View Full Version : Pop-up ads; is it only me?
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 07:13 AM
Does anyone else see an occasional, semi-transparent ad (in my case it's for home hardware & thinsations cookies), pop up and cover the middle of their screen? It started (for me at least) yesterday. :irked:
Jacklynn
05-01-2009, 07:20 AM
hmm I hasn't done that for me. Is like an extension of the ad at the top of the screen? I know sometimes on the weather channels website it does that you have to close it out. Strange.... maybe you need some new home hardware?
lilmsjess
05-01-2009, 07:25 AM
for me, it's always wedding stuff...then i figured out why though
fh has IE set to open new pages "related" to the siteyou're visiting, kind of like "suggestive selling"...argh, i fixed it though....but for me, it was happening EVERYWHERE
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 07:42 AM
Is like an extension of the ad at the top of the screen? I know sometimes on the weather channels website it does that you have to close it out. Strange.... maybe you need some new home hardware?
Yeah it's related to the top banner ad and obviously directed at Canadian visitors (Home Hardware is one of our chain stores). The ad in the middle of the screen will disappear after about 10 seconds.
I have gone to click on something within a thread but in the meantime the ad will pop up and I will be redirected there. My computer is set up so as no to allow pop ups but these ads seem to be getting around that :irked:
I just wondered if any US ads were doing the same.
Nope, it hasn't happened to me. That is so annoying though, :snide:.
ChristineLS
05-01-2009, 09:24 AM
I am using Google Chrome and one popped up for me yesterday. I don't remember what it was for, but I X'd it out.
savepaws
05-01-2009, 10:06 AM
It used to happen to me a lot a few weeks ago but for some reason it's not happening anymore!!!
WebLady
05-01-2009, 10:13 AM
I am not seeing anything like this ... I rarly get pop-ups at all; good firewall I guess.
Are you talking about on the board here or online in general?
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 10:25 AM
I am not seeing anything like this ... I rarly get pop-ups at all; good firewall I guess.
Are you talking about on the board here or online in general?
On this board only. As mentioned, they are related to the same google banner ad that I see on the top.
homehardware & thinsations cookies/crackers
mitch
05-01-2009, 10:33 AM
Nothing related to the UK ads pop up for Me.
That's cause i'm quiet and fly under the radar. :rofl:
WebLady
05-01-2009, 10:34 AM
On this board only. As mentioned, they are related to the same google banner ad that I see on the top.
homehardware & thinsations cookies/crackers
I will forward this to support and see what they can do.
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 10:35 AM
I will forward this to support and see what they can do.
both are definitely Canadian sites
ETA I just right clicked on one - and it's a flash ad. Don't know if that helps any.
ikkin510
05-01-2009, 10:39 AM
I'm getting them Elizabeth. Started yesterday. Not nessasarly a pop up. But the ad at the top of the page enxtends on it's own. I think the ads are related to what you look at online. Mine has been for Target and the poconos. So those are US sites.
WebLady
05-01-2009, 10:52 AM
Apparently there was a recent change in change ad servers; support is looking into this issue.
WebLady
05-01-2009, 11:37 AM
OK, I was told that there was something found in the ad network where a pop-up has snuck in and it is being dealt with now.
ikkin510
05-01-2009, 12:04 PM
Thanks Brandi!!
WebLady
05-01-2009, 03:12 PM
If anyone sees anything like this again, please try to take a screen shot and send it to me so I can forward to support which ad/ads are causing problems.
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 05:32 PM
OK, I was told that there was something found in the ad network where a pop-up has snuck in and it is being dealt with now.
Sneaky little devils :)
Thanks Brandi!
(If I knew how to take a screen shot on a mac I would have :rofl:)
Nikki - I think we were seeing different things .... these are/were transparent-ish popups that would appear right in the middle of the screen, over the OW board a few seconds after landing on the page. A corresponding ad was also up in the google ad banner area, up the top of the board ^^^^^^^^ The pop up would stay there for a bit and could be x'd out if I did that before it disappeared. It was annoying to either have to x it out or wait until it disappeared.
