The good news is that the ads are back. The bad news is they are no longer the targeted ads we had in the past. These are what are sometimes called tier 2 and sometimes called SPAM ads. For example, a tier-one ad searches the text and aligns the advertisement to the post. You could talk about tractors, and there would be focused ads with tractors and tractor supplies. Now you get what are often the more SPAM related ads on your post. While I understand that the site needs income, the ads that are placed on our posts now make me uncomfortable. Based on that, I am sharing my initial thoughts and concerns with the community to get the discussion out to the community.
Problems:
1. The ads are now a ½ page, making it even harder to miss them.
2. We all have brands; some of the ads were not the type that I want to be associated with my posts.
I haven’t enjoyed the negativity that filled the site the past few weeks, but I can deal with that. I can and happily do welcome the ads back to the site. But as I have learned in my three years on this site, be careful what you ask for. There are 3 to 4 tiers of ads on the internet. The most valuable are the targeted ads like what was on the site in the past. The second is the more generic product-specific ads, but not targeted. The third tier is the potential SPAM posts, such as what is now on the site. I am dictating to anyone. I do not set rules. I am merely pointing out what is currently associated with you on the internet. It is an uncomfortable situation.
I like writing here, but honestly, the rate to 100 views went from 2 days to 3 days. The value of the Viril went down, and now there are ads. Some of the advertisements are close to being offensive. Based on that, I am seriously thinking about if I should continue writing here. I have many people that read my posts every day that do not have accounts here on the site. I am uncertain and will have to reach out to that community and see if the ads offend them. I know that many of them have stayed away due to the negativity. Hopefully, that has passed. But these ads may offend enough of them that I will have to move on from the site and write somewhere else.
My grandfather used to say, “if you live above a bar, don’t complain about the noise. You can always smove.”
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Are we living above a bar now?
The placement of the ads are so odd because they are so bunched up. When we got them back I literally scrolled down seemingly like a full page to get to the comment section. I remember Carol mentioning this which prompted me to take notice of them.
I never really knew that there were different ad types.
there are focused and non-focused ads. i love the focused ads, but the non-focused ones are often SPAM…
See now I will pay attention to that more when I visit sites.
good 🙂 just don’t click on them!
Oh I have no plans on it. Probably would get a virus if I did, lol
it is possible that your computer would get a virus from that!
🙂
I’m glad the ads are back. I can see the two types of ads. I don’t know if we see different types of ads depending on which country one resides in. The second type can be quite offensive but on my side, they are somehow not offensive.
i suspect it is a regional ad thing, and of course, you know the offence is a personal thing!
Yes, the offence is a personal thing. But, it doesn’t do well in being displayed in a site like Virily where there is no single post leaning towards that side.
I think Virily doesn’t have a choice because you might post an article on a certain topic but the ads displayed don’t corelate with the post. Automatically displayed ads can sometimes be a nuisance.
i suspect they are stuck as well – good point!
I haven’t seen any offensive ads which makes me believe that higher profile users get these ads. Could it be that those ads bring more revenue and therefore go to the widest reaching authors?
I am happy to see the ads back and hopefully the revenue going back up.
i do hope the value of a viral goes up.
I think based on the feedback there are three things to consider.
1. some have seen very offensive ads (bad)
2. the ones I’ve seen are not what I want on my page, but more annoying (ED replacement) than offensive. Still, others have seen outright porn.
3. The ads are at times links to sites that are questionable.
Thanks for this, Doc. As far as I can discern from the preceding comments, regardless what whatever tier the ads we are seeing are, their content varies (at least) by country of viewer. When I look at this page and at a post of Ileana’s, I see the same ads, and none of them are very offensive, no more than they have been in the past.
If a user is making a firestorm about everything, they will make a firestorm regardless of what subject matter they may decide to rant about. What is disappointing is how such negativity is tolerated. I find that a lot more offensive than any ads I’ve seen on this site.
the ads are different today, compared to yesterday. They are still offensive, but even within the US, some people got much worse than I saw.
i don’t know on your second point what to say. i guess sorry is all I have.
