Popup ad out of control - IBM Cloud Softlayer

Trees

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Sep 20, 2012
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This popup ad is taking over the entire page focus, and happens every single time when navigating this site - forums and on the main AC pages.

I didn't see a way to report this. Has been omnipresent all morning long. Please fix.
 

ggrr8t

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Apr 1, 2011
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Agreed. Yesterday this site was down, now today it is out of control popups. It is also VERY slow. As I type, I see nothing then when I finish a word it starts filling in. All Part of what happened yesterday?
 

Davidoo

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Nov 25, 2011
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Yes, this IBM Cloud Softlayer ad is ridiculous. Every page, if you go back, forward or reload it is there. Clicking the X doesn't make it go away for 10 seconds. I posted in another thread in this heading yesterday that these ads are making the whole forums unacceptable, slow and unreadable. What a shame as I get a lot out of this site, but it is so slow it reminds me of dial up.....and I have Cox Gigablast fiber. This is the slowest site on the entire internet. Someone is making a lot of money off these ads!
 

vespesian

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Aug 25, 2016
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Please kill this ad. Totally wrecks the site experience - makes it feel as though your computer just got hacked.
 

sulla1965

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Feb 27, 2013
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Agreed! This popup constantly comming up, all day yesterday and again so far today!
 

aximtreo

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Nov 12, 2009
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I downloaded AdBlock and added it to my browser and it stopped the IBM ad completely. I did this yesterday, 9/11. You might want to give it a try. It's free and rated rather well.
 

kct1975

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Jul 1, 2013
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Just wanted to mention that I have noticed the same problem on the news portion of the AC site, and a couple of the other Mobile Nations sites.

As others have mentioned...Please fix the problem.

Thanks!
 

James Falconer

Former Community Manager
Nov 1, 2012
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Thanks again to all here for reporting and discussing. Always best not to freak out, just report to me here and we can look into it :)
 

pkcable

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Always feel free to drop me a PM or contact me via social I have a pretty good ability to reach the techs, and James and such. ;) @pkcable (I'm the Q&A Team Leader, which means I volunteer and help with the answering of questions along with a team of folks, and James is our boss)
 

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