Topic: Annoying Video Ads

I've noticed in the last few weeks that some annoying video ads will autoplay (with audio) on many articles I want to read. I understand this site operates on ad revenue, and I never have a problem with the text/picture ads, but the videos are very annoying and they actually slow down the site performance on the page they are playing on.

@flapjackashley2 I had the exact same issue a while back. For several weeks there was this stupid ad for an event with some really loud, obnoxious music. I would often put down the volume before going on the site because it was that bad. Thankfully I no longer see that ad but back then, it did cause me to stop checking the site that often.

@Nintenerdguy Dude you might want to turn that off when on the site. The only way Nintendolife make money is through their Ads. :/

Can someone give us some screenshots of the ads in question? None should be playing with sound on by default.

We do rely on ads and therefore take this seriously and always report 'bad ads' when they appear.

Cheers!

@antdickens - I lack screen shots but I just got blasted by two ben and Jerries ads, brookside chocolate and cadbury chocolate in a row and likely one or two I missed notice of when looking up some info on another tab and wasn't paying attention. They played while I was on the North America eShop Downloads article for June 1st. I just caught this out of the corner of my eye when scrolling down to the contact link.

@Nintenerdguy: Adblock isn't a bad thing to have, but I do turn it off for websites that I actively want to support. While NL has ads, very few have been the spammy, annoying, or weird kind that made me install Adblock+ to begin with.

That said, I have noticed an uptick in video ads here. I've even had a couple autoplay themselves, though I have no screenshots for proof yet.

Morning everyone,

I've just had an update from our advertising partner - they are aware of this issue and it's related to some changes last week - they're working on suppressing these and should see a change soon (hopefully in the next few days).

Cheers!

Thank you for looking into this for us. It is much appreciated!