Meta: redirect ads affecting mobile browser?
Over the last few days, when I visit mgoblog from Chrome on my (android) phone, I will get redirected to the appstore to download some mobile game or another. Is anyone else experiencing this? It doesn't happen every time, but maybe 1 out of 3 times I visit a new page on the site. I don't experience this on any other web pages or using my desktop browser.
My suspicion is that some advertiser on the site has inserted some code that redirects mobile browsers to the app store, but I'm not sure how to prove it or which ads to blame. Thoughts?
August 21st, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
I've been getting the same thing on Chrome/Android, both are up to date.
August 21st, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
... I can't access MGoblog on my iphone 6, either app or safari browser. Just startred yesterday.
August 21st, 2015 at 6:27 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
I have been getting the same thing. Pretty annoying.
August 21st, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
Been happening for 1-2 weeks. Thought it was my phone and had to download MalwareBytes ... but, my phone was squeaky clean, apparently.
August 21st, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
This happened to me yesterday--also Android. It was redirected to the page for some sketchy-looking casino app on the appstore.
August 21st, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
August 21st, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
I am running the IOS 9 public beta and the advertisements are gone.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
Even so, I have AdBlock but have mgoblog excempt so Brian can still get the ad revenue. The proper solution would still be finding out the offending ads and nixing them.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
I used to have this site white listed. Not anymore.
August 21st, 2015 at 1:35 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
August 21st, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
I've never been redirected, but I have noticed lately that for whatever reason, the front page takes forever to load on my mobile browser, essentially freezing the browser while it does so. It only happens on the front page, though; board posts and diaries work fine. Not sure if there's a script causing that, since it wasn't an issue until a few months ago (it wouldn't be the first time I've had issues on a mobile browser; for awhile there was a super-long string of text whenever I'd load a page that would cause the page to be incredibly zoomed out when it opened...).
August 21st, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
August 21st, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
Same issue on iPhone 6S and IPad Air 2.
This has been occurring for at least 2 weeks.
MGoBlog redirects to https://contorl.kochava.com/v1/cpi/click? (this string goes on)
Another redirect is http://c.afftrx.com/?s (this string also goes on)
August 21st, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
happens occasionally to me on my Android for probably a couple months. Not on my desktop. Did not know there was an App.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
And it seems to want to take my to a download of some other app, and I have to keep stopping the download and deleting it...
August 21st, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
Been happening to me on Mobile for a while now. Sometimes happens over and over so I just leave the site for a while and close out the Safari browser and sometimes it just happens once and will stop.
was wondering if it was just me...
August 21st, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
That was the first reason I posted.
Now as for the second reason, maybe some mod can take notice and alert our fearless leader? I doubt Brian is particularly keen on his readership being unwillingly redirected to download Game of War.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^
Happens to me too, every 1/10 page views or so maybe, as of a week or so ago. Safari on iOS here.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
and iPhone. The main page seems to load fine, but one of two things has recently happened to me: one, I have pop up add come up, usually for Words with Friends, or two, I get sent to the App Store. This doesn't happen everytime, maybe 50%.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
Has been happening on iOS for several months now, pretty annoying. I switched to the app from the mobile browser, which cut down the redirects.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
happes to me on iphone too. Also happens to me sometimes on umhoops.com (the only other site where I've had the issue).
August 21st, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
Nice to hear I'm not the only one. I have an Iphone 6 and everytime I click on a post, it redirects me to the app store. It's been going on for a couple of months. I thought my phone had a glitch or some kind of virus. It's been really frustrating.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^
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August 21st, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
My understanding of airpush is that they use ads in your notification bar. What I (and I assume others) am experiencing is a browser redirect: I visit mgoblog, then while the page is loading, the browser is redirected to some other website and eventually to the play store page for some mobile app.
August 21st, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
Was thinking it was just because I'm in Iowa
/s
I am getting Candy Crush and Uber
August 21st, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
several times a week for the past month or so. minor annoyance but not a big problem.
August 21st, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
Yes, Android.
August 21st, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
I thought it was because i watched A LOT of porn on my phone
August 21st, 2015 at 4:35 PM ^
Is it just me or are there a lot more cookies loading on the site as well lately? A few of them have impeded performance to a point where I've blocked them, but then of course Flash seems to fail at a higher rate. Strangely enough, the ones I've had to block are among the known advertisers and sponsors too, like TiqIq.
August 21st, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
The last two weeks or so that's been happening about half the time I try to use the mobile app.
August 21st, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^
For weeks now. Every time I open up the site. It wants me to install "Lyft" and opens up malware ads. Android LG G2.
August 21st, 2015 at 5:23 PM ^
It always takes me to the app, but buxom Kate Upton is not there. Big letdown.
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