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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Pop-ups?
Posted by: Moderator
Date: June 27, 2013 11:05AM

You should NEVER see a pop-up or pop-under ad on BritishV8!

This website gets a little bit of advertising revenue from Google banner ads - but those ads are supposed to fit within an 800 pixel wide by 120 pixel tall container that I've hard-coded into specific parts of the page (e.g. between message board posts).

So... if you DO see a pop-up ad or pop-under ad and you think it's coming from BritishV8, please let me know about it. I've heard exactly one complaint, and I'm trying to troubleshoot it. My thinking is that the ad was probably installed by some other website earlier in the day, but didn't "pop" until our member got here.


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Rick Ingram
Central Illinois
(1523 posts)

Registered:
10/17/2007 09:36PM

Main British Car:
1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: mowog1
Date: June 27, 2013 12:30PM

No problems on this end!


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Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: rficalora
Date: June 28, 2013 09:57PM

Same, no problem here on Windows 7 or a few versions of android.
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Calvin Grannis
Elk Grove,CA
(1151 posts)

Registered:
11/10/2007 10:05AM

Main British Car:
74 TR6 / 71 MGB GT TR6/Ls1 71 MGB GT/Ls1

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: 74ls1tr6
Date: June 29, 2013 10:22AM

No problems here Curtis with any electronics I use!


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Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: britcars
Date: June 29, 2013 11:11AM

Never had an issue with pop-ups on either of my three machines-------------Windows 7 and Windows XP Professional.


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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6469 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 30, 2013 10:25AM

It's the "Ad Choices" Chevy banner ad that is doing it. The center panel has a band that says "Rollover (something or other) and when your cursor rolls over the band it pops up the ad video which then takes over your computer and you can't turn it off without navigating away from the page. Very objectionable in my opinion.

Jim


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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4512 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: June 30, 2013 12:36PM

Ad Choices doesn't do it for me. Using Firefox, btw.

This is a cool way to eliminate rollover popups.

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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Pop-ups?
Posted by: Moderator
Date: June 30, 2013 12:40PM

Okay. I'm happy to tell Google Adsense to block the offending Chevy ad.

To do so, I need to know what URL (i.e. web address) the ad links to. From the Adsense site:

Quote:
Use this page to block ads leading to specific URLs from appearing on your site by entering URLs in the box below.
Enter the display URL shown on the ad or the destination URL to block new and existing ads.


PLEASE let me know what URL the Chevy ads are linking to. I haven't been seeing the Chevy ads on my screen, but that's probably because Google shows different ads to different people.

(I'm already blocking eBay's ads from this website. They irritate me.)


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