ads on Bike Radar

FishFish

I find that navigation round Bike Radar is slowed because of the ads appearing esp the videos. I am using Chrome because I find it is even slower than explorer. I guess it happens on many sites. Is there any setting I can use to supress them?

kajjal

The ads are why the site is free.

Antm81

kajjal wrote:

The ads are why the site is free.

They are but the expanding ones at the top are annoying when using something such as an iPad, you go to click on something then the screen moves.

RockmonkeySC

Don't use an ipad then.
I wouldn't have an I-pad unless I have an I-infection

supersonic

I see no ads. But am on Firefox. None on my android phone either.

cooldad

This ^^^^^^^ Using Chrome on one, Firefox on another and Windows in the office but I believe disclosing the secret is frowned upon.

CitizenLee

Ghostery and Ad-Block Plus have been keeping me ad and pop-up free for years.

They work with both Chrome and Firefox.

No-Script is worth a look too if you want to take it even further.

Also, look at routing your traffic through OpenDNS servers.

FishFish

Thanks citizen - I've got Ad Block plus now and it works perfectly. Our IS moaned at me and so I said sorry. Don't have to mean it of course.

CitizenLee

No probs

Ads help pay for the site so I accept that they need to be there, but where they're intrusive, ruin the user experience and collect data about you, then I have no problem blocking them.

joelsim

The ads don't collect data about you, Google does.

CitizenLee

joelsim wrote:

The ads don't collect data about you, Google does.

I think you'll find they do, but yeah so does Google.

The Rookie

Don't get the adds when overseas either, although that may be an extreme way to avoid them unless you name is skibum!