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adspyglass · 08-25-2019, 05:26 AM

The simple question what is the most annoying ad format for you as a surfer?
For example popunder (and its varieties like tabunder).
It's no secret that this one is the most profitable format for publishers, and users are already used to it, as a their fee for
free content. Got popunder on your websites?

Or other example - fake download buttons on banners. Even adsense sins with such creatures on sites with files, such as download.cnet dot com

Do you use any ad blocker? How effective is yours?

2MuchMark · 08-25-2019, 06:12 AM

Pop-up/under ads are awful, but the fake download-button ads are the most ridiculous. Think about it. You are on a page to download a demo of some program you want to try, but are tricked into clicking an ad instead. This action takes you away from what you wanted to get, shows you something else you have no interest in, and usually makes it harder to return thanks to pop-ups or other misleading ads. It devalues the fuck out of the original site you were interested in too.

adspyglass · 08-25-2019, 06:34 AM

Experienced users, who saw these buttons millions of times (they don't change layout for like 10-12 years

) won't click, but for newbies its killin, downloads they don't really need

cybermike · 08-25-2019, 06:49 AM

Getting sick of seeing those stop being tracked ads lol

CaptainHowdy · 08-25-2019, 07:19 AM

Pop-ups, always.

adspyglass · 08-25-2019, 08:27 AM

When a window pops up exactly? When ad is opened in new tab or under is ok?

Beaver1 · 08-25-2019, 08:45 AM

Sticky Banner

NoWhErE · 08-25-2019, 11:09 AM

Spam robo-calls from Indian telemarketers.

AmateurFlix · 08-25-2019, 11:23 AM

I'm not sure it's proper to call it an ad "format" but as a technique anyway, redirecting of background tabs seems the most obnoxious to me. Especially when they redirect a few times and I'm unable to click back.

Following that, pop-unders which can't be closed unless via task manager.

adspyglass · 08-25-2019, 11:48 AM

These are evil popunders, usually made for tech support landing pages. Being popular about 2 years ago or so.

Sly · 08-25-2019, 12:14 PM

I get annoyed when I'm trying to read an article and a video opens up stretching the page and I'm clicking around trying to get to the article.

The Truth Hurts · 08-25-2019, 12:51 PM

anything with sound.

adspyglass · 08-25-2019, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

I get annoyed when I'm trying to read an article and a video opens up stretching the page and I'm clicking around trying to get to the article.

its called in-text ads, most annoying that they always scroll you to random place in text. Paper books were better

adspyglass · 08-25-2019, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by The Truth Hurts

anything with sound.

What exactly? Video ads are muted usually.

Klen · 08-25-2019, 01:43 PM

In-video ads which cannot be skipped

adspyglass · 08-27-2019, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

In-video ads which cannot be skipped

How do you watch youtube videos that way?

Klen · 08-27-2019, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by adspyglass

How do you watch youtube videos that way?

I dont, i use adblock

adspyglass · 08-27-2019, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

I dont, i use adblock

In adblock we trust

since my kid is on YT, I watched about 1.000.000.000 ads of car insurence, old spice and any crap he doesn't really need in next 15 years

freecartoonporn · 08-27-2019, 08:49 PM

1) push notifications.
2) popups
3) popunders (more than 1 per click)
4) fake buttons

King Mark · 08-27-2019, 10:42 PM

All of them these days. Seems like most websites are like an idiocracy parody now.

wankawonk · 08-28-2019, 12:08 AM

autoplay video ads with sound on news sites are absurd

amazingly, advertising on adult sites is much, much less annoying than the average news site

Klen · 08-28-2019, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

In adblock we trust

since my kid is on YT, I watched about 1.000.000.000 ads of car insurence, old spice and any crap he doesn't really need in next 15 years

Sometime i watch YT in browser where i dont have adblock, and often i get products for woman ads. Targetting for the win

Klen · 08-28-2019, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by wankawonk

autoplay video ads with sound on news sites are absurd

amazingly, advertising on adult sites is much, much less annoying than the average news site

Yes i agree, they have like zillions of banners on website, and then they are surprised why people use adblock then. If you already have to serve so many banners, then atleast make it work without compromising user experience.

davidCRM · 08-28-2019, 12:29 AM

unskippable preroll ads

NatalieMojoHost · 08-28-2019, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by adspyglass

How do you watch youtube videos that way?

Well, I bought youtube premium (yes we exist)

NatalieMojoHost · 08-28-2019, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by wankawonk

autoplay video ads with sound on news sites are absurd

amazingly, advertising on adult sites is much, much less annoying than the average news site

I agree!

