Pop up ads on the site

Totally agree, Rick.

I'm using an Android phone and the Chrome browser.

There really are way too many full screen popups recently.

And if I sign out of the website and then sign back in, before I can even view the interface for my username and password, I get a big pop up asking me if I'm interested in insurance.

I've decided that that's a big yes if it's pop-up insurance

Report this by going to the bottom of this page and clicking on contact us. I have also reported this as well.

Where is the "contact us", I cant find it.

colinoscapee wrote:

Where is the "contact us", I cant find it.

expat.com/en/contact.html

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

Where is the "contact us", I cant find it.

expat.com/en/contact.html

I eventually found it after seeing under the quote function.

Hello everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Could you please tell me if it is only pop-ups for insurance?

Regards,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

Cheryl wrote:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Could you please tell me if it is only pop-ups for insurance?

Regards,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

No, not just for insurance. Heck you guys own the site you don't know?
Rick

Cheryl wrote:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Could you please tell me if it is only pop-ups for insurance?

Regards,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

Logging onto the forum may elighten you.

Cheryl wrote:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Could you please tell me if it is only pop-ups for insurance?

Regards,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

Here is a screenshot of a random popup



I'll post a few more when I see them.

That one was generated when I opened to the main Vietnam forum page and clicked on the name of the most recent poster in this thread (colinoscapee)

Cheryl wrote:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Could you please tell me if it is only pop-ups for insurance?

Regards,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

Oh look!

A French Pop-Up 😁

These popups are out of control, Expat Blog needs to review its system.

Cheryl wrote:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Could you please tell me if it is only pop-ups for insurance?

Regards,

Cheryl
Expat.com team.

I'll make this the last one I post.

It's a slightly different type but it still obscures the whole page:

FX PRO is the one I get constantly & one about health insurance which is a right pain cos it comes up just as I am mid way logging in. The one logging in is not a new phenomenon though, been like that for months if not year.

Hello everyone,

Thank you all for your help.

The IT department will immediately be informed about this issue.

Cheers,

Cheryl

Must be linked to site name as everyone sees the same ads, if it was cookie related there would be  more variation

Hi everyone,

I would like to inform you all that as we are logged in as administrators, we do not see the same interface and therefore not the same popups. This is why we asked for more information on the kind of popups you are referring to, so that we can give you the exact details you are looking for.

From what I could understand, some of these popups have been directly implemented by Google. However, some of them will be here temporarily and some might be permanent.

Also note that some popups are not specific to our website as they are generated by Google Ads. You can therefore find same on any website using Google Ads.

Hope this explanation will help. If there are any further details, we shall communicate them to you later on.

Thanks and Regards,

Priscilla
Expat.com Team

There was me thinking google needed permission to post pop-up ads, its how they generate income

Install an ad-blocker.  I don't get these popups at all.

I currently use Fair Adblocker, but I used Adblock Plus previously.

Use a browser that comes with an ad-blocker. Some browsers pay particular attention to this feature.

If your favourite browser doesn't come with an ad-blocker I don't see any issue with installing one, unless you experience something like this:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews … c546c61d58

The article above is 2 years old. Adblock Plus, AdBlock and uBlock were all affected by the vulnerability.

Mine does come with one and blocks the expat.com pop-ups (I've never seen a pop-up while browsing expat.com). Only had to install the webmail ad-blocker extension to prevent ads showing on part of screen while using yahoo mail.

sanooku wrote:

Use a browser that comes with an ad-blocker. Some browsers pay particular attention to this feature.

If your favourite browser doesn't come with an ad-blocker I don't see any issue with installing one.

Mine does come with one and blocks the expat.com pop-ups (I've never seen a pop-up while browsing expat.com). Only had to install the webmail ad-blocker extension to prevent ads showing on part of screen while using yahoo mail.

Heck I don't have any problems with the ad's, that's what help pay for this free site to keep it going, and it's a damn good one I might add. The irritating one's are full screen that you have to click on the get rid of it just to get to the site.
Rick

Budman1 wrote:

sanooku wrote:

Use a browser that comes with an ad-blocker. Some browsers pay particular attention to this feature.

If your favourite browser doesn't come with an ad-blocker I don't see any issue with installing one.

Mine does come with one and blocks the expat.com pop-ups (I've never seen a pop-up while browsing expat.com). Only had to install the webmail ad-blocker extension to prevent ads showing on part of screen while using yahoo mail.

Heck I don't have any problems with the ad's, that's what help pay for this free site to keep it going, and it's a damn good one I might add. The irritating one's are full screen that you have to click on the get rid of it just to get to the site.
Rick

Use browser with built-in ad-blocker or browser without built-in ad-blocker (but with SAFE adblocker manually installed) until issue is resolved (issue of size on screen and amount of ads). Once you have word that it's resolved, turn off ad-blocker to support site.

Hi Guys,

Google ads "magically" decided to add these popups without even asking me.

The problem is now solved, I have deactivated these popups.

Best regards,

Julien

Even though my ad blocker hides them, you still have my thanks.   

get an addblocker

MarkinNam wrote:

get an addblocker

using adblockers means the end of free information / free platforms on the web 

True,

Ad blockers don't affect native advertising