Well Doc, If it’s time to leave the bar and it very well maybe can I leave after posting every bar song I know? Somehow that would make me feel better.
i have to say I am considering it. You will be the second person to know (after my wife)!
I do not see offensive ads. There are huge now but any of them are pornographic. As I am in Spain I only see ads about coronavirus but as you are in America you see pornographic ads because the pornographic industry is huge in America (I am joking) I am always seeing an ad about steroids
i am seeing ads that are not what I would like to share with people (ED drugs). Others are seeing true photographic stuff, which is bad. I see borderline. Sad!
Yes, there was a lot of negativity about Virily last week. It is not good to criticize the site that allows you to write, it is better to write about what you want, I do not like to criticize. Yes, ads were better in the past. Please do not leave, people tend to ignore ads. Nobody is going to feel uncomfortable, perhaps they laugh
first thank you!
I am still considering moving on. I can’t take the negative. And these ads, are things my readers see. As an author, I am responsible for that presentation…
These are definitely not good ads. Unfortunately, I think Virily has lost access to better networks.
we still have the targeted amazon ads so we are at least still on tier 2, but these tier 3 and tier 4 ads are spam. some are mildly offensive. Other people have said some they have seen are outright pornographic.
Ah, I wasn’t seeing the Amazon ads until now. They don’t always show up, if they’re the sort I’m thinking of (Native Shopping Ads).
they are targeted ads, so if there is no real “product” in the post they may not appear!
I’ve also found that they sometimes need time to appear, or for the page to be viewed several times to give Amazon a chance to crawl it. Pages that aren’t viewed as often frequently lack the ads in my experience.
i think you are right about that as well.
the targeted ads are always product related.
My concern is the SPAM ads above them now. Some of them are borderline offensive. some of them are risky sites (Malware)!
I never click those ads, because they look totally dodgy. The problem is when you get ads that redirect you to a new site anyway. Not seen any in a while, but those are a concern.
you are correct they are dodgy. some of them go to known suspicious sites.
I currently do not see any offensive ads. There are different ads on each post. I don’t know if that’s okay or not.
the concern is that we all see different things overall. I see ads that are somewhat offensive.
but Ileana doesn’t see them. You aren’t them, but Carol and Kim do. That makes me really nervous that we all have different ad profiles.
sad with every advancement we take two steps backward!
I totally agree. Whatever they do is worse. I don’t know where that goes.
i am hopeful but saddened if that is the case.
I only see ads about diet and Amazon ads. But you are right it takes lots of space. We will see if it will give good impact on virils value.
fingers crossed about the increased value of Virils because ads are back!!!!!
it is huge on the page, oh well!
I was away for a day and there is such a big change! The ads I see are a bit annoying, but they are relatively innocent – mostly weight loss ads. Anyway, I hope they won’t drive users away.
kim is getting really nasty ones. I get little blue pills, but all of them are SPAM not real ads.
Now I noticed that regarding whether I see the site from a phone or computer the ads are different. No porn yet, though.
i haven’t seen things that are purely porn but I have seen ads that were borderline offensive.
i have readers that are offended by ED ads when the read my posts. I don’t blame them for that. It is wholly their choice.
That is the issue, we are presenting a new and different face again without any information from the admin team.
Unfortunately, whatever the content of the ads would be, there still will be people who might feel offended or triggered. We all have different insecurities, phobias, traumas, pains, etc.
But content like porn, abuse, and scams are definitely not acceptable, so I hope there are no more such ads. On a better note, the ads I see right now seem much better than yesterday.
i completely agree with you!!!!! They do appear a little better but I would defer to others that saw worse than I did. I saw annoying, but not as bad as others did.
