Questions tagged [advertising]
For discussion about the explicitly commercial advertising that appears on this site (if any), as well as the Community Promotion Ads which are voted on by users of each site.
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Missing "Report Ad" button on initial ad display
In addition to the recent errors in the report ad interface (I have experienced this and this in recent weeks) the initial ads being displayed on academia (and presumably other sites, although I only ...
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Ads are distracting
There's an increase in ads for things like snacks on Stack Overflow. Is there a new ad provider? These ads are garish and off-putting, taking up a high percentage of page area. Previously it seemed ...
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Is Stack Exchange violating the Google AdSense policy on generating artificial ad impressions?
It has been the case recently that the ads, both in the side panel and in the top bar, network-wide, refresh themselves automatically to some other ads, which did not happen before.
This happens both ...
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Checking "Share diagnostic information" breaks the ad reporting tool
I tried to report an ad just now on Skeptics. I had seen issues there earlier, but didn't record the details. I checked the "Share diagnostic information" box and tried to submit the ad, it ...
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Unable to report ads [duplicate]
I was trying to report a Temu ad for being a step in the trashier direction:
When submitting this, though, it fails with a 500. The response is just a generic "Oops" HTML page with the ...
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Ad reloads make the page jump
I just noticed that the top ad banner seems to be reloaded every minute or so. When that happens, the content jumps up for a fraction of a second before jumping back down. This causes the screen to ...
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Does Stack Overflow Inc. receive anything of value from podcast guests in return for allowing them on the show?
Does Stack Overflow Inc. receive anything of value from podcast guests in return for allowing them on the show? I realized that for a while I had assumed thought that the podcasts were advertorials (...
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Reporting an ad gives an error instead
I visited several Stack Exchange sites today and noticed several ads have improper placement on the page. I have tried to report ads in question and receive an error message no matter what ...
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Updates to advertising guidelines
We’ve shared in the past how revenue sources such as advertising and site sponsorships are important because they allow us to reinvest back into the community. Historically, we’ve had strict ...
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The arrows in the image of "reduce ads" privilege help article is confusing
As of April 2025, the image shown on "reduce ads" privilege help article looks like this.
What will my view look like when these ads are disabled?
After achieving this privilege, the two &...
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Undelete and answer ad announcements
On countless sites (not sure which ones unfortunately), the announcement "Advertising Test beginning [date]" was downvoted, causing Roomba to delete it (example). While I wouldn't stop any ...
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Should moderators of sites joining the advertising test be informed beforehand based on the current moderator agreement?
Today Arqade, a site that wasn't listed neither for Phase 1 or Phase 2 got a post from Philippe telling them that they are joining the advertising test... starting immediately.
As you can see from ...
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More network sites to see advertising test [updated with phase 3]
We’ve been exploring the concept of using open auction to manage advertising on some Stack Exchange sites. Under this model, advertisers (who have been organized into categories based on their ...
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Why am I suddenly seeing ads on Ask Different and other sites?
Why was this Stack Exchange site (Ask Different) and others suddenly filled with ads? It wasn't so before. It's annoying trying to navigate through the ads, which fill the page when I open a question. ...
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How does Stack Exchange verify an advertiser is adhering to its advertising policies?
According to More network sites to see advertising test [updated with phase 2] the company is experimenting with using an open auction system to serve ads, and still I have no idea how the company ...
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