The Ads displayed on the Mobile version of N4G needs to change

I love N4G and I have been visiting it almost every day for 3 years now but at the moment, it's getting so unbearable with how awful the Ads are displayed on the mobile version. It is so irritating how everytime i open an article, a stupid Ad just pops up and takes half the screen and even closing it is annoying. And quite a lot of users at N4G have been complaining about this and so far, there was no response or feedback from the higher-ups at N4G and this is truly hurting the website as a whole for me and a lot of people who enjoy visiting this website. So please, do something about this.

Update: Sorry to hijack your post DarkOcelet, but we want to make sure all can read this as our post in the comment section will not be seen by most users. This is just a quick message from the N4G tech team to let you know we 100% agree with this blog post and we are working on sorting this out. Short answer is that we do not have full control what ads are shown on the page at all times as they are served via many different ad networks. Lately there have been a few ad formats introduced that have been too aggressive and we are working together with our ad partners now to make sure these no longer will show on the site. It is also worth mentioning that any redirect ads that automatically takes you to another page are caused by spammers attacking the ad networks with malicious ad scripts. These type of ads are never supposed to run on any site. This is a wide spread problem that is hurting a lot of sites. In most cases these ads are not "dangerous" to your phone, just super annoying. We are working with an ad security company to help us shut down the spammer who has attacked dozens of gaming websites the past few weeks. We are sorry this have negatively affected so many of our users and going forward we will also try and be much quicker with shutting down any ads that are not within our ad guidelines.

N4G Tech Team

[fenome]

Agreed!! 💯

[DarkVoyager]

“The Ads displayed on the Mobile version of N4G needs to change”

Tell me about it! How are you suppose to type with this video crap in the way!

https://ibb.co/ghMkVS

[Gaming_Cousin]

Just as I try replying to you the video pops up...

[kneon]

Even on my tablet the video ad is so huge that I have pretty much given up trying to view the site on anything but a PC. It easily takes up 3/4 of the screen, and to make matters worse it often won't close.

[choujij]

The amount of times I clicked the video when I attempted to tap the X...

[The_Jackel]

@choujij

no its actually coz the ad hasnt timed out.... i got a note 8 with the pen and even with the pen its clearly on the x to close it but yet opens the video still

[UltraNova]

The very reason I'm not bothering with n4g so much these days. This needs to be fixed asap.

Christopher?

[The Wood]

What ads

Firefox plus ublock origin = what ads are you talking about

[nix]

let's not forget how heavy the site is... and i don't even know what creepy sites these ads are coming from. Also, if you're on slow internet speed, the site never loads and instead shows you a page with html coding.

[NecrumOddBoy]

Thank YOU so much for bringing this to light. I didn't know it was such an epidemic. N4G it's not only filled with insane amounts of pop ups. Many times you can't even click them away, or have to wait for them to completely load which means it takes anywhere from 15 seconds to 1 minute before you can even comment or read what you want to. N4g also opens up secondary pop up sights on any browser that doesn't have super sharp ad blocking. It's incredibly frustrating and I cannot stand what N4G had become. I have been using N4G for what seems like nearly a decade but I barely come on here because of the ad and malware. :( Please fix this mods

[Relientk77]

It's so frustrating

These ads are EVIL, PURE EVIL I tell you

[G20WLY]

I think we should offer an incentive for N4G to fix this.

How about if it's not fixed within 4 weeks we all take 2 weeks without visiting N4G?

[deno]

That's classic😅

[lalalala]

To be fair to the owners of the site though, they won't have overall control of whats ads they are showing, but they can probably remove certain type of ads. The issue is that these ads that are annoying are also the best paying ads, and the site needs to cover costs somehow.

The only solution really is to offer premium membership on top that has no ads.

[xHeavYx]

I use Blokada, haven't seen an ad in forever

[ThePenetrator]

Even when you close it comes back

[81BX]

Lmao, thought I was the only one

[Testfire]

To add to this, these ads automatically stream video so those with limited data get screwed even more.

[blackblades]

Ikr, I got mad last night when typing and the ad came up. I said screw and got off. Glad there's a article now cause last time a complaint came around was in the comment section of n4g article.

[WilliamSheridan]

Also the redirects are off the chart here...

[PoopsMcGee]

Those irritate me to no end....

[morganfell]

Some of the redirects actually point you to the fake Google cleaner malware installer. Perhaps N4G should consider they are legally liable under such circumstances.

[Xenophon_York]

Especially when I'm two paragraphs deep in a reply and I have to start all over because I won something on facebook. Furious is the choice word that comes to mind.

[Atticus_finch]

N4g seems to be taking advantage, they believe we will still visit even if they are forcing disrespectful ad practices. I know this ads and their dissabled x, aren't an accident.

