<![CDATA[Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality]]>Currently, when I type in the term washingtonpost.com, a website I visit frequently, the first entry that pops up is an ad for Booking.com, which is very sneaky behavior and not welcomed. Additionally, I cannot remove this ad from my search results.

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Please remove it.

EDIT: I checked. This is not in my search bar. I removed any bookmarks related to Booking.com. Booking.com is not a website I use. This is being added by Opera, and I cannot remove it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/27259/booking-com-ad-in-omnibar-breaking-basic-functionalityRSS for NodeSun, 12 Jul 2026 22:07:29 GMTThu, 21 Jun 2018 18:20:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:09:05 GMT]]>Seems to be resolved when using Opera on a different machine, though last time I tried it at home I was still getting the booking.com ads in the bar even after restarting the browser several times. I'll give it a try again when I get home later today.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149118https://forums.opera.com/post/149118Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:09:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:48:11 GMT]]>Okay I have to say

1: For me this problem has been resolved and
2: It seems like the folks at Opera responded to user feedback.

Good things.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149083https://forums.opera.com/post/149083Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:48:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:49:27 GMT]]>Yes, even after being open for several hours I'm still seeing booking.com searches taking over the omnibar when I attempt to type specific URLs/phrases ("dis" and "disc" like I was seeing before, "nyc" and "chi" like other posters in the thread originally reported).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149072https://forums.opera.com/post/149072Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:49:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:34:05 GMT]]>@revenant1 You need to keep Opera opened for about an hour. Did you do that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149064https://forums.opera.com/post/149064Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:34:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:15:11 GMT]]>This is still occurring for me after closing and restarting Opera multiple times within the past 24 hours.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149063https://forums.opera.com/post/149063Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:15:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 23:27:04 GMT]]>I shut down opera last night and started using chrome. Just now I started opera back up and noticed that I had a number of new bookmarks in my bookmarks bar: amazon, walmart, ebay, trip advisor, AND, booking.com. I removed it and I haven't seen the issue since.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149031https://forums.opera.com/post/149031Sat, 23 Jun 2018 23:27:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:29:23 GMT]]>As I understood it, they fix is just some server configuration thing. Possibly you need to close Opera to apply the update.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149028https://forums.opera.com/post/149028Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:29:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 18:02:43 GMT]]>This is still occurring for me in 53.0.2907.106. Was the fix supposed to be available through the stable update stream?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149021https://forums.opera.com/post/149021Sat, 23 Jun 2018 18:02:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:06:27 GMT]]>Reopened as @aquagreen had a pending post - is it working for you also now?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149012https://forums.opera.com/post/149012Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:06:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:43:41 GMT]]>Topic closed as solved. If in up until to a month the author needs the thread to be reopened, just report it. briefly explaining the reason

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149004https://forums.opera.com/post/149004Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:43:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:36:44 GMT]]>@mgeffro I can confirm it's gone on my browser now.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149003https://forums.opera.com/post/149003Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:36:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:29:54 GMT]]>It seems like it's back to normal on my side too.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148995https://forums.opera.com/post/148995Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:29:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:39:57 GMT]]>I'm not seeing it on my end now, either. Thank heavens.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148993https://forums.opera.com/post/148993Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:39:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:35:55 GMT]]>It's not yet fixed in 53.0

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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149009https://forums.opera.com/post/149009Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:35:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:22:39 GMT]]>Seems to be fixed now - at least, I'm not seeing it in Developer and I was yesterday.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148991https://forums.opera.com/post/148991Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:22:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:07:29 GMT]]>Got an information that while we work on proper fix for this it should be enough to disable following settings on opera://settings page "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar".

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148990https://forums.opera.com/post/148990Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:07:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 04:48:51 GMT]]>Thanks for informations. From my limited knowledge server push should have fixed this issue. This was performed as a test and apparently it went really bad this time. We are going to keep looking into this issue further to see why it didn't work for you so far.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148987https://forums.opera.com/post/148987Sat, 23 Jun 2018 04:48:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:31:50 GMT]]>I updated to 53.0.2907.106 several hours ago and this is still occurring. Typing in "dis" to go to discogs.com, for example, instead shows me a booking.com advertisement for "disneyland hotel", which is what is opened if I press Enter instead of the actual site in the omnibar. This has a disastrous effect on being able to rely on muscle memory while browsing.

If that wasn't the intended behavior, then I'm not really confident that the actual intended behavior is really any better. Adding sponsored links to Speed Dial was one thing, but constantly injecting ads and unwanted sponsored search terms into basic UI elements in response to user input is extremely intrusive and I'm strongly considering switching browsers because of this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148980https://forums.opera.com/post/148980Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:31:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:12:50 GMT]]>I have the same issue. It is extremely irritating.

This was a very poor decision on the part of Opera to include this.

It must be making them good revenue, but it doesn't make me happy.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148973https://forums.opera.com/post/148973Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:12:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:50:30 GMT]]>Still doing it after a full day of use.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148972https://forums.opera.com/post/148972Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:50:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:15:50 GMT]]>@rfj1862 Did you wait at least one hour after have started Opera?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148962https://forums.opera.com/post/148962Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:15:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:51:30 GMT]]>Still continuing. NY seems to have been fixed, Washington no, "the" no.

I don't know if this is a mistake or not but one more day and I'm going to Chrome.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148958https://forums.opera.com/post/148958Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:51:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:15:57 GMT]]>Same thing here, it's still there and extremely annoying. It is also "hijacking" sites like Couchsurfing. When I start typing "couch" I'm automatically redirected to booking.com...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148954https://forums.opera.com/post/148954Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:15:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Booking.com ad in omnibar breaking basic functionality on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:03:26 GMT]]>@mgeffro Thank you for responding. At this point i'm still seeing the Booking.com results come up. Is there a way I can "force" the pull?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148929https://forums.opera.com/post/148929Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:03:26 GMT