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http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&ai=C2rVilaUCVZO7C4Px7Qa2soH4BvO2-80G--SSovEBwI23ARABIIiAvxRgu4aAgNAKyAEJqQKBkuIhnO-4PqgDAaoEzgFP0GYgftrOBBzkLMSey98R4OisH1y41aqYWCuH5CZzu5ZVMOl44S8S6uk3cHeLeYpGeTLzCShvxwBi0KZ-VG2gfBwJ5ZOBeiF82IVJ44Yvgp2POJUuFcooQmyelU16B4ENkyn4fy_oCZi3qnnOkHai4VXhFAWiJd_2-8nOmU_r2w_NY1BkltcWLxs1XCNZwcj8F1hJOkFE9hbsk4_nvMhPSZjrYqYKNfrrRObT68iI01tmGGuschHo18GmaPgSVzO0mf_1Rw2Qids4vV7XxqAGLtgGBIAH2_CWINgHAA&num=1&sig=AOD64_0ZveJQ_8ml2tDEtf5Q7S-yRgUa2A&client=ca-pub-6163857992956964&adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.didihaveppi.co.uk

Sorry Steve, but this is really taking the p***. Open a story, get redirected to App Store, tap back to go back to the story, it loads and I get redirected again. WTF?!

Here are some additional URLs for you to investigate:

 

http://d.afftrx.com/?s=1201681http://d.mobpartner.mobi/?s=1155663
At this point, I am almost ready to be done with Neowin on mobile. This is the worst it has been for some time. I'm sure that you would like me to subscribe, but this is the wrong way to go about persuading.

EDIT: A couple more images with URLs:

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I know this doesn't help any, but this redirect annoyance is happening network wide, it isn't limited to Neowin and there are several long threads of rteports on the subject at Google too (linked in an earlier thread).

 

The safest solution is to disable ads altogether on mobile, but that blocks our source of revenue :/

 

Believe me I am emailing with our ad companies about this, and I hope we can do a permanent solution ourselves maybe, by blocking any redirect requests that are external (not coming from neowin.net) but I'm not a coder. It is requested though.

Well, it has actually been better for some time and I have not had any redirects in my Safari on iPhone/iPad for a few weeks. As mentioned, in the meantime, if you can institute a more automated system of reporting bad ads, it would definitely be a step in the right direction. I understand that disabling ads on mobile would cut into the revenue stream, so help us to help you to keep things organised and decent. Posting stuff in a thread on the forum doesn't really fit that criteria.

I wish the ad choices link on ads also let you report bad ads too :/

 

You mean for an ad to have an inherit function to be reported as a bad ad? I can't see that happening: ad networks want as many ads out there as possible and advertisers who create ads tend not to care what people think. The best we can hope for, at least for the foreseeable future, is for websites where ads are displayed to provide an ability to report bad ads. An HTML5 form for mobile that would allow upload of a screenshot from internal camera roll should be pretty straight-forward.

You mean for an ad to have an inherit function to be reported as a bad ad? I can't see that happening: ad networks want as many ads out there as possible and advertisers who create ads tend not to care what people think. The best we can hope for, at least for the foreseeable future, is for websites where ads are displayed to provide an ability to report bad ads. An HTML5 form for mobile that would allow upload of a screenshot from internal camera roll should be pretty straight-forward.

Except, redirects and such like are violating the terms of service agreement. Anyway, one or two things tweaked with ads.. keep the reports coming whenever you see a bad ad (Y)

Thanks Steve. Curiously, I was on a 3G connection at the time. It doesn't happen when I came back home to being on Wi-Fi. What about that form to make reporting of bad ads easier?

The only reason the bad ad appeared on 3G is most likely because of GEO and user targeting, at home you might see 'filler' ads if you check Neowin often and then on a new IP you are treated as a new viewer :p

 

I've asked the ad companies to check this thread and the pastebin btw. 

Thanks, here are some images of other bad ads that appeared during that time as well...
 
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I should have grabbed the URL of that last one (is Neowin trying to peddle me washing detergent a subtle hint or something?). The other 2 didn't show the URL when using "tap and hold" technique. I was just prompted to either save image or copy, neither of which I was interested in.

Ads have been updated to another default provider who has done some filtering based on our requests. If you are logged in you will not see the ad after the 3rd article on main.

 

Could you please clarify what you mean by that? The way I interpret it is that, after reading 3 articles with ads, no ads will be shown for that day (this does not seem to be the case, so I am probably wrong).

Could you please clarify what you mean by that? The way I interpret it is that, after reading 3 articles with ads, no ads will be shown for that day (this does not seem to be the case, so I am probably wrong).

 

On the mobile homepage, there is an ad placed in the list of articles, below the third one. If you are logged in, that advert doesn't show.

On the mobile homepage, there is an ad placed in the list of articles, below the third one. If you are logged in, that advert doesn't show.

Interesting, I never seen an ad between 3rd and 4th article in the list on iOS in Safari. Only at the top (between header and random large image for a particular story) and right at the bottom, at least on the main page.

  • 2 weeks later...

A few more bad ads to report:

 

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The horizontal bar ones at the top of the page do not show a link in the context menu when using "tap and hold" method in Safari on iOS -- only Save Image and Copy -- so it is notoriously difficult to come up with corresponding URLs for those. The ones along the right edge used not to be like that, but have since start behaving in the same manner. How can I give you URLs to pass onto your advertisers when the ads won't let me?

Some more rubbish ads...this is getting tiring...is there no way to be able to review all the ads that go on the site instead of trusting the ad provider(s) to serve the appropriate ones?

