Bulbapedia Intrusive, unclosable ads. Please fix.

[Hasbeen400]

Hi.
I am not able to use your website. It is a shame, as I used to really enjoy the site until about one week ago.
Most of time, within ten seconds of loading a page, a video ad would appear, taking up two-thirds of the screen. The ad is unclosable and follows where I scroll.

I cannot use AdBlock either as I am on an iPad. Please help me, as I would really like to be able to use the site again.

This occurs on both my iPads, by the way.

If we can't resolve this issue, I will never use this website again. Thank you.

 

[sonic10158]

Same thing is happening to me. The site on mobile devices is unusable thanks to this.

Occasionally I get the ad that take up 2/3rds of the screen for me, but the majority of the timewhen I try to go on bulbapedia, I get an ad saying I "am selected to get a spin to win an iphone 6s". The only option is 'close' and when I try to close the ad, it forces me to another site where I can spin for a prize. But when I try to hit the back button on my browser, it does NOT return to bulbapedia, but instead whatever site I was at before trying to go to bulbapedia. You guys NEED to switch to less intrusive ads that don't break your site.

 

[Hasbeen400]

Precisely. No-one will want to use this site, if this continues! Not me, either.

 

[Kogoro]

We're very much aware of these ads and we're doing everything we can do get our ad network to remove them from rotation. In order to assist us in getting these ads removed, we need as much information about them as possible. Screenshots of the ad, the URL of the ad itself (if possible), and the URL the ad is trying to send you to (if it's a redirecting advert) are all very helpful for us to try and get them taken down.

Additionally, we have a dedicated thread for problematic ad reports, which you can find here, so I'm going to close this thread. Please direct any additional reports & information to the ad report thread.