Can You Delete HubPages Ad Video at Header of Your Published Article?

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   greatstuffposted 3 years ago

   I am not sure about you but the video disrupts the scrolling and viewing/reading of the article and I find it distracting and annoying.
   
   Any chance of removing it?

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      OldRosesposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      No, it is placed there by Maven/HubPages.  There is no way to opt out of it.

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         NateB11posted 3 years agoin reply to this

         I think the OP wants to know if HP will get rid of it. Staff are already aware of the issue. But since it's been brought up again, I'll reiterate my viewpoint: If it brings in revenue, I'm for it.

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            Sustainable Sueposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            I'm against it. I used to use my articles as an example of the quality of my writing, but I can't do that anymore. The ads cheapen the article, even thought they bring in money. In a way I can see the benefit of the first ad, but then to have it follow you down the page ticks me off. It's set up to be so annoying that readers will click on it just to get rid of it, which makes it tricky and manipulative. NOT a good thing for writers who have integrity!

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               NateB11posted 3 years agoin reply to this

               That's pretty cute that you can think of "ethics" before you can think about making money, it takes a great deal of privilege to do so. I've grown up in America with a host of disadvantages, I know business and ethics have nothing to do with each other. The proof is undeniably all around us.

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                  PaulGoodman67posted 3 years agoin reply to this

                  The thing is that there are a multitude of website and blog options without adverts. Those of us who want to earn have only limited options. Ads can be intrusive, I accept that, but this place is a business with a team dedicated maximizing revenue and I think that they likely know what they are doing.

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      Kyler J Falkposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      It makes me chuckle every time this gets brought up, not because the idea is silly, but because so many people want the videos gone or reformatted to not cover the page.
      
      Alas, "They have proven to perform well," according to HP/Maven. Many authors have pointed out, though: How can a video not perform well when it auto-plays and follows you down the page until you close it?
      
      Just do your best to ignore it, because they don't care how ugly it is. At least they're working on more-relevant content to put on articles as far as the videos go. If they earn, they earn, as they say.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 3 years ago

   I think if you you turn off adverts it will go away? I've never tried it as I like to earn money.

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      Kenna McHughposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Unfortunately, turning off ads doesn't work.

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   Maffew Jamesposted 3 years ago

   It has a class ID so it's possible to apply a custom CSS rule to set it to 'display:none'. All that does is make it so that it's not visible within that specific browser though.
   
   It's important to note that many of the complaints about the video ad are from people here who only use the site on desktop, however. That doesn't reflect what the typical visitor is seeing.
   
   The majority of traffic is mobile traffic. My traffic is nearly 90% mobile and even the niches that are still relatively desktop-heavy are about 70% mobile these days. Most visitors will see the decent mobile design, not the broken layout that appears on larger screens.

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   greatstuffposted 3 years ago

   Thanks, everyone for your responses and comments.
   
   @Matthew James: Yup, you are right it looks better on mobile. On the desktop, it almost covers your page and it takes a few clicks before it 'gets better' (can't think of any worse word for it)
   
   @Kyler J Falk: I didn't know that this question was raised before. I was searching for it on the forum site but couldn't find it. Maybe wrong keyword.
   
   @Sustainable Sue: I couldn't agree with you more.

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