and ad providers that have great ads, they often have an opt-out instead of opt-in setup, with limits, meaning we can only opt-out of a certain number of ad categories. A further complication is that some providers play a little fast and loose with how they categorise ads. "Finance" could mean "We buy your GOLD!" ads. We're on it. It's a big topic for us.
cheers Chris Maunder
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SoMad wrote:
does that actually do anything
Yes, absolutely! Yuriy and Julie go through reports every day and nuke the ones that we feel deserve the bad rap. We're also constantly looking at new ad providers to try and keep ads on-topic. It's an incredibly frustrating problem because while we can find advertisers and ad providers that have great ads, they often have an opt-out instead of opt-in setup, with limits, meaning we can only opt-out of a certain number of ad categories. A further complication is that some providers play a little fast and loose with how they categorise ads. "Finance" could mean "We buy your GOLD!" ads. We're on it. It's a big topic for us.
cheers Chris Maunder
To add to Chris's point, it's an ongoing battle to remove bad ads, as we remove a bad ad there is another one waiting around the corner to take its place. With that said reporting the ads really helps us keep the bad ones out.
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SoMad wrote:
does that actually do anything
Yes, absolutely! Yuriy and Julie go through reports every day and nuke the ones that we feel deserve the bad rap. We're also constantly looking at new ad providers to try and keep ads on-topic. It's an incredibly frustrating problem because while we can find advertisers and ad providers that have great ads, they often have an opt-out instead of opt-in setup, with limits, meaning we can only opt-out of a certain number of ad categories. A further complication is that some providers play a little fast and loose with how they categorise ads. "Finance" could mean "We buy your GOLD!" ads. We're on it. It's a big topic for us.
cheers Chris Maunder
Thanks Chris, I know you guys are always watching the ad stuff, but for some reason I thought reporting an ad just went straight to DeveloperMedia and I figured there was a good chance they get loads and loads of those. Glad to hear I was wrong. I want to apologize. When I posted the message, I was boiling over about the whole ad tracking thing. I had been to my banks website earlier and when I started browsing around on the Internet, their ads followed me. I went to CodeProject and their ad came up on just about every other page ["Enhance your calm SoMad"]. This was after having been on the phone with the bank for an hour earlier yesterday - they have been "working" on refinancing my house for over 3 months and now they tell me things I wish I had known at the beginning. But I digress. Since I was pretty fed up with my bank at that point, I reported their ad every time I saw it. Do you prefer just reporting an ad once? BTW, I am going to change the Type of my original post from Bug to General. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Thanks Chris, I know you guys are always watching the ad stuff, but for some reason I thought reporting an ad just went straight to DeveloperMedia and I figured there was a good chance they get loads and loads of those. Glad to hear I was wrong. I want to apologize. When I posted the message, I was boiling over about the whole ad tracking thing. I had been to my banks website earlier and when I started browsing around on the Internet, their ads followed me. I went to CodeProject and their ad came up on just about every other page ["Enhance your calm SoMad"]. This was after having been on the phone with the bank for an hour earlier yesterday - they have been "working" on refinancing my house for over 3 months and now they tell me things I wish I had known at the beginning. But I digress. Since I was pretty fed up with my bank at that point, I reported their ad every time I saw it. Do you prefer just reporting an ad once? BTW, I am going to change the Type of my original post from Bug to General. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
SoMad wrote:
I thought reporting an ad just went straight to DeveloperMedia
Well, given that Developer Media is under our CodeProject Solutions umbrella you're correct. We started Developer Media to provide advertising services to sites just like our and I'm committed to ensuring the ads don't suck. Lots do, and that bugs the daylights out of me, but Yuriy (Lead Dev / Product Manager at DM) is on a mission and he takes the reports very seriously.
SoMad wrote:
Do you prefer just reporting an ad once?
Report as you see fit. If an ad bothers you slap it down. The last thing I want is for your time on CodeProject or anyone using Developer Media ads to be annoying.
cheers Chris Maunder
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SoMad wrote:
I thought reporting an ad just went straight to DeveloperMedia
Well, given that Developer Media is under our CodeProject Solutions umbrella you're correct. We started Developer Media to provide advertising services to sites just like our and I'm committed to ensuring the ads don't suck. Lots do, and that bugs the daylights out of me, but Yuriy (Lead Dev / Product Manager at DM) is on a mission and he takes the reports very seriously.
SoMad wrote:
Do you prefer just reporting an ad once?
Report as you see fit. If an ad bothers you slap it down. The last thing I want is for your time on CodeProject or anyone using Developer Media ads to be annoying.
cheers Chris Maunder
box there was an arrow that popped out information saying the ad had been chosen based on my browsing history. I clicked a link that took me to a Ghostery opt out page and after opting out of all the listed sites, I browsed around on CP without seeing any off-topic ads. I have now also gone through the Google AdChoices and opted out of all that stuff and so far it looks like it is working. Soren Madsen"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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box there was an arrow that popped out information saying the ad had been chosen based on my browsing history. I clicked a link that took me to a Ghostery opt out page and after opting out of all the listed sites, I browsed around on CP without seeing any off-topic ads. I have now also gone through the Google AdChoices and opted out of all that stuff and so far it looks like it is working. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
Excellent. Some providers do give you more options than we can provide. I just wish they all did this.
cheers Chris Maunder