Jenna5366
05-01-2009, 05:57 PM
I’m getting the same thing as Elizabeth. It happened a few times yesterday, and this is my first time on today, and so far nothing. It’s for the same things too, Home Hardware and Thinsations. Only on this site.
ETA: Oops! I should have read the whole thread first. I WAS getting it too. Thanks Brandi!!
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 06:07 PM
Brandi .... a little lawnmower just went across my screen .... probably for homehardware but I had turned my head and only saw the tail end of it.
WebLady
05-01-2009, 06:32 PM
Brandi .... a little lawnmower just went across my screen .... probably for homehardware but I had turned my head and only saw the tail end of it.
OK, I will let them know about this.
amisteratwisterandme
05-01-2009, 07:05 PM
Brandi .... a little lawnmower just went across my screen .... probably for homehardware but I had turned my head and only saw the tail end of it.
Sounds to me like Hugh was checking up on you with his new, quiet lawnmower>:winktongue:
Whitewater
05-01-2009, 07:11 PM
I keep getting pop-ups that appear out of nowhere, asking me to take surveys.
Guess my opinion really matters!! LOL!
Whitewater (I'm on Firefox, but it's no biggie, I just close them as they appear)
SunnyAB
05-01-2009, 07:28 PM
The Thinsations ad just appeared for me. Brandi since you are already working on this, I'm not sure if you still want notifications or a screenshot??
WebLady
05-01-2009, 08:11 PM
The Thinsations ad just appeared for me. Brandi since you are already working on this, I'm not sure if you still want notifications or a screenshot??
I am not personally working on it, but yes the support guy asked for screen shots if possible to help pin point the problem ads :)
SunnyAB
05-01-2009, 08:35 PM
Sorry I meant 'you' as in tech gurus - should have put 'they'. But here it is. Interesting that the ad fluttered across just as I was composing this.
gwenshack
05-01-2009, 08:36 PM
Not on this site, but that has happened to me on others! And it is SO annoying!
WebLady
05-01-2009, 08:53 PM
Sorry I meant 'you' as in tech gurus - should have put 'they'. But here it is. Interesting that the ad fluttered across just as I was composing this.
Got it, thanks! I will forward to the tech people :)
Ninedays9
05-01-2009, 09:10 PM
I just had something...interesting happen. I stupidly wanted to see if it'd do it to me, so I put the arrow at the ad banner. I got the popup and then I got a notification that there was an error, and Onewed completely closed. So no more scrolling over ads for me.
WebLady
05-01-2009, 09:15 PM
I have gotten ads to expand/pop out when I roll over them, but it did not close down anything and I have not had it happen on its own.
Anyway; the tech guy said the screen shot was a big help and they are working on fixing the problem.
SerendipityCrafts
05-01-2009, 09:20 PM
I am not personally working on it, but yes the support guy asked for screen shots if possible to help pin point the problem ads :)
DH told me how .... command, shift, E. Now if I could only get my fingers to do that faster than it disappears. Wouldn't you know it though .... I haven't seen anything since earlier tonight. :snide:
SerendipityCrafts
05-02-2009, 08:20 AM
Ha! I finally managed to capture some!
WebLady
05-02-2009, 08:53 AM
Ha! I finally managed to capture some!
I think we have the Thinsation one, but I will foward the mower one, thanks :)
ikkin510
05-02-2009, 01:40 PM
MIne were an extrension of the ad at the top. It had an X for me to close it and make the ad regular size, but it usually closed on it own after a few seconds. Sorry, my camera is broken so I could get a pic.
eta:I just got a pop up in the middle of my screen to take a survey. It disappeared after about 5 or 6 seconds. This is the only site I have had this happen on.
