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9 August 2026 at 18:26 #860043
jaCK Hobson
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@jackhobson50760
The overlay ‘always on top’ Warco add at the bottom is annoying. It can’t be ‘best practice’ can it?

One big one at the top is enough and welcome. The bottom one makes me associate Warco with annoyance.
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9 August 2026 at 18:36 #860048
bernard towers
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@bernardtowers37738
couldnt agree more and it covers thelatest replies button
9 August 2026 at 19:49 #860055
roy entwistle
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@royentwistle24699
I agree with both remarks above It puts me off Warco

Roy
9 August 2026 at 21:43 #860083
Nicholas Farr
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@nicholasfarr14254
Hi, yes it is annoying, but it doesn’t put me off using Warco, just a shame that once you’ve clicked it off, it comes back on when you click onto the next post. But if we all continue to shun the suppliers, then they will all disappear.

Regards Nick.
9 August 2026 at 21:45 #860084
Nigel Graham 2
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@nigelgraham2
Don’t blame Warco. It pays for the advertising space so helps fund this forum, but does not design the site and its owners’ business model.

This matter came up a long time ago when we learnt it had it changed hands and fallen into Google’s greedy grasp, so the policy of swamping the material with ads is likely Google’s.

At least Warco is a genuine engineering-equipment retailer many of us use; not a foreign fraud attempt like those “IQ Test” and supposed dating-agencies that Goggles allows to despoil the site.
9 August 2026 at 21:57 #860088
Diogenes
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@diogenes
You see that little ‘X’ in the ad’s top R/H corner, clicking on it will cause the ad to close..
10 August 2026 at 09:13 #860124
Bo’sun
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@bosun58570
On 9 August 2026 at 21:57 Diogenes Said:

You see that little ‘X’ in the ad’s top R/H corner, clicking on it will cause the ad to close..

Yes, but when you do something else it comes flying back. Like many others here, I find it very annoying.
10 August 2026 at 10:00 #860126
Nigel Graham 2
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@nigelgraham2
That “X” closes the ad only temporarily.

There are two symbols. The ‘X’ closes the ad for a short while. The other, called “AdChoices”, is a sort of virus used by Google to help its designers.

Google has designed both keys to trick you into approving such advertisement placing, and its choice of advertisements. I gave up trying to use them ‘X’ after the Silicon Valley liars started claiming to use your response to “improve” or enhance” what it says is a service to you.

It is wrong to blame the advertisers for the displays being intrusive. Google regards all the sites it controls as purely to push the advertisements, and whilst it might allow “local” editors some relevant ones such as those from Warco, Google directs what other ads will appear, and how intrusive all will be.

Tony Griffiths’ lathes.co has been made almost unuseable by the US-based shysters covering so much of the screen with irrelevant rubbish.
10 August 2026 at 10:04 #860127
JasonB
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On 9 August 2026 at 18:26 jaCK Hobson Said:

The overlay ‘always on top’ Warco add at the bottom is annoying. It can’t be ‘best practice’ can it?

One big one at the top is enough and welcome. The bottom one makes me associate Warco with annoyance.

It depends on how you get to the forum. I have the latest replies bookmarked so go straight to that and don’t see the top warco banner ad. But even if you go to the home page first as most people visit for the forum once in they won’t see the top advert either.

Warco obviously want to get a return from their adverts so get far better monies worth with the bottom one which being pinned to the screen will always show rather than one pinned to the top of a page that soon goes out of sight or does not get see at all. Certainly good practice if you want to get your ad seen.

At the end of the day it is the ads that keep the forum going so it is really a case of put up with them or loose the forum.
10 August 2026 at 10:12 #860131
Paul Lousick
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@paullousick59116
I run Ublock origin on my browser and do not see the add
10 August 2026 at 10:15 #860132
JasonB
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@jasonb
On 10 August 2026 at 10:12 Paul Lousick Said:

I run Ublock origin on my browser and do not see the add

This is the other worry, as our advertisers read that people block the ads or suggest that oters do the same they will be less likely to spend money for things that don’t get seen so again the forum may get lost.
10 August 2026 at 10:21 #860134
noel shelley
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@noelshelley55608
I agree that the ads are annoying BUT we all make choices. Free lunch or pay !

