The Telegraph web-site

is it getting worse? Went on there this morning and a massive ad took over the page then crashed my browser. Cant be bothered to go back on there. Does anyone complain to them?

Yeah, It really is a pain in the bottom. It doesn't crash by browser but its flipping annoying.

I dont even bother any more. Does my head in

Get an ad blocker add on for your browser. They're pretty good usually.

They are evidently looking into the issue according to  Twitter

[url=https://adblockplus.org/]https://adblockplus.org/[/url]

I only ever bother visiting it when using a browser with adblock enabled. It's practically unusable without.

Quoted from mariner83

[url=https://adblockplus.org/]https://adblockplus.org/[/url]

Cheers for that, I's now much better.

Been using adblock for a long time now but still get issues with the GT site. Do i need adblock plus gents ?

I am on windows 8.1 and on the bottom of the screen I can click on READ,

Once I have decided which story I want to read about I click onto READ,

Then the page just shows the story without any adds,

I complained to the telegraph ages ago,

BUT

They have done nothing to make their site readable.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I am on windows 8.1 and on the bottom of the screen I can click on READ,

Once I have decided which story I want to read about I click onto READ,

Then the page just shows the story without any adds,

I complained to the telegraph ages ago,

BUT

They have done nothing to make their site readable.

I'm on 8.1 and never noticed that. Will have a look.

Aren't these adverts pay-per-click? Can't imagine many people actually click on adverts they see on the internet anyway.

I know that I occasionally click that Muslim Dating one that appears on the fishy from time to time but thats about it.

I thought I was the only one who got the Muslim Dating ones. Used to get a lot of Russian brides ones too.

Quoted from pizzzza

Aren't these adverts pay-per-click? Can't imagine many people actually click on adverts they see on the internet anyway.

I know that I occasionally click that Muslim Dating one that appears on the fishy from time to time but thats about it.

That's where the telegraph is making its money,

You just have to pass an ad and it pops up,

Then the telegraph says , " we have had 6 million clicks today."  

Quoted from LH

I thought I was the only one who got the Muslim Dating ones. Used to get a lot of Russian brides ones too.

You do know most of the ones you talk to are men,

The pop-up ads are annoying, but it's the unfolding and collapsing ads that really do my head in. You begin reading and without touching anything the text you were reading has been pushed off the screen.

You scroll down and - nope, there it goes again.

Finally when you begin reading, the ad has played out and collapses, pulling all your text up and off the page.

So up you scroll...

MASSIVE AD

One sentence

MASSIVE AD

MASSIVE POP-UP AD

Two lines (if you're lucky)

MASSIVE AD

The rest of the article, with random words underlined as hyperlinks to obscure sites.

Quoted from LH

I thought I was the only one who got the Muslim Dating ones. Used to get a lot of Russian brides ones too.

I only click them because I assume in doing so it supports the forum, no other reason  

Quoted from pizzzza

I only click them because I assume in doing so it supports the forum, no other reason  

I believe you.

Quoted from pizzzza

I know that I occasionally click that Muslim Dating one that appears on the fishy from time to time but thats about it.

Quoted from LH

I thought I was the only one who got the Muslim Dating ones. Used to get a lot of Russian brides ones too.

I thought the ads on here were based on your previous searches  

That'll explain the ones for tackle reduction surgery I get then.

The videos on the GT site have started auto running again, I managed to stop them years ago, it does my head in.  The site is playing up keep getting BAD REQUEST on occasional links,

I appreciate it probably only succeeds with the advertising but surely too much becomes counter productive.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I am on windows 8.1 and on the bottom of the screen I can click on READ,

Once I have decided which story I want to read about I click onto READ,

Then the page just shows the story without any adds,

I complained to the telegraph ages ago,

BUT

They have done nothing to make their site readable.

What browser are you using, is it the adblocker doing this for you?

I use adblocker, & don't get any popups on the Telegraph web page.

