Ed This Site Is Getting Unusable......

[ToraToraTora]

So slow I now type elsewhere and paste it. It takes an eternity to load all the ads, at home it's much quicker but at work I have to endure. I know we need the ads but surely if it's getting rid of punters it's self defeating.

[AB Editor]

Hi TTT, thanks for letting us know. You're absolutely right, we want to put our members and the site experience above the ads, so if there is a problem we want to resolve it.

If anyone else is having trouble with the site being slow, please let me know here. (It runs fine on my computer so it can be difficult to replicate the problem here or to know if it's a widespread problem.)

[Baldric]

All ok here, BT, Win 10 and Chrome.

[Jackdaw33]

What I am unclear about with ads is this: Is revenue only generated if someone clicks on a particular ad or if it just appears on the screen? If the latter, for those who never click on ads unmentionable devices are not depriving the site of any income.

[dannyk13]

Ed, I find that,for some unknown reason, AnswerBank runs slow between 8am and 9,30am. It is fine at any other time.

[Mamyalynne]

A few have mentioned increased Ads Ed, and some mention 'floating' ones too.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1614793.html#answer-11589165

Mine is copable and stable thankfully.

[hc4361]

The ad needs only appear on the screen to generate the revenue, Jackdaw

[Tuvok]

Please please please (and a million more) get rid of the floating ad that appears at the bottom of the ipad screen.

[ToraToraTora]

I have the UM at home and that is fine but at work, it's just hangs up all the time so it must be to do with ads. eg when typing it just goes to sleep, for 20 seconds for no apparent reason.

[MargoTester]

I use an iPad and have currently got 4 large ads down the right-hand side and the very annoying pop-up one across the bottom, which when scrolling to press the answer button is very intrusive. The side ones I can just about put up with but the pop-up at the bottom is driving me insane! I'm fed up with it and it's only appeared since the blue privacy settings button appeared. How do I get rid of it permanently?

[IJKLM]

I've resisted using the technological solution that is very popular (but should not be mentioned). However, on my (5-year-old) tablet, the page-load times were getting silly due to the number of adverts, so I implemented it on there. The site is usable once more.

It boils down to if the site becomes unusable, then either we don't visit the site, or we employ work-arounds. Either way, the proliferation of adverts is ending up reducing the number of ad views .

In particular, the blue settings button highlights just how many tracking cookies the site wants to install.

I don't have a solution for you, but that is my feedback. The increase in the number of ads and the bandwidth and the location of the ads has driven me (and maybe others) to adopt a solution that is detrimental to the site.

[Jackdaw33]

I see. I was under the impression that the ads were always present but were blanked out by the unmentionable. Does that make a difference?

[pixie374]

Definitely, jd

[AB Editor]

Thanks for your feedback all, it has been taken on board and we will deal with it.

[MargoTester]

Thanks Ed, lets hope it doesn't take too long I'm grey enough as it is.

[ToraToraTora]

JD, they are not blanked out, they don't get anywhere near. It's ads that swamp the CPU and effect page loading.

[Tuvok]

So far, so good, no floating advert!

[MargoTester]

Ed, I'm a very happy to report that, so far this morning, the annoying pop-up ad at the bottom of the page has disappeared, hopefully for good. Thank you!

[Canary42]

Performance here is excellent. (iMac, OSX 10.13.5, Safari 11.1.1)