Jasons last paragraph says it all. Noel.
10 August 2026 at 10:45 #860140
Graham Meek
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@grahammeek88282
While I agree with Jason’s sentiments, it should not mean however we have to be blackmailed into putting up with a bad site because Google dictates that this is to be what we get.

Hence why I have learnt to ignore the ads. If you are quick on the buttons the ones at the top of the page do not load fast enough to be a problem.

Using Googles little tools like AdChoices, is a complete waste of time. I have every ad listed on their platform blocked, and yet I still see their ads, so there are no choices there.

Just as I was writing this a black box has appeared at the top. Telling me to “Activate Account”. Clearly an ad for something but it does not tell me anything at all about the product. No doubt I shall learn that when I “Confirm Account”, (In their dreams)

It does go to show that advertisements are a complete waste of time and money, if we end up ignoring them. They certainly have not achieved their objective of “reeling us in” and might as well not be there. This is probably why the TV adverts have assumed a near Soap Opera quality and length these days. Because people have become bored with the short one-liners of years gone by.

I have yet to buy anything from any advert. If I need something I look for it, and research it, no impulse buying here. My income has never been, nor never will be “Disposable”. I have worked too hard to earn it in the past. To end up just frittering it away on the latest Gizmo of very dubious quality.

I had better add I have used Warco products for well over 30 years, the quality is better than most and I have always had good service from them in the past. There was no Google back then and Warco were recommended by word of mouth. (Usual Disclaimer).

Regards

Gray,
10 August 2026 at 11:09 #860144
Bo’sun
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@bosun58570
On 10 August 2026 at 10:45 Graham Meek Said:

This is probably why the TV adverts have assumed a near Soap Opera quality and length these days.

Gray,

That’s why I watch almost exclusively BBC. Yes, I may be missing out on some good stuff, but it realy ceases to be good when the combined length of the adverts is as long as the programme itself. BBC iPlayer isn’t perfect, but at least it’s ad free, and that’s fine by me.
10 August 2026 at 11:30 #860146
jaCK Hobson
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@jackhobson50760
I urge Warco to ask what the click through rates are for the bottom one vs top. If the stats prove the bottom one is much more effective than any other location then fair enough.

However, it certainly annoys some (me). Personally, I think the website design could be improved and I would hope a better solution is sought and available. So, for example, on my screen the bottom banner takes up a lot of real-estate while there is still a lot of blank screen to the right of the text box. So maybe use postion: sticky and set the position to the right, not the bottom. Maybe adjust how things are displayed depending on screen size.

Obviously I understand ads pay the bills and I welcome advitisers. Unlike many other sites, the ads here are pretty well targeted!

I’m trying to be helpful and hope the feedback is considered.
10 August 2026 at 11:39 #860150
jaCK Hobson
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@jackhobson50760
On 10 August 2026 at 11:30 jaCK Hobson Said:

nally, I think the website design could be improved and I would hope a better solution is sought and available. So, for example, on my screen the bottom banner takes up a lot of real-estate while there is still a lot of blank screen to the right of the text box. So maybe use postion: sticky and set the position to the right, not the bottom. Maybe adjust how things are displayed depending on screen size

Ah, I see the problem with that…

That space is reserved for ad banners that scroll. I never see them as I always scroll right past them to get to the recent posts. I only get to see the advert placed above ‘latests replies’ (currently Amadeal). That ad seems to be designed for the rh positon so when centred it seems inefficient. Better to have different banner more appropriate to the display location.

These sorts of problems used to be within my area of responsibility, but not anymore – and I’m out of date.
10 August 2026 at 12:06 #860176
Graham Meek
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On 10 August 2026 at 11:09 Bo’sun Said:

On 10 August 2026 at 10:45 Graham Meek Said:

This is probably why the TV adverts have assumed a near Soap Opera quality and length these days.

