andrew Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 What’s this banner for sportz.com a gambling ad on my iPhone? Can I get rid of it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) Yeah it's really annoying. My Ad blocker can stop it either. Get it on my phone and computer browsers. Edited September 22, 2018 by garydavidson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
california_saintee Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 I understand the costs of running the site, but this is just nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted September 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 It’ll be P&B for me if I can’t stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Dont know what it costs to run this site, but maybe just have a donation push once a year and an ongoing button for that, to keep it free. 100 x 5 quid enough? This is horrible banner/distraction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Mine is running discretely at the bottom, so not a problem, but I’ve had big issues in the past that made the site unusable until a particular ad was replaced over time as part of the cycle. The issue seems to be that some ads have a big impact on some devices some of the time, there seems to be no consistency. The donation idea has been put to James many times, but he apparently prefers not to go down that route. Perhaps sponsorship would be better - one or two on here who own businesses each year, with just a few adverts for them? This site is a unique resource for Saints fans, and it seems a shame folk are being forced to leave, especially if that puts the site at risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candalan Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 My adblock plus got rid of it. 55saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat McGroin Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 I have problems all the time on my iPhone with pop ups that I can’t get rid of and make the site unusable. You have won an iPhone etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Beatson Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Just to reply to this since I've only seen it this morning - our ad partner asks us to try new things from time to time - the Sportz ticker being one of them. I have to say, on my laptop it isn't too intrusive, but appreciate it may be different on different devices etc. It should be gone now - we were asked to use it in the run up to Sunday's game because they had a specific promotion for it. I'm not a fan of the ones that are massively intrusive, and I do my best to get rid of anything that's an annoying pop up or an auto-redirect (which shouldn't be happening at all now). At the end of the day we need to fund the ever-rising costs of keeping the site running. The ads are a reliable method of doing that. Fundraising is more time-consuming than it is worth. Sponsorship is the same. Neither are likely to bring in quite as much as is required to keep paying the fees and keep the software up to date. Ideally what I'd like to do is extend the content of the site beyond the forum - something we looked at some time ago but couldn't make stick - and that way raise the ad revenue from somewhere other than just the forum, which would hopefully allow us to make the forum ads a bit less intrusive. Hope that explains things. Abernethy Saint, Cleveland-Saint, Cagey and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted September 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Thanks for the info Jamie i wonder if anyone placed a bet with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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