[WilliamSheridan]

The disabled X is a trick to make you click, thus creating more ad revenue

[CaptainCamper]

The redirects are not always the fault of the website, although they are responsible for cleaning it up. It's typically due to the third-party advertisers not doing their job to clean up ads before sending them through. Google usually punishes for these rather quickly though, but it's been a problem here for a while now.

[Zabatsu]

Completely agree. I've installed an adblocker just because of this reason. N4G doesn't care though. It's all about the money in the end, that's why the approve of every flaimbait article tjat ever existed, because it causes drama and attention.

[sin7279]

Agree 100%!

[pinkcrocodile75]

YES, the article count is down and the horse shit opinion count is sky high.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

I downloaded the Ad Blocker Browser specifically to get around these ads. It's probably the worst mobile site I've had to use due to that. Add that on top of the text box lagging when trying to type.

[ThatDudeMunkee]

They actually have no control over the ads that are displayed through their providers. That's why they are having to contact their ad suppliers. They can't really keep control if what is displayed as much of it is more than likely based on a viewers search algorithm.

[StormSnooper]

I can’t even read a single article without a pop up from “amazon” forcing me to go back and reload the same page.

[Sam Fisher]

Finally an article we can all agree on

[fenome]

I know right! This has seriously been so damn irritating though, hopefully they actually take notice of this and do something about it.

[G20WLY]

Who the hell disagreed with this??

(😏...)

[BlackIceJoe]

I'd like to know who the person that disagrees on this issue is, because the ads are really bad and need to go away.

[VenomUK]

Well said brother. I’ve never seen such unified agreement in the comments before!

I understand that a website requires ads, but they are done so badly and obstructively it sours the user experience. Many ads take you away from wha you were doing or reading. When on my phone I will read the headlines, tap one story, then get fed up and leave. There has to be a better way?

[TheVetOfGaming]

I use Firefox with ad-block and I don't get one single advert on any web page. Chrome is slightly quicker, but I only ever use that for "ask Google" type of stuff. I was using Chrome on here, but as you say, the adverts done my head in.

[Muzikguy]

I agree as well. The redirects have kept me away. It’s frustrating

[Artemidorus]

Horrendous

[joab777]

This isn’t even what bothers me. It’s the instant port to some ad site. And you can’t get back. It happens ALL the time.

[Nu]

Christopher please fix this

[Edito]

I simple stopped using the site on mobile because of that.

[Araragifeels]

This video ads are annoying and sometimes it takes a couple of time to close. Plus the scam ads website comment is really annoying especially when they write on someone comment and they haven't done anything. N4G OP probably avoid people complain since they most likely making money off this video ads.

[travestyj]

I can't even close the video on my phone no matter how many times I try. If I click on the x it bring me to the advertised site.

[Mr_Writer85]

Like cake, the X is a lie.

[Silly Mammo]

Liar ahead but hole

[JamieReleases]

Can you send over any screenshots please? Thanks!

[DarkOcelet]

https://scontent.fcai2-2.fn...

There you go

[JamieReleases]

Thank you! If you've got anymore send them over, I'll bring it up with ad ops tomorrow morning. Sorry for the issues.

[WilliamSheridan]

It's even worse if you are trying to type

[DarkVoyager]

I posted one above if you want to check it out.

[JamieReleases]

Thank you!

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Sorry did you say something? I can't really tell
https://drive.google.com/fi...

[Aenea]

This has been going on for months, I've stopped using the site on mobile for this reason alone...

[patterson]

This is how it looks on iPad: https://imgur.com/a/kG0M8

[ILostMyMind]

Which ads? I don't see any. 😘

[Kiwi66]

Go look at the links that some have provided if you don't believe it

[Leeroyw]

I think they are being sarcastic......

Or flirting with me....

I am married!!!!!!! How dare you.

[ILostMyMind]

kkkk I just use AdBlock.

[G3ng4r]

That's fine, it's nice you've found a way around this trash but not everyone wants to use a second browser specifically for n4g.

[letsa_go]

Why would you need a second browser for N4G? I just use adblock in google chrome. But then again I don't look at the site on mobile devices, only desktop.

[battletrax]

@letsa_go There is no adblock for Chrome on mobile smartphones. You have to use an adblock browser.

[ILostMyMind]

@battletrax
I use AdBlock on Firefox and uBlock on GChrome for Android.

[LaWiiG]

Obstruction!

[zaherdab]

at least they stopped using the popups with the "you win" voice but still these video ads i dont know what they are thinking ... people are on data plans

[Mr_Writer85]

They were horrendous.

I actually thought I had a virus or something on my phone, until I realised it was only happening on N4g.

