Ads on the side of the Page......

I have never had this happen before today but my screen has been about 30% taken over with advertisements on the right side. That cuts into the space for message boxes and I can't get rid of the ads.

Is anyone else seeing this on their computers or did I do something stupid that made them think I want to read their ads?

Hope someone can help.

Thanks. :o

I found the same thing this morning on both my iPad and PC - it's very annoying!

I was wondering the same thing myself. The ads just showed up today, and I find them really annoying. I, too, thought I had inadvertently done something to cause them to appear. Whoever can tell me how to get rid of them will be my hero.

I'm getting a "Check Cruise Price" box on each page. I have Adblocker on, so no ads.

Just appeared for me. Earlier this afternoon it was normal.

Let's ask a host...... (Triangled)

It's horrible....I have enough problems reading without THAT beside the threads......

Hope it goes away...very, very annoying.:(

Yup, I saw them on my PC earlier and on my iPad. Annoying.

Maybe it's time to move on to Tapatalk....

I'm so glad I asked.

I kept looking for someone to post a thread and finally got so annoyed with

these ads, I decided to ask.

Misery loves company and all that.

I hope someone makes them go away....... fast. :D

I am guessing this is a new revenue source for CC. Unlikely it will go away. :(

Another vote for get rid of that side panel.

I just went to Seabourn Page and the ads are on the side on that forum, as well.

A couple of the other boards (Celebrity and Royal Caribbean, I think) have had this type of format (ads on the right) for a while now. I worried that eventually all boards would get this type of layout and now here it is.

I checked my usual boards (HAL, Solo and Asia) and they all have the ads. If anyone knows how to get rid of them, I would love to know. They are ugly and annoying.

Install AdBlock Plus. It'll get rid of the ads although the new cruise price nonsense remains.

AdBlock is a good preventative against malware too which can be carried by ads.

I can just ignore the ads but what I don't like is they shrink the readable part of the screen. Annoying! :mad:

Maybe a compromise would be to put the ads in-between the posts?

ETA: Just checked a few other forums... they're everywhere! :eek:

I couldn't agree more. That ad off to the side can be ignored---in fact is ignored a lot more easily than the ones at the top and the bottom. But it makes the posts area harder to read, and a whole lot less attractive.

The list of threads is very hard to read now, though. Ugg.

I have it and don't like it, get rite of it please.:D

I hate these new distracting ads but with an iPad you can just expand the CC part to fill the page and you don't have to see the ads.

I can expand the part I do want to see, but then the print is huge! Very annoying. I guess there must be money in there somewhere.

It's like this on the roll calls, too.

My wife told me that this was a job for geek boy. So I looked at the page source code.

It looks like CC is using the right rail (aka right column) as an ad runner for ads from DoubleClick. It's essentially the same code that they run at the top of the page, but now they're running it at the side as well.

So... It's the same ad source as the top banner ads, just a different size ad in the right rail.

Why the complaining? You get100% more ads per page at no additional charge! :eek:

I can expand the part I do want to see, but then the print is huge! Very annoying. I guess there must be money in there somewhere.

 

It's like this on the roll calls, too.

Actually, I like the idea of enlarging the part I want to read.

It is far less annoying to have large font than to see the ads.

I now have the page showing only the part I want to see.

Just as cruise lines seem to continually cut costs by reducing MDR food quality and shortening port time so they can save fuel en route to next ports, Cruise Critic has increased their bottom line by selling ad space.

Those who hope the ads will go away should face reality - rather than going away, it is more likely that the space dedicated to ads will continually increase - the classic business model - always seek ways to either reduce costs, or increase revenues - hopefully both simultaneously.

I knew it was a matter of time.............other CC boards have had the advertising on the side for awhile now. I was thankful that HAL boards were not. I liked it better when the advertising was between the replies on the board. It blended in better. Now its a eyesore. :mad: I will figure it out and then I will not have to look at the advertising anymore. :D

I wish it would go away.

Just appeared for me. Earlier this afternoon it was normal.

 

Let's ask a host...... (Triangled)

I never noticed it until just now!! strange, I don't like it either!!