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mystery ad on my blog

  1. rickjdavies
    Member

    I found two buttons ("download" and "play now") on one of my posts, but thought they were the result of a hack. But are they? If they were legitimate ads surely there would be more information sorrounding them?
    See en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/mystery-ad-on-my-blog?replies=30

  2. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    They are definitely ads, but that sounds a bit shady. Would you please send a screenshot to support@wordpress.com ?

  3. auxclass
    Member

    I think someone had a "click here or die" ad link on their site recently - worse than shady

  4. timethief
    Member

    I have seen ads like the one described above. I'm now on week 3 or is it 4 running without AdBlock -- what an eye-opening experience this has been. :(

  5. rickjdavies
    Member

    Thanks macmanx, I have now posted a copy of the screen shot to support@wordpress, com as requested, along with the text of the links within them

  6. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Thanks for sending that in!

  7. wank
    Member

    Part of the problem is that some ads are clearly labelled 'advertisement' (such as the Ecopressed ones) but the obnoxious flashing ones generally aren't. No wonder people assume they've been hacked.

    Since some ad providers evidently can't be trusted to label their advertisements as such it might be a good idea if wordpress.com did it for them.

  8. thesacredpath
    Member

    I think they need to look into better advertising partners.

  9. wank
    Member

    It depends what you mean by 'better'. Like it or not, I imagine that clickthrough rates are rather better on videos and annoying flashing images than on 'discreet text ads'. Plus, the more irritating the ads, the more no-ad upgrades they'll sell to get rid of them. We've had a few people here already saying that they don't object to ads per se, but have been forced into buying the upgrade because they're running family-orientated blogs and can't risk displaying some of the dodgier material that's been showing up.

    I just hope that the Federated Media deal will improve the situation, but I have a nasty feeling that those ads will end up only being served to US viewers while the rest of the world continues to get fed the icky stuff.

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