Just have to remember to check it now & again to make sure you are blocking everything.

TBH, since newspapers are becoming a redundant medium, they have to make their money somehow if all we do is read stories that are in the papers on line for free!

The Telegraph website is flipping atrocious. It's completely unusable and I NEVER read anything on there because of the stupid adverts that popup and slide and take over the whole screen. I understand you need to try and make some money back, but someone needs to take a look at the thing and realise that they're driving away people. There are plenty of ways to generate revenue through your website that aren't so intrusive. I also make a habit of not buying anything with such irritating advertising so it's really all just self defeating.

Quoted from mariner2000

What browser are you using, is it the adblocker doing this for you?

Now you are getting technical  

I am on internet explorer but when I have finished reading a micro soft message says,

"Did this read alright ,please report any problems."

I do not know if it has been there all the time or one of the grandkids put it on for us.

I use Adblock Plus which blocks them very good, but I go a step further and use Ghostery as well; Works on Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari.  Also IOS, Android and Firefox Android.

[url=https://www.ghostery.com/en/our-solutions/ghostery-add-on/]https://www.ghostery.com/en/our-solutions/ghostery-add-on/[/url]  You can set it so that things that are useful work, such as  videos, photo gallerys etc.

Ghostery will block all the bad ones, but you can set it to how you want manually if you wish, some of the Grimsby Telegraph pages only have 15 or so trackers that come up that will be blocked.

This is all the trackers Grimsby Telegraph website were trying to run in the background on one of their pages, 35 in total.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/sb9vOYR.png[/img]

Blimey, didn't realise how many ads there was on it.

The Lincoln City site is just as bad.

Just to reiterate, adblocker blocks them all on my computer, & as an added bonus, it blocks the annoying ads on free spotify.

Thanks added add block stopped all the adds.

The whole organisation whether print or online is pathetic.

Looking through their whats on local page the other day and The Tap and Spile have a quiz night every week apparently...

Anyone see their latest gem lol

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.....76-detail/story.html

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

Anyone see their latest gem lol

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.....76-detail/story.html

Firemen doused the fire using a backpack and bucket of water.  

Quoted from ginnywings

Firemen doused the fire using a backpack and bucket of water.  

You may laugh but someone had spent a lot of time making that scarecrow.

Since Northcliffe media has acquired the G.E.T. this once proud newspaper has declined to a rag,would not be surprised if it does not go the same way as the Echo and is only published weekly.

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

Anyone see their latest gem lol

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.....76-detail/story.html

The thing is this is just lifted from Lincs Fire and Rescue Twitter account.

Quoted from RichMariner

The pop-up ads are annoying, but it's the unfolding and collapsing ads that really do my head in. You begin reading and without touching anything the text you were reading has been pushed off the screen.

You scroll down and - nope, there it goes again.

Finally when you begin reading, the ad has played out and collapses, pulling all your text up and off the page.

So up you scroll...

MASSIVE AD

One sentence

MASSIVE AD

MASSIVE POP-UP AD

Two lines (if you're lucky)

MASSIVE AD

The rest of the article, with random words underlined as hyperlinks to obscure sites.

This!

No doubt as the G.E.T. monitors this site for it sports news ,it will be an uncomfortable read for someone.

There's nothing on there worth crashing my browser.

Quoted from The Grim Reaper

is it getting worse? Went on there this morning and a massive ad took over the page then crashed my browser. Cant be bothered to go back on there. Does anyone complain to them?

I've complained several times but they stopped answering me in the end. When I used to go on my iPad went crazy afterwards. I had to delete my history and delete all web site data stored for it to go back to normal. They couldn't be bothered to answer me so I can't be bothered to go on the site or buy the paper now.

In the online age less people buy papers, and they need to make the shortfall somehow.

That said, I don't get them as I have AdBlocker.

So we expect to see next headline on G.E.T. sportspage   Mariners Fans Think This Paper Not Fit For Chipwrapping.

I think not.