~Evilin~ · 08-28-2019, 03:45 AM

whend you see the ad in the movie downloaded from a torrent )))

adspyglass · 08-28-2019, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by NatalieMojoHost

Well, I bought youtube premium (yes we exist)

They offers max 5 devices connected right?
And you have to prove that all devices belong to a family

adspyglass · 08-28-2019, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Yes i agree, they have like zillions of banners on website, and then they are surprised why people use adblock then. If you already have to serve so many banners, then atleast make it work without compromising user experience.

They are not allowed to use popunders

Adult tubes sometimes got zillions, as you said, of banners: 2 NTV, underplayer, 4 useless in footer

Smart tube owners:
- added a spot above player
- small native ad block
- mediation

x2 more money and looks more friendly for users.

wankawonk · 08-28-2019, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

They are not allowed to use popunders

Adult tubes sometimes got zillions, as you said, of banners: 2 NTV, underplayer, 4 useless in footer

Smart tube owners:
- added a spot above player
- small native ad block
- mediation

x2 more money and looks more friendly for users.

The footers are pretty useless if there's a lot of content on the page (meaning it's not likely the user will scroll down far enough to see them), but they work if you keep the page short and use a "load more" button or some kind of ajax-based paginator

Lately I have been using video sliders from multiple ad networks; they are working better than any other ad format.

On mobile, above-player and below-player work well. On desktop banners just don't work. I haven't found any good use for NTV space; banners suck, natives aren't any better there, chaturbate "online now" widget also doesn't work so well. I think users are just blind to that space these days.

Pops and skims are still great if you use them right. I hide them behind user-agent detection and cookies (don't show them if the user-agent looks like google. Don't show them on the first page view--track this with cookies).

Native ads hidden in your content work well, but not nearly as well as video sliders.

I'm tempted on my new projects to just ignore every ad type besides video sliders, pops, and skims.

adspyglass · 08-28-2019, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wankawonk

The footers are pretty useless if there's a lot of content on the page (meaning it's not likely the user will scroll down far enough to see them), but they work if you keep the page short and use a "load more" button or some kind of ajax-based paginator

Lately I have been using video sliders from multiple ad networks; they are working better than any other ad format.

On mobile, above-player and below-player work well. On desktop banners just don't work. I haven't found any good use for NTV space; banners suck, natives aren't any better there, chaturbate "online now" widget also doesn't work so well. I think users are just blind to that space these days.

Pops and skims are still great if you use them right. I hide them behind user-agent detection and cookies (don't show them if the user-agent looks like google. Don't show them on the first page view--track this with cookies).

Native ads hidden in your content work well, but not nearly as well as video sliders.

I'm tempted on my new projects to just ignore every ad type besides video sliders, pops, and skims.

Sliders are hell cool new way to earn extra revenue. Ads there are nicely made, and have good CTR. Revenue is good as well.

Do you run any pre-rolls?

wankawonk · 08-28-2019, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

Sliders are hell cool new way to earn extra revenue. Ads there are nicely made, and have good CTR. Revenue is good as well.

Do you run any pre-rolls?

My tubes are all embedded, so I can't run pre-roll on the video players.

I have tried putting pre-roll in an auto-play iframe NTV but for some reason it doesn't generate hardly any clicks. I'm still running it and getting paid well for it but I'm not generating clicks, eventually the ad network will notice and tell me to stop. lol

adspyglass · 08-28-2019, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by wankawonk

My tubes are all embedded, so I can't run pre-roll on the video players.

I have tried putting pre-roll in an auto-play iframe NTV but for some reason it doesn't generate hardly any clicks. I'm still running it and getting paid well for it but I'm not generating clicks, eventually the ad network will notice and tell me to stop. lol

Good news here. Now you can

We made an overlay pre-roll ad format, so you can stick it up to any player, even embeded.

Any object on your page actually.

danep · 09-02-2019, 03:50 AM

Native ads that make me go native

adspyglass · 09-02-2019, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by danep

Native ads that make me go native

Native supposed to replace banner ads, but still just another size to my mind. Some networks also show misslead ads or even pop windows and new tabs from that.
But some native look very nice

Rochard · 09-02-2019, 07:43 AM

Some of the legit news sites have ads that take up half a page.... It's freaking annoying.

Tubevideditor · 09-02-2019, 08:17 AM

Ads on mainstream sites are just too overwhelming now I'm surprised everyone doesn't use an ad blocker of some kind.

alexistexasass · 09-02-2019, 08:26 AM

Video ads, My pc can't handle them and crash.

danep · 09-03-2019, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

Native supposed to replace banner ads, but still just another size to my mind. Some networks also show misslead ads or even pop windows and new tabs from that.
But some native look very nice

The best native advertising I use is with programmatic networks like Taboola or Outbrain.
I wish we had these type of content marketing in our industry too.

Klen · 09-03-2019, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danep

The best native advertising I use is with programmatic networks like Taboola or Outbrain.
I wish we had these type of content marketing in our industry too.

