How to hide Kijiji Top Ads when browsing

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What is a Top Ad?

Kijiji’s Top Ad documentation describes a paid feature that gives a listing an additional placement in a dedicated section. The ordinary listing remains in the regular results.

That explains why you may encounter the same item twice without the seller having created two separate ads. The promoted copy and the regular result are two placements for the listing.

A Top Ad can still be a suitable purchase. Promotion tells you about visibility, not whether the product is genuine, complete or fairly priced.

Why does changing the sort not move it?

The normal sort order applies to regular results. Kijiji’s search guide says Top Ads are independent of that order.

If you choose Most Recent and still see an older promoted item first, that is not enough evidence that sorting is broken. Look at the regular result sequence below the promoted section.

Use the search troubleshooting guide if normal results also fail to respond or the selected controls do not apply.

What can you do without an extension?

1. Identify the promoted section. Read the placement label rather than guessing from the card design.
2. Move to regular results. Compare the ads affected by your selected sort.
3. Use native filters. Narrow category, location and price so the regular set is useful.
4. Avoid counting the same item twice. Compare the ad identity and seller when you see it again.
5. Keep a shortlist. Save the actual candidates you want to revisit.

This works on the app as well as the website, although the placement and controls may differ. It does require you to repeat the visual separation each time you browse.

How does Sift change desktop browsing?

Sift can hide Kijiji Top Ads on a computer. It can also help reduce already-seen listings and unwanted wording, which addresses other sources of repetition.

To set it up, switch on Kijiji in Sift, then open any Kijiji search. Top Ads go, and the regular results stay in the order you chose.

Use these as separate switches: hiding paid placements solves the Top Ad problem, and hiding viewed items means every visit starts with what’s new. If a search ever looks thin, Sift’s pill shows what was hidden and why, and brings any of it back in one click.

Should you ignore all promoted ads?

No blanket rule is necessary. A promoted item might fit perfectly. You can choose to review it once, save it if useful and then focus on the regular results.

Suppose the first promoted desk is $140 and a regular result is $120. Open both and compare size, condition, included hardware and collection. The promoted one may be closer or more complete; the regular one may be the better fit. Neither placement settles the comparison. If you hide promoted ads to keep browsing focused, remember that you have changed the visible selection. Revisit that choice if the remaining candidates do not meet your requirements.

The price-history guide explains another paid feature, Price Drop. That badge has a different purpose from Top Ad placement. Do not combine the two into an assumption that an item is both new and discounted.

How do you know the search is working better?

Judge it by decision quality. Are you seeing relevant regular listings? Can you identify which candidates you already reviewed? Are you comparing complete items within a workable travel area?

A lower visible ad count is not the objective by itself. The goal is a manageable set of plausible purchases. Keep a short Favourites list, ask the remaining questions and inspect before payment.

When you return tomorrow, use the same product criteria rather than starting from whichever promoted item is most visible. That makes the seller’s marketing placement less influential than your own requirements.