Mrs.Goff
05-02-2009, 02:50 PM
What happened to my post?!?:irked:
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/Wedding/17777.jpg
WebLady
05-02-2009, 03:54 PM
What happened to my post?!?:irked:
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/Wedding/17777.jpg
I couple of people have mentioned the survey popup thingy; I will forward this, thanks!
lilmsjess
05-02-2009, 03:59 PM
i just got one...from a survey taking place...it's in the shape of a box, and i as i scrolled down the main page of our forum listings, it followed...took me a minute to realize it.....i x'd it out, but they do get annoying, as some of those(on other sites), even if you click *X*, it still takes you to the site, and you have to end up closing the sites page down! ugh:icon_barbar:
WebLady
05-02-2009, 04:02 PM
i just got one...from a survey taking place...it's in the shape of a box, and i as i scrolled down the main page of our forum listings, it followed...took me a minute to realize it.....i x'd it out, but they do get annoying, as some of those(on other sites), even if you click *X*, it still takes you to the site, and you have to end up closing the sites page down! ugh:icon_barbar:
Does it look like the one in the screen shot in the quoted post above yours?
lilmsjess
05-02-2009, 04:41 PM
Does it look like the one in the screen shot in the quoted post above yours?
yep! and i have to have 10 characters so here is a line or random stuff from the page warning ;)
PGDesigns
05-04-2009, 09:35 AM
I just had ad pop up from safecount.net.
WebLady
05-04-2009, 09:43 AM
I just had ad pop up from safecount.net.
Passed along, thanks!
ChristineLS
05-04-2009, 10:55 AM
Safecount.net here.
I'm trying to post an attachment, it's like a woman with a black background. I'm using Google Chrome.
WebLady
05-04-2009, 11:20 AM
Safecount.net here.
I'm trying to post an attachment, it's like a woman with a black background. I'm using Google Chrome.
I have forwarded that one, so don't worry trying to attach again :)
ChristineLS
05-04-2009, 11:37 AM
I have forwarded that one, so don't worry trying to attach again :)
Works for me! or rather, the attachment feature wasn't LOL
I get them and just ignore them. However, I've found at home with our new service, I have popups like crazy, and they're not transparent, they're actually annoying, up in your face popups.
SerendipityCrafts
05-06-2009, 07:45 AM
Another one .... sort of ..... the banner appears in the google ad area up top. There is a "rollover to expand" button but if your cursor is positioned anywhere near the top of the page, it opens. It doesn't seem to want to close right away either :snide:
WebLady
05-06-2009, 11:24 AM
Another one .... sort of ..... the banner appears in the google ad area up top. There is a "rollover to expand" button but if your cursor is positioned anywhere near the top of the page, it opens. It doesn't seem to want to close right away either :snide:
I will pass this along too.
Another one .... sort of ..... the banner appears in the google ad area up top. There is a "rollover to expand" button but if your cursor is positioned anywhere near the top of the page, it opens. It doesn't seem to want to close right away either :snide:
I get that with the majority of the ads that pop up :irked: I haven't found it with just any specific ads yet.
FutureMrsDM
05-17-2009, 01:12 PM
I had one today:
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll63/FutureMrsDM/AD.jpg?t=1242580290
It really frustrated me because when it popped up, it completely deleted the thread I was writing (as if I clicked on a link to go to something else). Nontheless, I lost everything I was about to post :irked: The question marks were the length of the page.
WebLady
05-17-2009, 01:19 PM
I had one today:
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll63/FutureMrsDM/AD.jpg?t=1242580290
It really frustrated me because when it popped up, it completely deleted the thread I was writing (as if I clicked on a link to go to something else). Nontheless, I lost everything I was about to post :irked: The question marks were the length of the page.
Sorry that happened; I will pass this along.
This one scrolled in from the left and made my screen scroll down as well so it'd center on my page. Dunno if this one's been reported yet..
http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4772&stc=1&d=1243430316
WebLady
05-27-2009, 09:46 AM
This one scrolled in from the left and made my screen scroll down as well so it'd center on my page. Dunno if this one's been reported yet..
http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4772&stc=1&d=1243430316
I thought we had gotten this one fixed; I will report this, thanks!
