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Holy ad batman. The new themes move the small text ad to the bottom of the page....but then it floats as you scroll. That's one way to increase clicks. I'd tr
by scottkrager 15y ago
Holy ad batman. The new themes move the small text ad to the bottom of the page....but then it floats as you scroll.
That's one way to increase clicks.
I'd try the new theme if it wasn't for that...it's very distracting when scrolling down.
- esryl 15y agoanother dick bar :(
- chrishenn 15y agoI didn't notice due to adblock, but Gmail has provided such a fantastic service for free over the years and really improved the quality of the webmail experience. I don't think I could complain much even if they put more adclick spots in Gmail — it still beats all the alternatives in my book.
- joejohnson 15y agoWhich adblock are you using? AdBlock Plus (on Chrome) still shows the yellow bar and the non-link text.
- nollidge 15y agoI'm not the OP, but: AdBlock on Chrome and subscribed to Adblock Custom and EasyList lists.
- georgefox 15y agoEven with Adblock Plus, the faint yellow bar remains. It's definitely obnoxious, but I otherwise prefer the new theme too much to go back.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoHave you considered using dotjs or something similar to remove it?
- sorbus 15y agoI'm not seeing the text ads being moved in either of the new themes; perhaps they're A/B testing it?
- rawatson 15y agoI'd go as far as to say that I've never seen a floating at the bottom, scrolling toolbar which did anything other than annoy me. They also tend to mess up the "find" functionality, as they cover the actual occurrence of what you're looking for. That said, I'm sure this will be one of the most clicked ads, as it's noticeable while not overly large.
- TheEzEzz 15y agoJust tried it and I actually prefer it to the right side ad. It takes up less space and is slim enough not to catch my eye.
- wkiefer 15y agoThat's just the Web Clip bar - which you can turn off in Settings->Web Clips.