[optimus]

After trying to close one of the ads I've gotten the page that describes the phone you are using and saying you have a virus and that I should download a certain software to clean it up... I fell for it once or twice but now I know it's fake.

[SkippyPaccino]

Here here! Not only that I find it bricks my phone sometimes when I'm trying to write a comment (and is also really hard on my battery)

Love this site, but wish there was a better and less intrusive way of advertising that probably doesn't suck up my data.

[Rippcity]

I notice a lot of slow down too. It's super annoying when I've written a full comment out only to try and post and have my browser completely freeze.

[rainslacker]

It used to be really bad on pc. It would slow down my computer and chew up all available memory. N4g is the reason i installed an ad blocker on pc, and now I use a ad free browser on mobile because it's actually annoying and obtrusive there.

Funny thing though, since I actually don't mind supporting n4g I would disable my ad block for the site if they fixed the issues.

[SierraGuy]

Maybe they're mining crypto.

[GamesMaster1982]

Hell yeah they do. I mean here on PC i have adblock enabled everywhere all the time so it's not too bad, also best addon ever created in my opinion. But if a site anysite asks me to disable it then fuck that site ill never vist it simple as that.

[rainslacker]

That's why I don't go to Forbes anymore. Some sites let you keep it enabled after a message about how they survive off ads, but the link isn't always easy to see.

I've found most sites that force you to disable it aren't really worth it anyways....again, ill.site forbes

[SatanicEyeJesus]

Agreed!

[Avengerz43]

They're so annoying....as one popped up in front of my text as I was typing.

[Ethereal]

Been a user for almost 10 years now and the autoplay video ads that force the page to the bottom are sucking my will to live...

[monkey602]

Yep must be here 10 years myself and these ad pops are the worst thing to have happened to this site. They are actually obstructive and have even caused my web browser to crash from time to time

[Double_O_Revan]

10 years in July. I still visit this site daily. I've always wanted to support this site by Not having an adblock on. But after getting redirects to sites trying to install malware, MULTIPLE times, enough was enough.

Sometimes I feel guilty for denying N4G ad revenue, but then I remember the kind of ads they'd be getting that revenue from. If things change, I'll remove it.

[ravinash]

I was doing the same.
Never use N4G on mobile because it was too painful.
Every now and then I'll turn ad blocker off on my PC to see if the ad management had improved, but as soon as i get anything popping up saying I've won something or I have a "virus - click this link to remove it", and the only way I can get out of it is killing the browser (these are bad ones for mobiles). Back on it goes.

These ad management companies really are their own worst enemies.
It's like they don't have any ethics.

[MasterCornholio]

Many times when I try to close it the page for the ad opens up. It's very irritating when this happens.

[Father__Merrin]

The videos that load are ridiculous. It churns so much data, same with vgchartz it's the same thing with heavy data videos etc I've had enough

[MetroidFREAK21]

Yes they do

[The-rain-maker]

Please no more ads, all gamers unite for this cause 😋

[MrSwankSinatra]

they really need to make an app for n4g.

[rainslacker]

This. It would be so much easier. Plus they wouldn't have to rely on the apache java servers to format the content, which means less down time. They could still do ads, but it wouldn't run the same way so they wouldn't be hijacked like they are now

[Profchaos]

Agree made the site so shit

[FallenAngel1984]

Preach it!

[Finch]

I thought my phone got infected a while back, but it's just this site. Everything you try to do here pop up ad. Damn annoying

[guywazeldatatt]

it's not just the mobile version. video gets screwy in desktop too and constantly scrolls down until i pause it.

[mafiahajeri]

Don't press that x on the top right corner of the AD wait and then skip it, on the bottom right, always tried to press that damn x and I end up clicking the AD.

[Mr_Writer85]

The X is a lie.

[mafiahajeri]

LMAO was thinking that but didn't write it xD

[SierraGuy]

Everytime the X gets clicked somebody gets paid.

[yeastori]

These damn Amazon scam ads keep popping up and pissing me off so much it deterred me from coming onto N4G

[Hardiman]

For the longest I was getting those and I thought I had a virus but no it was just N4G! Now it's the damn pop up video ads!

[Christopher]

If you get those, please forward a screenshot to me via PM or [email protected] .

We report those ads to the network.

[VINNIEPAZ]

Thought it was just me lol. Fun fact, looking at an ad as I type...

[Auron]

This shit is making me want to ******* leave this site! I cant even click the X on the damn ad without it taking me to the ads site!!!

[Blank]

The ads have been causing me to visit the site a whole lot less. Worst part is that the ads are not even gaming related! If an N4G alternative ever pops up I would jump ship. Certain Reddit subs have been good but not concentrated and varied as here.

[WeAreLegion]

/r/games has everything we have here. And much faster. I don't even come here to get news anymore.