Gray,

That’s why I watch almost exclusively BBC. Yes, I may be missing out on some good stuff, but it realy ceases to be good when the combined length of the adverts is as long as the programme itself. BBC iPlayer isn’t perfect, but at least it’s ad free, and that’s fine by me.

We too tend to watch iPlayer mostly, but this is not without its mandatory Plug for an up and coming series or trending programme before you start to watch your chosen programme. I think the BeeB will soon have adverts like ITV, etc, to help fund the wages.

Regards

Gray,
10 August 2026 at 12:20 #860177
JasonB
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On 10 August 2026 at 11:39 jaCK Hobson Said:

On 10 August 2026 at 11:30 jaCK Hobson Said:

nally, I think the website design could be improved and I would hope a better solution is sought and available. So, for example, on my screen the bottom banner takes up a lot of real-estate while there is still a lot of blank screen to the right of the text box. So maybe use postion: sticky and set the position to the right, not the bottom. Maybe adjust how things are displayed depending on screen size

Ah, I see the problem with that…

That space is reserved for ad banners that scroll. I never see them as I always scroll right past them to get to the recent posts. I only get to see the advert placed above ‘latests replies’ (currently Amadeal). That ad seems to be designed for the rh positon so when centred it seems inefficient. Better to have different banner more appropriate to the display location.

These sorts of problems used to be within my area of responsibility, but not anymore – and I’m out of date.

I’m not sure how you manage that Jack as the first few posts in any thread are usually shorter than the various items down the right hand side, it is only as a thread gets longer that the right column become blank
10 August 2026 at 14:12 #860196
duncan webster 1
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@duncanwebster1
I don’t have any problem with the ads, someone has to pay for the forum. What I do hate is if I hit the upload photo button by mistake, the only way to get out is to close the forum and start again
10 August 2026 at 15:25 #860204
Nigel Graham 2
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@nigelgraham2
Out of curiosity I selected the third symbol that has appeared on the Warco ad, labelled “About our ads.”

I am not sure I understood the rubric, as that appears based at the advertising and web-site trade, not we mere commodities who onlyl use them. However, its own “About us” seems to show that the “our” – ContentIgnite – is a British firm that places the ads. How far it goes, in design and layout is another matter. It looks merely like yet another intermediary taking its cut from the sellers themselves, such as Warco.

It offers a choice to exclude so-called “personalised” ads – an old and still horrible Americanism that in this context shows how the like of Google will pry into your Internet use. It seems irrelevant anyway because it cites US, and particularly Californian, privacy laws.

The PCBWay ad at the top of the screen shows neither an ‘X’ nor the ‘ContentIgnite’ symbol, so these pseudo-editing tools might be what is available to the individual advertiser or his agent.

At least Warco is one of “ours”…. Unlike the Chinese and US-based box-shifters some extol on here.
10 August 2026 at 15:40 #860205
JasonB
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On 10 August 2026 at 14:12 duncan webster 1 Said:

I don’t have any problem with the ads, someone has to pay for the forum. What I do hate is if I hit the upload photo button by mistake, the only way to get out is to close the forum and start again

Duncan, can you not click the X in the top right corner. Alternative is to hit the escape key if on a windows keyboard.
10 August 2026 at 16:26 #860217
duncan webster 1
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@duncanwebster1
The problem is on my android phone, I can hit the X in the top right corner but it does nothing, and of course I don’t have an esc key on a phone
10 August 2026 at 16:29 #860218
JasonB
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The X closes it with no problem on my Android phone.
10 August 2026 at 16:52 #860220
duncan webster 1
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@duncanwebster1
well it doesn’t on mine, and I’ve tried moving the white box up and down the screen
10 August 2026 at 17:05 #860224
JasonB
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@jasonb
In that case if you don’t want to start again touch the image box, choose an image from file or camera and upload that. You can then touch the image which brings up a row of icons along the top, at the right of those icons is another X which will delete the image but leave anything else you have previously typed. Again it does it on mine but may not if you are running old software.
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