PGDesigns
05-27-2009, 11:25 AM
I had one of those last night, too, Justina. I forgot to get a screen shot of it, though!
Mrs.Goff
05-30-2009, 11:10 AM
Here's one I've never seen. I was looking at the "New post" and this popped up. It blocked out the center and didn't go away. I had to go back to get it to go away. The question marks danced around.
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/OWpopup.jpg
WebLady
05-30-2009, 03:01 PM
Here's one I've never seen. I was looking at the "New post" and this popped up. It blocked out the center and didn't go away. I had to go back to get it to go away. The question marks danced around.
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/OWpopup.jpg
I will pass this one along too, thanks for letting us know.
Mrs.Goff
06-01-2009, 04:02 PM
Here's a new one. If you look you'll see that you can choose to skip the ad but still ...
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/Capture6-1-2009-35913PM.jpg
PGDesigns
06-01-2009, 04:07 PM
Here's a new one. If you look you'll see that you can choose to skip the ad but still ...
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/Capture6-1-2009-35913PM.jpg
I just had this one, too! Ironically, it was right after I read this thread.
WebLady
06-01-2009, 04:11 PM
I just got that classmates one too ... off to report it!
Mrs.Goff
06-01-2009, 05:04 PM
Another ...
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/Capture6-1-2009-50314PM.jpg
WebLady
06-01-2009, 05:10 PM
Another ...
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m439/Threesia/Capture6-1-2009-50314PM.jpg
I will report this one too, thanks
I got this one.... Not sure if they *think* it's resolved yet or not..
http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4843&stc=1&d=1244423976
WebLady
06-07-2009, 09:23 PM
I have gotten several pops ups today too. I think they are going to be changing ad companies since this keeps happening.
ikkin510
06-07-2009, 09:27 PM
I had one last night too. Looks like it was that same classmates one. I forgot to report it! Oops!
ETA: Speaking of which, I just got the classmate pop up as I finished posting this headed back to the main forum page.
Whitewater
06-07-2009, 09:33 PM
In addition to the classmates ad, I'm also receiving (in spite of Firefox's pop-up blocker) a pop-up for Netflix that shows up in a separate window.
But the classmates ad. is more annoying by far! And it's not fixed yet, I just got one a few minutes ago.
Whitewater
WebLady
06-07-2009, 09:50 PM
I have gotten the Classmates one, a Zinky one and the Netflicks one today; and even a couple more that my pop-up blocker was able to catch. It seems today it was bad; but the issue has been reported.
OH! I got the NetFlix one too! I thought it was from another site I was on - but since you mentioned it Whitewater, it may be from here.
Whitewater
06-07-2009, 11:06 PM
Dangit. I just got the Zwinky one, for the first time.
Whitewater
So far I've only got the Zwinky, NetFlix, and Classmates ones from home. We'll see if I get them from work or if the filters will catch em.
I just got this one....
http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4847&stc=1&d=1244478704
WeddingManager
06-08-2009, 01:50 PM
We have removed all ads from the ad network that were causing the pop-up ads. We had been promised that they would not deliver pop-up ads to our site, but obviously their quality control was not up to par. I was willing to work with them for a little while, but enough is enough - they are GONE!
Sorry that you all had to deal with the intrusiveness of those for a while.
- Troy
WebLady
06-08-2009, 02:16 PM
YAY :whoohoo: Thanks Troy!
We have removed all ads from the ad network that were causing the pop-up ads. We had been promised that they would not deliver pop-up ads to our site, but obviously their quality control was not up to par. I was willing to work with them for a little while, but enough is enough - they are GONE!
Sorry that you all had to deal with the intrusiveness of those for a while.
- Troy
Thanks Troy!!! :whoohoo:
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