Does this apply to "please subscribe to our stupid newsletter" that obscures many sites now?
The other classic is welcoming you on the first second of your first visit with a css pop-up hiding the site to ask you some feedback.
Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites that Use Annoying App Install Ads
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#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
So what about an OS vendor that "curates" a particular default browser and destroys a competing browser provider in the process? I seem to remember that happening a few years back. It's not so much the curating that's the problem, nobody would care if Duck Duck Go did it, the problem is with the regulators that view Google to be the only curator out there.
Against whom is Google being anti-competitive with this move. How should we prevent this move from being illegal, without specifying what metrics Google is and is not allowed to use?
As search becomes something that society depends upon, start treating it as a public utility.
> without specifying what metrics Google is and is not allowed to use?
Why not? If society depends on something, we regulate it. There are many different possible degrees of regulation, so this is not a boolean condition, even though painting such situations as a boolean choice between pure laissez-faire and nationalizing an industry (instead of merely regulating).
If you don't like this idea, I suggest that Google (or any other business) should find a way on their own to handle the situation (possibly by making their metrics more available, transparent, and verifiable?), or the choice may eventually be taken out of their hands.
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#133Ugh, 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.
I've never actually taken the bait. What is the app like?
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#134What ad network is it that serves up ads that actually open up the iOS App Store, without having tapped on anything? That's super annoying.
My personal solution is to install the app, give it a very bad rating with the reason why I am pissed off as a comment and delete the app.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh man I miss olga. I had completely forgotten about it. These "newer" sites are the pits and every single one of them does this BS app install crap. Thank goodness for the "View as desktop" button in mobile browsers.
Do we have an idea about their business model? How much do they pay the music labels for the right to display half-quality tabs? I've always assumed the labels asking for money were the reason why there was so much advertising on those sites and why no plain-text site ever survived.
That's something I wonder as well. Ultimate-guitar must be in bed with labels somehow, or otherwise operate their business in a very shady way. If it's the latter, they are very lucky to get away with it AND get top-notch treatment in Google search.
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#136Ugh, 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.
Tapatalk splash is a sure sign of a phpBB forum, meaning I won't find what I'm looking for anyway. Close tab. I can't believe those forums don't just migrate to Discourse.
well , it's easy , because Discourse is extremely complicated to deploy for the average joe. phpBB is ... in php , ie cheap hosting , sftp deployment ... Server side Ruby was never easy to deploy.
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#137Can't wait to see the Yahoo! interstitial news app go away or at least stop hijacking the whole screen.
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#138I still do not understand the popularity of this approach. It seems to crazy increase bounce rates. You would think that negative user behavior would already make these undesirable without Google being explicit?
Seems like it would, but the people who bounce probably aren't your most profitable users anyway. I was shocked to learn how effective interstitial popup subscription requests are: http://optinmonster.com/3-reasons-lightbox-popups-capture-mo...
Perhaps, but if I increase my bounce rate by 80%, that still represents a large new pool of users that I could have monetized but never could now, no?
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#139What ad network is it that serves up ads that actually open up the iOS App Store, without having tapped on anything? That's super annoying.
Ultimate Guitar, I'm looking at you. The worst.
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tapatalk splash is a sure sign of a phpBB forum, meaning I won't find what I'm looking for anyway. Close tab. I can't believe those forums don't just migrate to Discourse.
well , it's easy , because Discourse is extremely complicated to deploy for the average joe. phpBB is ... in php , ie cheap hosting , sftp deployment ... Server side Ruby was never easy to deploy.
This may have formerly been the case but at least since they switched to Docker based installs it's incredibly easy. I migrated an ancient vBulletin forum over to Discourse last week and had no problems with the basic (fairly short) instructions. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INST...