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http://r.turn.com/r/tpclick/id/S6KcHgJzDz27CQgAIQQBAA/3c/http%3A%2F%2Fus-ads.openx.net%2Fw%2F1.0%2Frc%3Fts%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%26r%3D/url/http%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fddm%2Fclk%2F289135769%3B116122252%3Bh
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http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/pcs/click?xai=AKAOjsuKSScsLkfuLwdfx3Q2VpYDFtQKa0LZHl9S0rVq7s60bJ9tzztr8MOMGZC8zb-SUpeSE0XSsKIOpRcBVhpB_ID1Jsti80OLvvCaFceSCg9Irt8itXHfyxkrgngAA-YTetM9CiIalQ&sig=Cg0ArKJSzElxK70o88jaEAE&adurl=http://adserver-qcamt.adtech.de/adlink/1282/4813912/0/225/AdId%3D12255486%3BBnId%3D1%3Bguid%3DdKE0YHnwYDZs8DRnIqArZ3bxPzVspDU3cfVf2vmp%3Bitime%3D346307664%3Bkvp36%3Dp36-17dtzuspn2epskd0%3Bkva%3Dp-4aqskwgh_aocu%3Bkr1478%3D3517872%3Bkvc%3D692833%3Bkvi%3Dvtiyagak4yikgq3bwgaoqq%3Bkr751%3D3524706%3Bkvl%3D117501%3Bkvs%3D728x90%3Bkp%3D382048%3Blink%3Dhttp://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk%3Fsa%3Dl%26ai%3DCoDDFAhgyVYLDK8GbZKnRgNAF_tOZtwaO4fuWrwHAjbcBEAEgAGC7hoCA0AqCARdjYS1wdWItNjE2Mzg1Nzk5Mjk1Njk2NKAB0JTA8wPIAQmoAwGYBACqBHtP0AjpJH5SYzpbsl3aSfhqMCfRnLPDrrJhu_upnf8L8ad3HLlQgCBAwqdcVE_LXsIyX2XS8nsekwXo2LsDkwkYguWSew5eTGkb5rmTlXdf2pKDhX7UDXStEPmU9sq0N5TStK_HOnOAH2BvqxfJiKn4CZOGUI5X9UQfpIuABvegyq7Mt_PnvQGgBiHYBwA%26num%3D1%26sig%3DAOD64_3Hv1aEgxzvQUl764Z-nfa3XM6CPA%26client%3Dca-pub-6163857992956964%26adurl%3Dhttp://exch.quantserve.com/r%3Fa%3Dp-4aqskwgh_aOcU%3Blabels%3D_qc.clk,_click.adserver.rtb,_click.rand.48138%3Brtbip%3D91.228.73.40%3Brtbdata2%3DEAAaEEFtRXhfQkFfQXByaWxfMTUgutkTKP2VBzDhpCo6Lmh0dHA6Ly9UaXRhbi1HYXRlLUx0ZC51bmtub3duLmFub255bW91cy5nb29nbGVaKExmSlk0aUNqRExRMW8xamxlX05INVMtaVU3YzE5MW0xS0tZM1U2UDR1D8psPoAB36rquQagAQGoAeXE9gG6AR1DQUVTRUQ5bS1qQlNrQzJXSmQ5azFpMTZKLTg6McABtu0MyAHelbfdzCnaARZWVElZQWdBSzRZSUtHUTNCV2dBb3FR5QFfLlRA6AFkmALrggeoAgaoAgWwAgi6AgRb5EkowAICyAIA%3Bredirecturl2%3Dhttps://stags.bluekai.com/site/15731%3Fphint%3Devent%253Dclick%26phint%3Daid%253D2365300%26phint%3Dpid%253D115788431%26phint%3Dcid%253D8518269%26phint%3Dcrid%253D61538278%26done%3Dhttp://www.americanexpress.com/uk/britishair/britishairways_avios.shtml%253F%2526CRTV%253DQuantcast_Prospecting%2526sourcecode%253DMULT000384%2526CPID%253D100168851

Some more rubbish from earlier in the week...
 
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http://r.turn.com/r/tpclick/id/I9BKlPYlpD7XPwQA7AMBAA/3c/http%3A%2F%2Fus-ads.openx.net%2Fw%2F1.0%2Frc%3Fts%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%26r%3D/url/http%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fddm%2Fclk%2F289135769%3B116122252%3Bh

Here is stuff from just now...

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http://52.0.147.4/oapi/clickAd;jsessionid=AAB571EDCD78C3507D661D2CC12BA176.soma-i-0b795cf7

Why are cleaning, heartburn and airline ads rubbish? Don't get too picky now..

 

Not tech related but I'm sure some people here do some cleaning, may get heartburn and occasionally fly. 

 

Gambling and get rich schemes(scams) on the other hand shouldn't really be here.

Why are cleaning, heartburn and airline ads rubbish? Don't get too picky now..

 

Not tech related but I'm sure some people here do some cleaning, may get heartburn and occasionally fly.

 

They are rubbish because they have nothing to do with the content of the site. This is a tech news site. I am not looking for it to be an all-signing and all-dancing location that shows ads just because they may be relevant outside of context of the site.

They are rubbish because they have nothing to do with the content of the site. This is a tech news site. I am not looking for it to be an all-signing and all-dancing location that shows ads just because they may be relevant outside of context of the site.

 

I don't think that's how adverts work. If they can track you they will show you adverts relevant to you otherwise you are going to get generic adverts. There are a few companies that do site specific ads but there isn't enough money in them compared to tracking adverts.

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