[optimus]

what is the whole link please?

[Blank]

I agree but I would shift between the both sometimes one would miss some niche news. Also I guess it doesn't help that after using this site for so long, I get a bit biased thinking it is good. This site has changed from when I started for better or worse. Either way I am sticking a bit more to Reddit as I have been doing.

[walken7]

No they don't. It's just memes and reposts. You have to go to the console specific subreddits to actually get content.

[WeAreLegion]

@Optimus - www.reddit.com/r/games

@walken7 - You're thinking of /r/gaming. /r/games doesn't do the meme stuff. It's for gaming news and information.

@blank - Same here. I've been on N4G since 2005. They really fell behind over time.

[Xb1ps4]

I was complaining about this not that one ago.. I ended up downloading an ad blocker and it works great!

[Xenophon_York]

These video ads should have never been approved. Greed, advertising dollars-based decision—plain and simple.

EDIT: AND ANYONE NOTICE IF YOU TAP EXACTLY ON THE X MOST OF THE TIME IT DOESN'T CLOSE?

You have to tap to the bottom-left of the X's corner.

[cfc83]

"There is not enough system memory"

[Kokyu]

I just switched to brave browser because I doubt they care. So yeah.

[InTheZoneAC]

everything about them on mobile is intentional, from their size, when they appear, and how they put the X in place for you to click it but when you do the ad shifts forcing you to click the ad. It's a very dishonest implementation.

[rainslacker]

The fake x is a hijacked ad. It's pretty easy to infect ads en route to the user. There isn't a whole lot the ad service can do about it except find better isps to route through, but the users isp might be the problem also. This was a common problem when I worked in it security for our web hosting clients. We did what we could, but usually once you find a solution, the hackers are two steps ahead again.

The pop ups and videos though, that is something the site holder agreed to.

[InTheZoneAC]

I'm using carrier's 4g service

[rainslacker]

ISP doesn't matter. A packet can travel through any number of routers before getting to your ISP. It's in those that the ad can be hijacked. About the only places the ad service has control over is within their own ISP, and sometimes through their customers web servers.

[No Way]

Yup. So terribly annoying.

[dripdrop30]

I'm sorry, can't see whats going on, there's an ad in the way.

[lociefer]

Not only when i click X they don't close, but also they are intrusive, and screwed my data cap.
This is the first time in my internet life that i have e-mailed chris/admins about a website problem, this is how much i care for n4g.

Honestly something needs to be done and i hope this stays in hot for a long time.

[TheGamingArt]

Couldn’t agree more

[Newmanator]

Definitely they will lose me as a visitor if it isn't fixed soon.

[Hardiman]

100% this and for the longest I was getting those Amazon and Google scam pop ups. It would automatically take me to the page "your a winner" and I stayed off for some time! Now it's the damn pop up ads.

[isarai]

I use adblock so i never noticed

[roadkillers]

F*** YES! 100% serious, ads on this site need to change all together. I'm at work trying to view material, yet a video keeps pulling me down. Literally, you have lost my viewership. I used to come here so much more often. It's terrible that Management does not use this site, otherwise they would experience issues as well.

[MatrixxGT]

I was literally typing a decent comment here but after 2 paragraphs I was redirected to a page where I won a Facebook contest. So not only was a video ad forced on me...you know what, Before I get redirected again im just gonna say screw N4G for a while. I’ll come back and check at some point to see if it’s resolved.

[Xenophon_York]

I'm taking a chance being banned, but I want to help us all to get our site back. I have an idea.

First and foremost: N4G often, and moreso than not is an awesome site. Few other gaming sites can hold my attention like this wild west of leisure game software information emporium.

The idea:

Most of the traffic that comes through N4G is from regulars. The revenue this site makes is measured by how much revenue it makes per day. If we ask for the video ads to be removed or we'll all bond together and avoid visiting N4G for a day or two—which eventually takes money out of someones's pockets—N4G management might finally listen. We keep protesting by not using N4G three or four times a month, until this issue is fixed.

I suggest we start April 1st—April Fool's Day—and not come back till April 3rd.

If I mysteriously disappear before then, it's been nice jabbering about games with you all. Even you aggressive, staunch defenders of anything someone else doesn't like—you're still fun.

post scriptum: Don't forget Bundy's Standoff!

Game on. See you in the sequel.

—X

✊

(I hope I don't get banned, I hope I don't get banned, I hope I don't get banned.)

[Wasabi]

@Xeno

"If we ask for the video ads to be removed or we'll all bond together and avoid visiting N4G for a day or two—which eventually takes money out of someones's pockets—N4G management might finally listen"

Jamiereleases has already said that he's gonna take it up with the adOPS team tomorrow, its further up this comments thread, it IS a problem but at least give them a chance to fix it before staging a union style walkout lol.

