Obnoxious Ads

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November 17, 2011

I’ve received a few reports today that there are some ads covering up content. If you see an ad in a place where it shouldn’t be, or if it’s playing unprompted audio, don’t worry, we’re not trying to destroy FanGraphs with ads. These types of ads annoy us as much as they annoy you (we use the site too) and they are not allowed on FanGraphs.

If we see one of these ads ourselves, we take the steps to remove it from the site immediately. If we only get reports of an ad and can not see it ourselves, it can be difficult to track down and the more information we can get about the ad the better.

The best thing you can do is to take a screenshot of the ad, or send us a description of the ad (what is the product?) and send an e-mail to ads+feedback@fangraphs.com and we will remove the offending ad as soon as we can track it down.

Update: It currently appears to be an issue with Internet Explorer only and ads in general. This should be fixed shortly.

Second Update: This should be corrected now. If you are still seeing issues, please let us know. For those interested, this was actually the result of a change in Google’s ad serving system and apparently it ended up breaking a number of website layouts in Internet Explorer that use third party ads in conjunction with DoubleClick for Publishers.

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David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.

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Blue
14 years ago

Powered by Evidon

This ad has been matched to your interests. It was selected for you based on your browsing activity.

DoubleClick helped Chrysler Group LLC determine that you might be interested in an ad like this.

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Jack Weiland
14 years ago
Reply to  Blue

This might just be a browser thing, but it’s literally every one of those ads that drops down. Is there any way to minimize/get rid of those? Is that just Evidon’s thing? If so PLEASE FIRE THEM. Haha.

Thanks for your help with this, Dave (and others).

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