# Annoying ad placement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 20, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912 "2010-08-20T20:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912/1 "2010-08-20T20:29:40Z")

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I understand the need for ads on this site, but currently some kind of pop-up ads are showing up on Cecil’s column. They are somewhat transparent, but are very hard to read through. They are placed over the readers’ question and I see no place to click to close them.

Needless to say, this are quite annoying.

Can they be eliminated, moved, or at least a way to read under them be created?

And rats can’t edit the title for typo. Can a mod fix?

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912/2 "2010-08-20T21:06:57Z")

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Moved to ATMB - and edited title per OP request.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912/3 "2010-08-20T21:12:56Z")

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Reported.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912/4 "2010-08-22T06:53:39Z")

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Who was the advertiser?

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-placement/550912/5 "2010-08-23T19:56:10Z")

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I’m sorry I can’t recall, and I’ve not seen it the past day. If it occurs are again, I’ll let you know.