Ugh, maybe this will finally push forums to burn those infernal Tapatalk interstitials. Forum owners: I'm looking for one piece of information from a web search, not a whole dumb app that will completely ignore my search goals.
Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites that Use Annoying App Install Ads
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#42I can't help but think this is a jab at Apple for allowing ad blockers in iOS 9.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought Safari doesn't even allow this anymore because of all the popup forwarder spam?
I still experience it every so often (iOS 8.4.1). The last time it happened it was on Techcrunch
I see. Looks like they were at least to be blocked, but the system either wasn't shipped or doesn't work reliably.
http://sentrant.com/2015/03/12/safari-to-app-store-redirect-...
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#44Seems a bit hypocritical, considering they were using app install interstitial pages as recently as July: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/google-...
Annoying ads are only to be purchased through google, peon.
You cut them out, they cut you.
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#45Hopefully Google can distinguish them from the "By browsing this site, you accept the use of Cookies [X]"-popups that EU websites have to implement now.
Site owners should be punished for those banners, as they could refrain from using third party tracking cookies instead.
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#46In and of itself I really like this move, but I have to wonder if it's good thing in the long run to allow Google to assert its vision of good UX on the entire web. Where's the line? Of course nobody is forcing websites to do anything, but Google is such an important traffic driver it's hard to imagine a site not having to comply to survive.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm more annoyed with these sites than the app install sites. "Install our app" is annoying but still trying their best to send us where we will have better have better experience (at least that's what they think). These "subscribe to our newsletter" sites do it for their own good and couldn't care less about visitors. They do it so they can spam them with their emails
> "Install our app" is annoying but still trying their best to send us where we will have better have better experience Not always, apps give them the ability to have push notifications plus the fact that having the app icon in your app tray is a constant reminder of their service.
Given all the app security failures, I tend to avoid apps.
Being nagged to install another black box has, for me, nothing to do with a "better experience."
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#48>Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites That Use Competing Ad Platforms
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#49Does this apply to "please subscribe to our stupid newsletter" that obscures many sites now?
I hope so!
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm more annoyed with these sites than the app install sites. "Install our app" is annoying but still trying their best to send us where we will have better have better experience (at least that's what they think). These "subscribe to our newsletter" sites do it for their own good and couldn't care less about visitors. They do it so they can spam them with their emails
> "Install our app" is annoying but still trying their best to send us where we will have better have better experience Not always, apps give them the ability to have push notifications plus the fact that having the app icon in your app tray is a constant reminder of their service.
No one said these app download guys are awesome. My point was that these newsletter guys deserve much more criticism. A lot of them are pretty famous bloggers, and they know they're being an asshole but do it. The thing is no one criticizes them because they don't want to offend an influential person. It's sad because I used to have respect for many of them.