You mean native ads? We do ?

adspyglass · 09-03-2019, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexistexasass

Video ads, My pc can't handle them and crash.

It must some pentium 3 or something?

Video ads are the same videos you gonna watch when click play button.

adspyglass · 09-03-2019, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danep

The best native advertising I use is with programmatic networks like Taboola or Outbrain.
I wish we had these type of content marketing in our industry too.

These two are monsters, godzillas in native ads, they do great job.
Btw would it be awesome to combine them using ad mediation service?
Getting all advantages of both (and couple more companies) for maximum performance?

danep · 09-04-2019, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

These two are monsters, godzillas in native ads, they do great job.
Btw would it be awesome to combine them using ad mediation service?
Getting all advantages of both (and couple more companies) for maximum performance?

I have a way to simplify that. Let's say you're reading the AVN news, or Camlife Mag. Instead of having a banner, you can have a native content piece. Instead of having everyone see the same piece, the type of an ad item would change per user according to data and interest.
What we need is collaboration and content.

AmeliaG · 09-05-2019, 02:02 AM

Slow loading ads, especially anything on galleries which have to be viewed page by slow loading page with no thumbnail navigation.

Programmatic which grossly mistargets me.

Paul Markham · 09-05-2019, 07:53 AM

Mobile phone ads. So many and they load so slowly. I now have a small drive attached to my phone which stores videos I want to see. It avoids surfing and putting up with the ads.

Internet is better as I have adblocker installed. Yet to find a browser that blocks ads that works.

adspyglass · 09-05-2019, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Internet is better as I have adblocker installed. Yet to find a browser that blocks ads that works.

Opera announced in-built adblock. Did you try it?

Paul Markham · 09-05-2019, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

Opera announced in-built adblock. Did you try it?

Will give it a try.

Can anyone recommend one for the phone?

adspyglass · 09-06-2019, 12:30 AM

Its actually for mobile devices: [url]https://blogs.opera.com/news/2016/06/ad-blocker-android-ios-windows-phone-download-free/[/url
Share your test results plz

Paul Markham · 09-06-2019, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adspyglass

Its actually for mobile devices: https://blogs.opera.com/news/2016/06...download-free/
Share your test results plz

Thanks, will give it a try.

MatureKing · 09-06-2019, 10:30 AM

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08-25-2019, 05:26 AM	#1
adspyglass Ad Mediation Service Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 212	Most annoying ad format The simple question what is the most annoying ad format for you as a surfer? For example popunder (and its varieties like tabunder). It's no secret that this one is the most profitable format for publishers, and users are already used to it, as a their fee for free content. Got popunder on your websites? Or other example - fake download buttons on banners. Even adsense sins with such creatures on sites with files, such as download.cnet dot com Do you use any ad blocker? How effective is yours? __________________ Adspyglass.com - ads mediation service for publishers \| Spy on Ad Networks rates \| New FREE popunder script. Google friendly.

08-25-2019, 06:12 AM	#2
2MuchMark Videochat Solutions Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 47,479	Pop-up/under ads are awful, but the fake download-button ads are the most ridiculous. Think about it. You are on a page to download a demo of some program you want to try, but are tricked into clicking an ad instead. This action takes you away from what you wanted to get, shows you something else you have no interest in, and usually makes it harder to return thanks to pop-ups or other misleading ads. It devalues the fuck out of the original site you were interested in too. __________________ VideoChat Solutions \| Custom Software \| IT Support https://www.2much.net \| https://www.lcntech.com

08-25-2019, 06:34 AM	#3
adspyglass Ad Mediation Service Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 212	Experienced users, who saw these buttons millions of times (they don't change layout for like 10-12 years) won't click, but for newbies its killin, downloads they don't really need __________________ Adspyglass.com - ads mediation service for publishers \| Spy on Ad Networks rates \| New FREE popunder script. Google friendly.

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adspyglass Ad Mediation Service Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 212	When a window pops up exactly? When ad is opened in new tab or under is ok? __________________ Adspyglass.com - ads mediation service for publishers \| Spy on Ad Networks rates \| New FREE popunder script. Google friendly.

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08-25-2019, 11:23 AM	#9
AmateurFlix Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 7,723	I'm not sure it's proper to call it an ad "format" but as a technique anyway, redirecting of background tabs seems the most obnoxious to me. Especially when they redirect a few times and I'm unable to click back. Following that, pop-unders which can't be closed unless via task manager.

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adspyglass Ad Mediation Service Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 212	These are evil popunders, usually made for tech support landing pages. Being popular about 2 years ago or so. __________________ Adspyglass.com - ads mediation service for publishers \| Spy on Ad Networks rates \| New FREE popunder script. Google friendly.

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The Truth Hurts pFoja4b0ZFo Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In Your Skull Posts: 14,696	anything with sound.

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Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,234	In-video ads which cannot be skipped

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