Brianr24 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Curious is anyone else getting an amazon pop when coming to the site. The last day or two when I come to this site click on certain links could be anything picture or just a forum topic I get a pop seems to some scam or something. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpardue Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 no pop-ups on my end other than the normal ads at the bottom of the page OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I don't get any pop ups. You may want to try and clear your browser history files. Seen others including myself have issues because of that. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I don't get pop ups on any site - I use Firefox with adblock and noscript OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianr24 Posted March 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Yeah. Thx guys I just realized also it's only happens on my one phone and doesn't on the other phone I use. Who knows what it is. I'm not going to worry about it. Thx guys. new2woodwrk, OCtoolguy and WayneMahler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Brianr24 said: Yeah. Thx guys I just realized also it's only happens on my one phone and doesn't on the other phone I use. Who knows what it is. I'm not going to worry about it. Thx guys. There are blockers for phones also OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I have ad blocker turned off on this site. The site gets money for those ads and they never interfere or bother me. OCtoolguy and stoney 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I use an ad blocker. How does the Village get money from pop ups? If it does I can turn mine off. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Les, I do not know that it has anything to do with pop-up. I think I spoke out of turn, thinking ads not pop-ups. I am conscious of Ad Blockers because of this thread: OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianr24 Posted March 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I'm not sure but I don't think this would be a pop up they get money for. This is something from amazon telling me I won or could win. Then it's impossible to close I have to exit back to my home screen. I could be wrong but just seems more like scam or virus. Scrappile and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, Brianr24 said: I'm not sure but I don't think this would be a pop up they get money for. This is something from amazon telling me I won or could win. Then it's impossible to close I have to exit back to my home screen. I could be wrong but just seems more like scam or virus. I'll bet it has nothing to do with Amazon. It doesn't sound like something they do. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Sites get money from ads when someone clicks on the ad - it's called PPC, not when the ad pops up. They can also generate income by allowing the ads to be placed on their site but the meat of the income is usually from clicking the ads OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 I haven't noticed any popups, but ads that show up depends on the user. Google tracks history and try to display ads that would be most applicable. But the "Win" something on Amazon sounds a bit sketchy. Amazon doesn't do that. But, if you do go to Amazon, then to another website, they might show an ad of something you were looking at on Amazon as an ad. But nothing like what you're describing. I'm not sure if you're experiencing it on other sites. But you might want to scan your system. There are browser hijackers that do things like that. I never heard of it on a phone, though. SSV does earn revenue from advertising. That's one of the ways we keep our lights on. Basically, we get paid for certain amount of ad impressions. Some ads are pay per click and get a little extra. Google controls those ads, though. SSV doesn't determine the ads. What a great segway. If anybody wants to support SSV and turn off the Google Ads, become a SSV Patron. It has a few other pirks too. You can find more information here. new2woodwrk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 No, this is a scam pop up that doesn’t let you do anything else. If you press close, you are taken somewhere else, if you close THAT page SSV is gone too. If you press the back arrow at the top of the screen 2 times (I use an iPad) it sometimes goes away. But is will be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Travis said: What a great segway. If anybody wants to support SSV and turn off the Google Ads, become a SSV Patron. It has a few other pirks too. You can find more information here. Agreed! And Done! Thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianr24 Posted March 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 14 hours ago, Roberta Moreton said: No, this is a scam pop up that doesn’t let you do anything else. If you press close, you are taken somewhere else, if you close THAT page SSV is gone too. If you press the back arrow at the top of the screen 2 times (I use an iPad) it sometimes goes away. But is will be back. That's the one. It only get on my one phone and only when I'm on SSV. So far anyway no big deal I was just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 I get frustrated and just close the tab. Try again tomorrow. Hopefully someone will fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) On 3/19/2018 at 8:25 AM, Roberta Moreton said: I get frustrated and just close the tab. Try again tomorrow. Hopefully someone will fix this. On 3/17/2018 at 11:10 AM, Brianr24 said: That's the one. It only get on my one phone and only when I'm on SSV. So far anyway no big deal I was just curious. Roberta and Brian, it sounds like your Browser has been “hacked” so to speak on your end on your device. See this thread here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/28592-hacked/ you probably need to delete your browser histories, remove cookies, and remove web site data to cleanup your device and get it back to working properly. I have had it happen and it is frustrating I know. Hopefully clearing out your history and. Okie s can resolve it for you. Roberta, that thread has a link to an Apple support document that that will give specifics on how to do for your iPad. Brian, not sure if your phone is Apple or not. If so, it would be pretty much same. they haven’t hacked your device per say, but have hacked your browser and is using redirecting software or something that latches on to your visit history here to give you those pop ups. Edited March 20, 2018 by meflick typos (but probably still some there!) Roberta Moreton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) I have read about this pop up on several forums and it is associated with something you have gotten on your phone, tablet or computer. I have also read discussions about ad blockers and the effect on a site's revenue. Several have stated that because of the ad blockers they are considering if they can keep going because of the loss of revenue. They are also considering limiting people who are guests and not letting them see some content. Edited March 20, 2018 by Sycamore67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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