Comments on: AdGridWork Serving full page Paypopup ads? http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads K's Technology Daily Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-990 K-IntheHouse Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:51:03 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-990 Troy.. thanks for the great write up of the whole thing. That clarifies a lot of things for me and hopefully others too. Troy.. thanks for the great write up of the whole thing. That clarifies a lot of things for me and hopefully others too.

]]> By: Troy http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Troy Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:18:39 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-989 I also am adverse to popups, inline ads (those double underline things), and intersitial ads. I think they degrade the user experience to the point of driving some people away. Even worse, the money from these paypopup ads went to the hacker rather than to the webmaster, so I'm really happy that the problem is over now. For those who still need clarification, I've decided to write a full report of what happened on my blog, you can read it <a href="http://freesite.iblogger.org/index.php/2007/09/05/what_s_the_deal_with_adgridwork_and_payp">here</a>. I also am adverse to popups, inline ads (those double underline things), and intersitial ads. I think they degrade the user experience to the point of driving some people away.

Even worse, the money from these paypopup ads went to the hacker rather than to the webmaster, so I’m really happy that the problem is over now. For those who still need clarification, I’ve decided to write a full report of what happened on my blog, you can read it here.

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-986 K-IntheHouse Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:51:35 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-986 Nirmal.. I do check it anytime I come across that site. Popups are the worst form of ads, IMHO. It's an absolute no-no for me and so would be for my readers. I feel bad enough for serving Adsense ads. :-) Nirmal.. I do check it anytime I come across that site. Popups are the worst form of ads, IMHO. It’s an absolute no-no for me and so would be for my readers. I feel bad enough for serving Adsense ads. :-)

]]> By: Nirmal http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Nirmal Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:32:23 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-985 Feed validator is a good site to check feeds, I too check it often. Good that you removed the pop up, its better to have reader satisfaction than earing a few bucks. :D Feed validator is a good site to check feeds, I too check it often. Good that you removed the pop up, its better to have reader satisfaction than earing a few bucks. :D

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-983 K-IntheHouse Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:21:45 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-983 Nick, It looks like Troy beat me to it and I'm glad he did. :-) I appreciate you taking the time to clarify what really happened. You have confirmed my suspicion that your server might have been compromised. This wouldn't stop me from your using your service but I just haven't had much luck with it. Nick,

It looks like Troy beat me to it and I’m glad he did. :-)

I appreciate you taking the time to clarify what really happened. You have confirmed my suspicion that your server might have been compromised. This wouldn’t stop me from your using your service but I just haven’t had much luck with it.

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-982 K-IntheHouse Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:42:43 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-982 Troy, thank you for the comment and I'm glad it helped you out. Troy, thank you for the comment and I’m glad it helped you out.

]]> By: Nick http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Nick Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:05:16 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-981 Hey K-IntheHouse - I found your blog through Troy Deck who just contacted me about PopUp ads originating from the AdGridwork network. I wanted to paste in the email that I wrote to him for you and your readers to clear up any confusion: <code> Hey Troy - Thank you for contacting me, and yes, we received a handful of emails regarding the popups that were appearing on our network. Apparently our servers were compromised sometime over the weekend and a script was added to our Ad Serving code that caused the popups for a day or so. We have removed this problem and notified the appropriate people to deal with this situation and was hoping to keep the situation under wraps but unfortunately a lot of bloggers have already reported on this as some type of foul play on our part. It's very tough building trust in a free advertising network and situations like this hurt every site that is participating. Hopefully this will be the last occurrence of this type of problem :) </code> Whether you choose to use our service again in the future is for you to decide, however I wanted to inform you and your readers that neither Kyle and I endorse any type of PopUps and have taken the necessary steps to eliminate future compromises in our servers. Nick Mazza www.adgridwork.com Hey K-IntheHouse -
I found your blog through Troy Deck who just contacted me about PopUp ads originating from the AdGridwork network. I wanted to paste in the email that I wrote to him for you and your readers to clear up any confusion:

Hey Troy -
Thank you for contacting me, and yes, we received a handful of emails
regarding the popups that were appearing on our network. Apparently our servers were compromised sometime over the weekend and a script
was added to our Ad Serving code that caused the popups for a day or
so. We have removed this problem and notified the appropriate people
to deal with this situation and was hoping to keep the situation under
wraps but unfortunately a lot of bloggers have already reported on
this as some type of foul play on our part. It's very tough building
trust in a free advertising network and situations like this hurt
every site that is participating. Hopefully this will be the last
occurrence of this type of problem :)

Whether you choose to use our service again in the future is for you to decide, however I wanted to inform you and your readers that neither Kyle and I endorse any type of PopUps and have taken the necessary steps to eliminate future compromises in our servers.

Nick Mazza
http://www.adgridwork.com

]]> By: Troy http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Troy Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:36:06 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/adgridwork-serving-full-page-paypopup-ads/#comment-980 I've experienced the same problem on my blog. Thanks so much for finding the cause for me, I'll have to send an email to the adgridwork guys. I’ve experienced the same problem on my blog. Thanks so much for finding the cause for me, I’ll have to send an email to the adgridwork guys.

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