Possible inadvertant ad interaction scenario

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   paradigmsearchposted 9 years ago

   While perusing comments on a hub, the "something wrong" message box suddenly came up. That in itself is no big deal and not what this post is about.
   
   I clicked the "ok" on the message and the message box duly disappeared. But the ad that was directly underneath the message box suddenly expanded. Fortunately, whatever happened didn't cause a following of the ad link.
   
   So, when a message box appears directly over an ad and someone clicks the "ok" button, does an ad interaction result? Only you can decide.

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      Matthew Meyerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I don't think there is anything to worry about, but if you are concerned you can notify Google AdSense support and let them know.

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         paradigmsearchposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Nah, thanks. AdSense has stated they don't want to be buried in panicky missives about inadvertent clicks. Besides, it was HP's account code, not mine. I just thought HP might want to know about this glitch, i.e., if/when an HP message box appears over an ad and we do the required click on it, the ad underneath reacts.

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   paradigmsearchposted 9 years ago

   

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   tlcsposted 9 years ago

   I have never seen this comment, i'll be interested to see what others have to say.

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      Marcy Goodfleischposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Twice in the past week, an ad has popped up simply because my cursor was near one. I haven't clicked on anything, but an ad appears.  Of course, I frantically try to click out of it as fast as I can, but I don't like the feeling that this has happened. 
      
      A few weeks ago, a popup ad would appear in the 'Reports' section of a hub - and it was very persistent about not going away.  When you clicked to report a hub violation, the popup window appeared and kept bouncing around.

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   tlcsposted 9 years ago

   That's really odd Marcy I haven't seen that.

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      Marcy Goodfleischposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I saw the popup thing on the Reports section only once - and I wasn't able to get a screen shot.  The other issue has only happened in the past few weeks - and I haven't adjusted any sensitivity settings on my computer. 
      
      Yes, it's odd.  And I don't like worrying that some sort of report with be filed claiming I am clicking ads.

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   colorfuloneposted 9 years ago

   It sounds like one of my nightmares that I can never quite fully remember when I wake.

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   tlcsposted 9 years ago

   Oh you will soon learn if you have done something inappropriate on hubpages  Marcy don't you worry about that, I did something wrong (not telling you what so please don't ask!) but I wasn't allowed on the forums for two hours! It was like colorfulone says, one of those nightmares that you can never quite fully remember!

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