Now I remember an ad, I think on niume, that showed a very crusty toe nail, and it stayed for weeks. Not the best combination with my food posts, lol.
Scrolling can be annoying, but as long as the ads don’t pop up and cover the text, I am okay.
i have friends that do not like ads like what we had yesterday (i got 12 messages offline from them).
I was saddened by that. Oh well.
they are reading my offline blog now so Virily loses external readers.
That’s why I don’t have ads on my blog. They can sometimes do more harm than good.
i do not on my backup/original blog have any ads. I agree!!!!
I did not pay attention to their content. At one time they were almost half a printed page. At the moment I am writing the comments there are a total of 7. There are none that are provocative. Now I will follow them more thoroughly. Thanks Doc for this post – ALARM
thanks Lacho- trying to keep our community moving forward!
You are right, better be careful what you wish for. You have to scroll forever to get past the negative ads. Oh well, we will see what happens now.
we will see what happens – as always you are the voice of reason. Kim has gotten some really not good ads over the weekend.
I am certainly trying Doc but the buttons are getting pushed.
yeah I know. i am very happy the targeted ads are back. Sad the new spam ads are there as well.
let’s see if they change the viril value again!
That would be wonderful news. 🙂
we shall see – now i have to figure out if I can have the people I bring to the site run into the SPAM ads.
I did not know they had ads on here. How do we find how long we have been on here?
I found how long I have been here. I joined in 2017.
awesome you’ve been here 3 years.
yes we have had ads since the very beginning.
Mine are penis ads Doc. and gross girls with open crotches. I noticed yesterday. and I have my grandson here with us during this time. .
some of them are not good. thanks for the comment, sorry you are getting offensive ads.
The ads that I see on my page don’t seem offensive. It is true that I do not write about technology, and my readers belong to another category. I get ads about photography. Is it possible we see different ads?
one of the ads I saw on your post and on mine, forget the little green pill do this and she will love it.
i find that a little on the edge for me.
I do not see such an add! Maybe because I’m a woman!😀😀
It was very graphic Ileana. It was bad, very offensive, and it wasn’t the most graphic one on there, there was a woman on there that was worse.
it seems to be the SPAM ads before the amazon ads that they have added. Previously we only had the Amazon ads.
i saw them on your post! are you looking at the amazon ads or the screen of information presented above the ads?
I am convinced that we see different ads . In a comment on my post @artbites said it could be probably the ad provider. I don’t see any offensive ads.
i am glad you do not see negative ads.
i worry though, if they vary that much, what do the people that read our posts see? some get the nicer ads you see, some get the more graphic ads Kim sees. Mine are the middle.
OMg thats the penis ad i was talking about, wasnt that gross?
I don’t see this ad!
I figured out we are not all seeing the same ads just now. So, I was commenting about the ones I was seeing yesterday and some this morning. After I logged back on just a few minutes ago, now the penis ads are gone. Now, I have loose weight ones, wrinkle cream, and a few medical ones.
it was and disappointing overall
Hey I saw your post, I did not and do not think you were not telling the truth! I do believe I am just a little worried that there is that much variability in the posts overall.
i do believe you!!!
It’s ok! Thank you!
my concern now is the firestorm that was created. Everyone has the right to say what offends and doesn’t offend them.
there is no author that is the arbiter of right here on Virily.
I wish the firestorm hadn’t happened.
Strong storms do not last long! Everything will calm down, do not worry.
There are 14 comments that were reported on this post.
i didn’t report a single comment, and only report comments on my own posts.
i do agree that strong storms will pass. But the issue is that every time is a strong storm.
I’m sorry to hear that! I have never reported any comments, although there were others who reported many of the comments made to my posts, or my comments to other user’s posts. These reports made from all sides lead to inflammation of things here! I also had many comments on my posts reported yesterday
i saw that – the issue now is there is a 20 Viril penalty for every single reported comment.
you can lose two days if someone reports your comments!
Sorry, it happened on your post as well!!!