:)

[Xenophon_York]

Agreed. Glad Darkocelot got the ball rolling on this and that Jamiereleases is acting as mediator. Just aggravating it had to come to this. Whomever gave the thumbs-up when the mobile ad integration example was shown needs to be stripped of rank and transferred to Antarctica.

Good news is I think this will end up making N4G a better site. Both because we all came together for a common goal and N4G management will think twice before treating us like starving hounds anxious to lap up any dribble we're thrown. #IsleOfDogs

Things are turning a corner.

[Mr_Writer85]

If they banned you for that they would be out of order.

[Christopher]

He's not going to be banned for something the moderation staff supports the users on.

Please continue to communicate what you want out of N4G to the owners.

[rainslacker]

@Chris

It would be nice if N4G admins(not mods) could move quicker on some things they say they're working on. While I know just how tedious and time consuming something like fixing the ad server issues can be, particularly if they're being targeted by hackers due to lax security to begin with, it shouldn't take months on end with no hope in sight. I believe that they were already working on this issue, and it could have at least been mitigated some.

I don't blame you or the mods for this, as I know it's well outside your purview, but when an actual admin says they're working on something, it usually means we MIGHT see something done about it in a year or two. This has been the case for as long as I've used the site.

Most things aren't as annoying though, and as it stands, people are actually finding ways to avoid the ads more because of this issue, which means they're likely to continue using such things even when they do fix stuff.

Other than that, I don't see a boycott doing anything. Even if the active users leave, I'm sure you still get thousands of people who don't bother with the comments, or care about the issue that much who won't do something. At most, they'd see a drop of a few hundred visits for the day. They probably have more of a drop on any given holiday or special days like the super bowl.

[patterson]

Good idea, I would also add that people stop submitting news stories going forward until this gets cleared up. That should get their priorities straight. This type of greed has gone on long enough!

[Corrodedx]

I use Brave on my mobile. It has an inbuilt ad blocker.
I was super frustrated with the pop ups before. Glad this has been brought up.

[Youngindy21]

OMG Truer words have never been written.

[MetalProxy]

N4G fix your shit

[Exare]

Agreed.

As I was trying to read this an ad popped up obstructing my view and eating my data. Not only that, it was impossible to close because the "x" was so small that every time I clicked it a new tab would open and take me to the ads site.

Please find a new means of revenue, or partner with a less intrusive ad company. Hell, I'd pay money for an Android/iOS app if you made that experience ad-free.

[joel_c17]

N4gs add practices are disgusting!!

[Vanfernal]

I'm sick of the current state of this site. Then those advertisement videos have an "X" that doesn't close the video but send you to the link (using mobile). It's intrusive af. They better fix that and quick cause I'm almost done N4G if they keep this up and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[CryofSilence]

Please please please. Right as I was typing this message, a BS video popped up and obstructed my view. Shame on you, N4G. Glad I have an adblocker on desktop.

[holdmyown83]

Is there any other sites like this around?

[Xenophon_York]

Not with this much news and organized information.

[DaMist]

these ads are the worst, is to the point that i dont even visit this site on my phone anymore.

[ajax17]

Use Brave browser

[G3ng4r]

Nah.

[PUBG]

They need to get rid of pop up ads on this site, and they need to fix the lag, particularly when you're typing a message, and the letters take 10 seconds to show up in the comment box. It's the worst I've seen on any site.

[Mr_Writer85]

It took me half N hour just to write this... 😂

Exggairation aside, the lag is ridiculous.

[Xenophon_York]

We need to make sure the text input lag on comments problem gets addressed while we have their attention. Mention it often in your replies—especially to the comments from admins/status update posts.

[mkis007]

Agree. Chrome started to auto open new sites on me see now I have to use adblock firefox.

[SierraGuy]

Chrome is in on it. Use CM browser.

[Muigi]

Im on an iphone x and guess what?! Adblocker done lol.

[DaFeelz]

Yup. It kills me. Find another way N4G. There’s always another (less frustrating) way.

[GamingSinceForever]

After removing the Facebook App off my phone I no longer get those redirects.

[Xenophon_York]

Facebook has never been on my phone and I get redirected there often through N4G ads.

[Christopher]

It's been combated. I've reported what people have sent me as well as what I get to the person at HAVA who works with the ad network. That's why the decline. They still pop up occasionally, though. Has nothing to do with what apps you have installed.

[jjb1981]

I've been redirected to a redirect of a redirected redirect. This must be what traveling through a wormhole feels like.

[rainslacker]

Eventually you got redirected right back to N4G right?:)

[ORyanDeee]

for those of us with limited mobile data these videos that pop up on every page are a major pain...

