ads on Bike Radar

FishFish
FishFish Posts: 2,152
edited December 2014 in The hub
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?
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  • kajjal
    kajjal Posts: 3,380
    The ads are why the site is free.
  • Antm81
    Antm81 Posts: 1,406
    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.
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Don't use an ipad then.
    I wouldn't have an I-pad unless I have an I-infection
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    I see no ads. But am on Firefox. None on my android phone either.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    This ^^^^^^^ Using Chrome on one, Firefox on another and Windows in the office but I believe disclosing the secret is frowned upon.
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  • CitizenLee
    CitizenLee Posts: 2,227
    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.
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  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    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.
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  • CitizenLee
    CitizenLee Posts: 2,227
    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.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    The ads don't collect data about you, Google does.
  • CitizenLee
    CitizenLee Posts: 2,227
    Joelsim wrote:
    The ads don't collect data about you, Google does.

    I think you'll find they do, but yeah so does Google.
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Don't get the adds when overseas either, although that may be an extreme way to avoid them unless you name is skibum!
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