MERGED:Does anyone else have the NCL ad pop up from the right on every page?

[albingirl]

I'm getting them but, frankly, I'm thrilled with the attention. Lol.

[Haljo1935]

I've been getting them for the past few weeks. Running Chrome on Android phone.

[MicCanberra]

They would be even worse on the ships if you were in the theatre to watch a show or movie 

[julia]

Been having ads in every thread on Cruise Critic for many months (android Samsung S22). Would love to get rid of it....

[Ondine]

I tried to click the "Learn More" bit to see if the ad would disappear like when you are watching muster videos on ships but this came up.  So back to square 1.  I will just have to give up on cc if it does not go away it's driving me crazy.

 

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[cruiser3775]

Try changing your browser to Firefox, not Explorer.

[Ondine]

I've found that hitting the escape button it disappears straight away but I have to do it for every screen change.  Not happy Jan

[Sparky74]

11 minutes ago, Ondine said:

I tried to click the "Learn More" bit to see if the ad would disappear like when you are watching muster videos on ships but this came up.  So back to square 1.  I will just have to give up on cc if it does not go away it's driving me crazy.

 

Yep. I tried that this morning with the same result. 🤷‍♂️

[Sparky74]

5 minutes ago, cruiser3775 said:

Try changing your browser to Firefox, not Explorer.

I’m using Safari on the iPad. 

[Pushka]

For those on the iPad, download and use Chrome. It blocks the pop ups without the need for a VPN. I'm just disgusted it's only targeting Australian users. The admins must have known about this to enable it to be targeted.  

[MicCanberra]

6 minutes ago, Pushka said:

For those on the iPad, download and use Chrome. It blocks the pop ups without the need for a VPN. I'm just disgusted it's only targeting Australian users. The admins must have known about this to enable it to be targeted.  

Are you sure it is only affecting Aussies.?

[Pushka]

33 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Are you sure it is only affecting Aussies.?

When I use a VPN and my IP address is based in the US, the pop up disappears. When I turn off the VPN and my IP address is Australia, it's back. I'll try flicking to UK and see what happens. But using Chrome it's ok as I've got additional spam protection on it. 

OK. UK is getting this pop up too.   The green dot is where my IP is thrown to. 

 

And I just flicked the VPN to USA. 

 

Pop up no longer occurs. 

 

 

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[MicCanberra]

So just about everywhere except the US.

[Pushka]

41 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

So just about everywhere except the US.

Canada doesn't get them either.   Italy doesn't. France doesn't. Spain doesn't. I'm guessing maybe only Aus and UK are having the issue. 

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[MicCanberra]

3 minutes ago, Pushka said:

Canada doesn't get them either.   Italy doesn't. France doesn't. Spain doesn't. I'm guessing maybe only Aus and UK are having the issue. 

Not surprised about most of Europe not getting an Ad in  English.

[Pushka]

10 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Not surprised about most of Europe not getting an Ad in  English.

Doesn't explain US and Canada avoiding them though. 

[MicCanberra]

16 minutes ago, Pushka said:

Doesn't explain US and Canada avoiding them though. 

Perhaps they don't understand English either, but it isn't just Australia getting it.

[Pushka]

23 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Perhaps they don't understand English either, but it isn't just Australia getting it.

Not sure what point you are actually trying to make. 🤷‍♀️
 

My point now being it's a selective targeted audience and the US market, Europe and Canada isn't impacted. And that's concerning. 

[Drumbeat16]

The pop-up is driving me balmy 😬

[MicCanberra]

20 minutes ago, Pushka said:

Not sure what point you are actually trying to make. 🤷‍♀️
 

My point now being it's a selective targeted audience and the US market, Europe and Canada isn't impacted. And that's concerning. 

Why, we are some 15 to 20 hours ahead of the US and Canada, perhaps they are getting them as they wake.

As for Europe, why would they get targetted with English ads.

[alibabacruisers]

I am using Edge on home computer, where I started getting the irritating NCL pop up on every page this morning.

 

I am now on my phone, logged in, and not getting it.

[Chiliburn]

I bet if it was a Princess medallion add there would be applause.

[Pushka]

29 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Why, we are some 15 to 20 hours ahead of the US and Canada, perhaps they are getting them as they wake.

As for Europe, why would they get targetted with English ads.

If they were getting them I'd be seeing them when I switch my IP address to the US. I do see them when I switch it to the UK. I don't see them when I switch to Canada or Europe.
 

Thats the whole point of my posts earlier showing my IP location in different countries. 
 

Additionally there are posts from US people even though you think they are asleep and there is no mention of them having this issue. And they have not joined this thread either. 🤷‍♀️

Edited May 3 by Pushka

[Boatharbour]

Hoping this will issue will be resolved overnight. It was driving me nuts until I switched to Chrome on my iPad. 

[MicCanberra]

They are not getting them yet was my point, it is 3.50am in NYC, we only started getting the ads this morning.