[Lokii]

I've seen people get marked as inappropriate for mentioning the pop ups.

[Christopher]

They are off topic comments and we want to keep submissions about the submissions and not ads.

This blog is the exact right way to address it as is using the feedback button.

[OB1Biker]

Agreed and thank you

[victorMaje]

I agree with everyone in this article :)

[kungfuian]

Yep!

[Leeroyw]

So glad you did this. Good job.

[kingkobra2xxx]

Agreed!

[Moe-Gunz]

The ads are ridiculous and why isn't there an official app?

[BeOpenMinded]

I click the x numerous times and still get redirected. Then when ad mysteriously closes my pad mysteriously closes many times or redirects for no reason and have to retype comment... like what just happened twice. Come on n4g even floozy sites are less intrusive and usable. Didn't this get tested or is the advert money that good?

[EjWarrior]

I never remove Adblock on websites like this that abuse the system I don't mind some adds but this site have to much

[1nsomniac]

Amen brother 💯

[irishyort]

This and the main website and that add in the bottom right that takes up half of your image play screen is ridiculous on a small monitor

[2cents]

Agree.

[megatron00733]

not only the ads, the template (layout) needs to change as well. The previous template of N4G is user friendly and easy to navigate. This one is so messed up that I stopped using n4g anymore.

[Christopher]

Do you know you can change the layout from the default? PM me if you don't know this.

[Aenea]

Yup, I stopped using it on my phone because of this, which means I've been using the site way, way less than I used to.

[Chexs1990]

Ocelot, I've been getting gradually more annoyed with it as well, it's f*****g obnoxious -_-
Especially since the mobile site is my primary gateway to the site.
But ads is money, so I'm guessing they don't give a crap about us users.

[JamieReleases]

I've had a chat with the ad ops team today, they'll be shut off shortly until we can resolve all the issues. N4G shouldn't have popup ads like this, ever, and we apologies for the inconvenience that it's caused you. If you're seeing anything like this again please let us know.

[Liqu1d]

"If you're seeing anything like this again please let us know."

People have been letting you know for months but they were ignored and their comments were marked as inappropriate.

[Christopher]

Every issue was reported by me to HAVA.

[patterson]

I just don’t understand how adops wasn’t aware of the issue to begin with. This has been going on for a loooong time.

[Christopher]

They were.

[finite]

That is because N4G don't give a shit, they make money from your work, if it was there own work they would care more

[Aquacure]

I have to copy my post as I go along because if I don't the site crashes and I lose what I was going to say.

[solideagle]

I would agree with this and thank you DARKOCELET for bringing it up. I personally do not have unlimited internet on my mobile and N4G eats a lot of data because of these stupid Ads. Pressing the 'X' on the Ad opens another tab...:(

This needs to be fixed. N4G is used by millions every day, so a good web design is expected from it.

[Xenophon_York]

Yeah, a thousand thanks to Darkocelot, for true.

[Redlife2g]

What makes them worse is even when you click the X it still opens the link!!?

[Xenophon_York]

Seems the video ads have been taken for now, but if you tap more towards the bottom left part of the X it usually closes every time. A purposely designed flaw to increase ad link openings.

[Redlife2g]

Sneaky bastards

[xX1NORM1Xx]

I started using ad blocker on this site only when they started the auto play video bullshit.

[Slappy McGee]

100% agree. Half the screen, auto playing ads that can't be backed out of and use my data every single time you try to read anything on here is rediculous. I had to install Firefox and make a shortcut just for N4G with uBlock installed just to be able to do anything without some stupid ad making the site unbearable.

[JamieReleases]

Just to give everyone an update on the advertisement issues that have been effecting N4G.

We've outsourced our ad inventory to another company, but we are working with them closely to make sure these adverts don't interfere with our UX, but unfortunately some of the ads that they're displaying are causing a lot of issues for our community. Within the hour an update will be published that removes ads on mobile until we can work out where the intrusive ones are coming from and cull them out.

Again, sorry for all the issues, especially if it's been something that's effected your experience on N4G for a long time. We are listening and we'll do everything possible to make sure you have the best experience on N4G.

If you have anymore issues with anything please let us know.

Thanks,

[Xenophon_York]

This is great—and severely appreciated. Fact is, this issue should never had made it past the N4G team meeting on rather or not to implement these ads.

[JamieReleases]

Agreed, sorry for not noticing it before. I tend to do all my work on a desktop and rarely visit websites on mobile, so I couldn't see the problems. I'll be sure to view it on my mobile from time to time in future.

[joaovictorop]

Absurdly horrible, I thought it was a virus in my phone. It has been a pain in the ass to use the site.

[shaenoide]

Agreed!

