Adverts slowing site down too much.

limbsy
limbsy Posts: 78
edited April 2013 in Discuss the website with the team
What is going on with the awesome smooth running website that I knew and loved? Now there are all these intensive adverts slowing the page down and ruining my daily fix of MTB goodness.... Stop it... Just Stop.
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The spesh, 456 & cube:
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/7684984/?s6

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  • dantheman1979
    dantheman1979 Posts: 50
    Just use google chrome or mozilla firefox to browse with and install adblock plus
    On One 456
    Cannondale CAAD 10
    Ribble 7005 Audax
  • No Sweat
    No Sweat Posts: 103
    I totally agree with the OP!

    I'm not complaining about adverts per se.... they pay for the site after all (and some are interesting), just those ones that stay 'still' on the sides of the screen as you scroll. I have pretty fast internet access, use Safari, Chrome, Firefox and they all jitter and jerk.
  • limbsy
    limbsy Posts: 78
    dantheman1979 wrote:
    Just use google chrome or mozilla firefox to browse with and install **Nobody likes ads but they pay for the site so please have the class not to whine about them** plus

    Haha, I do use Morzilla and i have no problem with advertising on websites.. I know how the internet works. However when you have intensive advertising that interferes with the content like currently on the site, I have a problem. As far as I'm aware I'm in the right section of the forum to be talking about the web site **Nobody likes a smartar$e...** I'm entitled to my class worthy 'whine', get off you high horse. Pinkbike has a lot of advertising on its web site but this never interferes with the content, bikeradar needs to address the issue.
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    The spesh, 456 & cube:
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/7684984/?s6
  • Faye@BikeRadar
    Faye@BikeRadar Posts: 316
    We've got people looking into the issue now - the ads should not be interfering with site speed so thanks for making us aware of it.
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  • dantheman1979
    dantheman1979 Posts: 50
    Limbsy i didn't write that bit about whining about the ads, my post has been altered.
    On One 456
    Cannondale CAAD 10
    Ribble 7005 Audax
  • No Sweat
    No Sweat Posts: 103
    Just accessed the site again - specifically the news article 'It's not recycling, it's upcycling'. The British Cycling ads at the sides do not now cause the jittering I was experiencing before.
    I guess you must have fixed it! Thanks. :D
  • pilot_pete
    pilot_pete Posts: 2,120
    The homepage now has Eon ads at the top and down the sides. On my iPad this makes the site content so small that it is unreadable without zooming. Not what this user would like...

    PP
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    For me the forum is still full width. Just adverts top and middle.
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