October 8th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^
Adblockers.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
There are a few websites that I turn ad blocker off for and I want to keep it off because I want to help support the website. This website is one of those.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:44 PM ^
Ditto.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:46 PM ^
same.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
Likely based off your search history, though as I type this there's a banner for a VPN service to my left. If it weirds you out, clear your cookies.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:53 PM ^
I'm ok with whatever ad is showing as banners, but changing the entire URL of the page seems a bit... shady. almost like it set the page refresh to go to an ad website and leave mgoblog. Like sort of a drive by attack....
October 8th, 2017 at 10:58 PM ^
Oh my bad I totally misread your original post, yeah I can't say that's happened to me on this site.
October 8th, 2017 at 11:03 PM ^
whoa, this literally just happened. literally refreshed through a series of sites; I'm not sure how this type of ad behavior is acceptable. Either trying to do a drive by or increase click rates, both sorta pretty unethical....
October 9th, 2017 at 12:33 AM ^
I had it happen several times to me today. I got an ad for a Comcast survey.
It just completely moved me off of my current page and onto a new ad page as if I had clicked a link. Except that I didn't touch anything.
I was typing a comment one of the times and I lost what I was typing since I had not saved it yet. Another time it happened, I was watching one of the videos posted (Inside Michigan I think), and when it happened I lost the connection to the video.
IMO, that level of intrusion crosses the line.
I have only had it happen on here, not on other sites like Fidelity, CNN, etc.
October 9th, 2017 at 7:50 AM ^
I just get ads for liquor and escort services.
October 9th, 2017 at 8:00 AM ^
Dafuq.
This isn't any kind of ad we're running. Sounds like it came from Google.
October 9th, 2017 at 8:36 AM ^
Is it happening on a mobile device or desktop? This happens to me frequently on numerous sites when I'm on my phone, but it's nearly non-existent on my desktop.
October 9th, 2017 at 10:52 AM ^
I really appreciate the ads done for Home Sure Lending and others on this site as they are genuine and the site's owners have a personal connection to the advertisers. They are actually vouching for the vendors... On the other side, I abhor google ads (or other served-ads) for a number of reasons: They are subject to exploits as this thread is about and it seems as if the hosts don't give a shit about that; they are creepy - looking into your search history (I still get ads for things I bought last year. No I do not need another washing machine); and they are impersonal.