[eyeDEVOUR]

PC version is messed up too for me. A big ad in the bottom right screen that I cant close because the feedback tab is covering it.

[WeAreLegion]

The writing is on the walls, guys. This place won't be around forever. I mean, why are we here? Because Reddit is too big? N4G was great in 2005, but things changed. I'm only here to talk to you dudes. The stuff here takes so long to get approved, I've already read it on Reddit. Usually a day or two before.

[Angelin]

After reading this I installed an adblocker for ios and wow, n4g is fast again ;)

[Elda]

It's disgusting when using this site on my phone in every article I want to read & comment in I have to keep enlarging the video ad to make the X bigger so I can delete it just to make a comment.This site needs to fix this asap!!

[Sniperwithacause]

All I do I visit N4G on the PS4 web browser. With all the adds that pop up, I swear when I am finally able to close the browser, it seems like my playstation gets laggy and is gonna brick. Ive even gotten a blue error screen while using N4G on the PS browser.

[P3L1K4N3LUL]

I dont have that kind of problem. Probably its location based or depends on what OS is used.

[inxine]

i have no ads whatever lol.

[IcedOmega13]

its 2018. ublock origin is totally on Firefox mobile.....

[bigmalky]

I agree too. It's getting ridiculous to use on mobile.

[pinkcrocodile75]

I'm the same. The video popup is the most irritating popup on a site I comment on regularly.

I suppose the admins think the revenue made is worth losing a chunk of users on the site. BRILLIANT!

Lets make money while we can until we find we only have 10 users. PERFECT!

My suggestion, get rid... or face losing your audience.

The funny thing is I couldn't give 2 f***s about what's being sold, I won't buy it or click on their adds.

Lets see what happens now... probaby nothing

[senorfartcushion]

Next: the fanboyism.

It's very one sided and this is obvious from the start when that row of "hottest" articles is first displayed after you load up the home page.

I know consoles are cheaper than PCs and that MS had that terrible Xbox One launch and I also know that nobody bought a Wii U but it can't just be PS4-only. Get a move on!!!

[Nodoze]

50000% agreed!!

[MaximusPrime_]

Can't argue with that. I have to wait till count down finishes in order to close that annoying video that covers 85% of my screen..

[Fadikun]

I’m using an iPhone 7 Plus on iOS 11 using Safari. I will occasionally get redirected to this Amazon quiz thing. If I try to swipe back to what I was trying to read, it freezes and I have to close the tab. The only thing I can do is go back to the main page and look for that article again and try again. It’s probably hurting your SEO bounce numbers...

[DaDrunkenJester]

Agreed!

[vikingland1]

Definitely intrusive and obnoxious adds on N4G . And they are unsafe.

[GamerscoreWhores]

Now I know why so much Viagra turned up at my door...

[Cartman55125]

I straight up stopped going to the site if not on desktop with ad blocker on.

[Mr Scooch]

Hear hear

[MeteorPanda]

yeah l've stopped looking at n4g on my phone. that redirect page thing is cancer. like he;; this is viable when a lot use 3g/4g on the go and these fucking ads take a massive chunk and do nothing. Youtube isnt as taxing

[finite]

'This is just a quick message from the N4G tech team to let you know we 100% agree with this blog post and we are working on sorting this out' - Bollocks if they 100% agree with you then they would of sorted this out before anyone complained, - Typical pr bullshit to calm the masses

[FernDiggidy]

Very irritating.

[optimus]

not just on mobile but as far as the desktop website is concerned...n4g had a wallpaper advertising some playstation game for like 2 weeks (not seeing it today), and the auto play ad that shows up on the bottom right when you start scrolling through the comments (which is the same that shows up below the headline. begins to play and the wallpaper hides the X to close the ad. (x is white, so is the lettering in the wallpaper making it hard to see)..very deceptive i think.

[yellowgerbil]

Go to project wonderful and stop using these shady companies. This is not a new problem, you keep saying you'll fix it but never do

[ThePenetrator]

Yea that shit is annoying

[CPTN MITCHELL]

I been a member since 2006 or 07 and I don't visit the page like I used to... Too many adds no new articles like before and I also don't like the way it looks after the big update

[xtheblackparade]

Someone handle the ads!

[Dixiedevil]

What are the odds? I havent been to the site for months because of this and decided to log in from my PC and see this. I used to come to the site several times a day. I'll be back when I can navigate the site without "Congratulations!" ads locking up my phone.

[subtenko]

Adblock....

[GrimDragon]

Thanks for getting n4g to address the problem ocelot. Totally agree and hope this gets fixed asap.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

This post is No. 1 on the site currently, hard to avoid the issue now that even more people know about it.

[_LarZen_]

I cant even use my phone to access this site anymore as I'm just redirected to a completely different page wanting me to buy stuff.....!

