I've just noticed in the last couple of days seeing pop-up ads on other people's hubs. There is one ad in particular. Prior to this, I've always been able to block them from showing up. I know they have been showing up in the US for a long time, but not here in Canada when I am signed in-only when I have not yet signed in. Considering we are not allowed to click on each other's ads, I find this disconcerting. It would be great if this could be blocked from signed in users, but I don't think this is possible. If not, C'est la vie.
What the FAQ says about these type of ads:
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Thanks. I will keep my camera next to my computer and see if my reflexes are fast enough to take a picture. I didn't pay attention to the name of the company, although I remember it was red in colour and moved across the screen left to right. I think it was movie-related, but I hit backspace so fast that I didn't register it in my conscious mind.
Do you know how to do a screenshot? It's a lot easier!
1. Click the "PrtScn" on your keyboard.
2. Open up a paint program and right click and hit paste.
(If it doesn't work press your F lock key and try again)
Thanks! I had no idea how to do that.
WryLilt those are great suggestions!
There are many advertisers running ads on HubPages. We can't figure out which network is serving an ad unless we can either see the ad call (by looking at the page source code) or narrow down the options of available ad networks by matching up a description of the ad to a network.
A screenshot (or even a thorough description) of the ad can help us identify, or at least narrow down, the sources.
by Patty Inglish MS 11 years ago
I noticed at about 9am today that each time I look at any Hub, I get an ad filling my screen at first. Is this a new feature of HP? Thanks. I'm not clicking ads, honest!
by Melanie Palen 11 years ago
I just receive two invasive ads (screenshots below.)They were both both size pages.. I clicked the skip thing and it took me to another ad. Well, the screenshots are really the whole story:http://i.imgur.com/sk2Ng.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/s19AO.png
by Melanie Palen 10 years ago
I was viewing this forum post at ~ 9:00PM EST when a pop-up ad opened.See screenshot for more details:http://i.imgur.com/hchAcC3.png
by sunforged 13 years ago
and this one takes over the whole pageits meyerscleanday/twittermomsit may actually be a mouseover (that was triggered when i anadvertently moved the cursor over it, like a virtual land mine!) - but its still a crappy form of advertising.i hope this isnt an allowed ad platform at HP and is just an...
by sabrebIade 12 years ago
I just got an e-mail from Adsense saying...."At least 877 of the pages on sabrebiade.hubpages.com are running less than three ad units."(Pretty cool since I only have 273 Hubs) Anyway....so why am I running less than 3 ad units on a page? I'm not in HP Ads, I'm still straight Adsense. Are...
by Eugene Brennan 18 months ago
Even taking into account Hubpages' share, with the amount of ads, shouldn't it be a multiple of views? I reckon, there should be about 6 impressions per article, but instead, there's only about .5 on average.
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