# What is with the ads all of a sudden? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352 "2024-07-13T21:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/1 "2024-07-13T21:48:56Z")
All of a sudden CarTalk is looking like a click bait site. The pop-ups just keep coming. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/2 "2024-07-13T21:59:47Z")
Where on the screen do the ads appear? I haven’t noticed any new ad placement strategy, but I’ve noticed in recent weeks the ads that appear in between the posts are now changing size more often, and when they do it makes the postings move up and down and become very hard to read through the list. Is that what you are noticing? I’ll mention that I haven’t seen this happen today (7.13.2024). ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/3 "2024-07-13T22:57:56Z")
Loosely being talked about here… [Sluggish forum-site response](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-forum-site-response/195309) ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/4 "2024-07-13T23:14:49Z")
There was a banner across the bottom and a very annoying video coming in from the right side. If you clicked it off, it came right back. I’m not seeing right now though. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/5 "2024-07-14T00:07:06Z")
I see them also, on desktop and mobiles. Pop-up blockers enabled on all. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/6 "2024-07-14T00:29:17Z")
> [@keith](#): > > If you clicked it off, it came right back. Happened yesterday I think, I just exited out and pulled it right back up and they are gone… ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/7 "2024-07-14T01:06:14Z")
Clicking the X or ‘Close Ad’ fields in the corner of some ads only TAKES YOU TO some fo the ads, not close them. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/8 "2024-07-14T04:38:24Z")
It’s a wildly spammy platform. I’m sure I should change browsers or settings or whatever. But I’m on quite a few sites. This one ranks up there with the worst. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/9 "2024-07-14T11:10:27Z")
@keith > All of a sudden CarTalk is looking like a click bait site. The pop-ups just keep coming. Are you running with the Chrome browser? If so, I wonder if the sudden change you’re experiencing is due to this recent change, and that you began seeing it once your browser got updated: [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-change-that-weakens-ad-blockers-begins-june-3rd/](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-change-that-weakens-ad-blockers-begins-june-3rd/) or here’s another link: [Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/google-chrome-will-limit-ad-blockers-starting-june-2024/) In that case, try a non-Chrome browser with one of the popular ad-block extensions enabled. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/10 "2024-07-14T15:10:14Z")
I use AdBlock Plus with both Firefox and Safari and have no problems. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/11 "2024-07-14T20:04:49Z")
Keith (post 3 above) says: There was a banner across the bottom and a very annoying video coming in from the right side. If you clicked it off, it came right back. If scrolling moves the banner up/down along with the posts, that’s an in-between posts ad. Those are just the price of admission. Likewise, the video at the bottom right. I can’t remove that one either, but I find it is easily ignored. The ad’s pay the bills here, and for this forum to remain the bills must be paid. So some user tolerance for the ads is required. My only complaint about the ads are the in-between posts ads that change dimensions. These cause the entire thread to bounce up and down, making it hard to read through the posts. When I first surf to [CarTalk.com](http://CarTalk.com) every day I usually click on one of the car photos on the first page. I expect that probably helps funds the site. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/12 "2024-07-15T11:28:18Z")
Firefox and uBlock Origin. No ads. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/13 "2024-07-16T00:33:03Z")
Using Chrome the ads are a rectangle across the bottom and a pop-up video selling something along the right side. My experience is like the others, it’s a Whack-A-Mole game to keep them from covering up things I’m reading. If I try to draft and post a reply I can see most of the draft I’m creating, but it’s often hard to proof read it without fighting off the ads, and I have to X out the bottom banner and click the red Reply button fast, before the banner blocks it out again. In Firefox, no ads. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/14 "2024-07-16T15:38:44Z")
I’m using Safari without any ad blockers. Whatever happened has gone away. I’m seeing the normal amount of ads again. A few ads I can tolerate, the site needs some revenue to pay the bills. The “click bait” was unexpected and annoying. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/15 "2024-07-16T21:56:43Z")
> [@keith](#): > > ads I can tolerate, Is anyone else seeing ads here about parasites? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/16 "2024-07-17T02:04:49Z")
Ads _are_ parasites. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nofyfb\_180405](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@nofyfb\_180405](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nofyfb_180405)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/17 "2024-07-17T18:36:47Z")
Get ready to be cancelled. LOL ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/18 "2024-07-17T19:04:25Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Is anyone else seeing ads here about parasites? No… not yet. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/19 "2024-07-17T20:57:07Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > No… not yet. hmmm … interesting. It seems nobody else here is being sent ads for treatment of infectious parasites. Of late I’m subjected to a dozen or more each session. Maybe I have this problem, but don’t know it? … lol … Definitely seems an unusual advertising subject for a car-forum. I haven’t seen any today , hopefully they’re now gone for good. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352/20 "2024-07-17T21:17:55Z")
At some point you did a search that somehow caused those ads to pop up because of the cookies that are now on your system. There are various solutions, but that’s for you and your IT friend to work through. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-with-the-ads-all-of-a-sudden/195352.md?page=2)