[Ristul]

Hell yeah, the ads are stupidly painful, makes me not want to visit the site.

[scoltar]

i use firefox with ublock origin on android. tried using google chrome, but couldn't find a way to disable ads with it. i do not mind tactful ads within a site, but when they are popping up everywhere left and right, that is the reason folks resort to ad blockers. if the folks making the ads could understand this, it would result in a much better internet for folks just trying to browse the net, and people who rely on income from ads alike.

[maybelovehate]

Agree. Especially when they serve up that stupid amazon fake ad which is basically a virus. N4G should be ashamed of themselves. I would be embarrassed to work there.

[uth11]

i had to switch browsers because within seconds of clicking on any article on my phone, i'd get a full screen pop-up ad saying my android had major virus, and I couldn't close it.

happened on a couple of other sites too. the new browser stopped it

[Bobafret]

I started using CM Browser and it fixed all of this crap.

[PoSTedUP]

i would be on this site on the go if it wasnt for this s***, gave up completely. i just go to other sites to check news on the go.

[CrystalFantasy]

I don't see what the big deal is. I'm not paying for anything so Meh.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah, I've been coming here everyday since 2011 and never had ad problems this severe.

[psplova]

What about fixing the back arrow button exiting out of the damn app 90 percent of the time. Thats annoying.

[Wrex369]

Yeah its literally trash almost as bad as IGN at this point. Also sometimes i think the site was made for bots lmao like yall get excited for the news and stuff but how many bots are here vs real people. Ad service and bots overhaul needed for sure.

[rainslacker]

I went to IGN today when N4G was having server problems and couldn't load the page, and it's been a while since I've been there directly. They had more news about movies or celebrities, with tons of ads tossed into the mix, than they had actual gaming news to browse through. This was on their mobile site though, but didn't make me want to go to their regular website at all.

[jensen86]

Good cos this was driving me mad especially wen u click x n it takes u to the ad loved this site n use it almost daily for its gotta b almost 10 years i cant even belive its been that long 2008 wen fall out 3 launched

[chris235]

for two days i was wondering now „n4g? need for greed?“... but then it dawned on me that this site is called like that. funny.

[psuedo]

I'm fine with then taking up half my screen it's just they WILL NOT close unless I go to the site. Not that I willingly go to the site (CLOROX). It's just the video takes FOREVER to load and Iit never lets the X work until after I've clicked 10 times or the video loads. It's a lot better than those redirect ads you guys seem to of sorted out most of that. Ads are fine but as N4G stated those ads that are intrusive or unreasonable MAKE ME NOT WANT TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT

[Artemidorus]

It's terrible I can't even view the site very well.

[ApocalypseShadow]

I've logged in just to comment and agree with everyone here that had a problem with the stupid ads. I straight up stopped coming to n4g as often because the ads were getting ridiculous.

And you couldn't get rid of it without it redirecting you to the viral ad. This was the **ONLY** site that would alert my Internet provider that I was being attacked by something on n4g. I mean, not even an adult site would make my Internet react like that.

I even thought that maybe there was key logging going on because typing a comment on n4g was painfully slow. I mean **SLOW**

To ad insult to injury, anyone posting comments about it were tagged as **INAPPROPRIATE** by mods and ignored. That's what would piss me off seeing people flagged for speaking up. Yeah. I don't own the site and the site owes me nothing. So I stopped coming and found my news somewhere else 90% of the time.

Good job dark ocelot. At least your posting this has brought attention to it. But it's funny seeing posts that asked for screen shots when all they had to do was pull out their tablet and phone and look.

I only logged in to say this. If it gets better, great. If not, there's always someone providing news somewhere else. And now that I have VR, it's become less important when other sites are providing that news and way earlier.

[rainslacker]

N4G is(or was) actually flagged by Google as a phishing site and potentially virus ridden site because it was redirecting people to sites that actually were those kinds of sites. If you used Chrome to access the site, it does a check for every website you go to against Google's database to warn the user. I used to get that from N4G a lot whenever I cleared my cookies or history.

I think that the admins cleared that up with Goggle, but it shouldn't have really gotten to that point in the first place.

[ThatDudeMunkee]

Can confirm. My team and I's website has been recently attacked and we've had to get ahold of our ad partners as well in order to get this problem fixed. It's super freaking annoying.

[Firebird360]

Agreed!

[Tross]

They’re making browsing this site a pain!

[Fist4achin]

Glad to hear they are trying to do something about it. It's pretty bad...

[Tallpine]

I'd like to see the full title of an article pop up when hovering over it with a mouse instead of having to click on an article just to see what the rest of the headline is.

[akaFullMetal]

Totally agree!