Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO?

valdivz · 07-18-2010, 07:19 PM

Hey everyone....I was wondering if anyone knows or has had any negative experience when placing an exit pop up on your site that's already ranking on the first page?

I have Exit Splash and only use it for landing pages but was planning on using it for a site that's ranked #2 BUT I don't want to hurt it.

Anyone know if Google Penalizes for exit pops?

thanks,

Ron

SledgeHammer · 07-18-2010, 11:11 PM

Google will not penalize exit pop-ups. Go ahead !

valdivz · 07-19-2010, 10:11 AM

thanks for the response....have you tested this or know of any sites using this and ranked on the 1st page?

Social-Media-Marketing · 07-19-2010, 10:31 AM

That pop-up should have it's own URL different than the one that is ranking. Personally, I flag all pop-ups with <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> so that they never appear in Google's SERPs. Pop-ups appearing in the SERPs are a bad user experience since they are typically "dead end" pages with no good navigation back to the site.

Lucid · 07-19-2010, 12:22 PM

I don't know about SEO but if you use Adwords, disable the pop-up. You'll get a poor landing page quality score and ads won't show. Now, if they don't like pop-ups in Adwords, you can be sure that one day they might incorporate that into organic rankings.

SMM in message above this one has a good point about pop-ups getting indexed. Good advice.

xxxJamesxxx · 07-19-2010, 02:41 PM

I use exit pop ups and it dosen't seem to affect my serps whatsoever

James

Daniel McGonagle · 07-19-2010, 05:23 PM

I got a site page 1 for several network marketing terms, (including term network marketing itself)

Had a pro SEO tell me to remove the exit popup since it affects spidering of site

If you google the term free network marketing tips...you'll see my site at around #6, and the listings for that search phrase show text of the exit popup.

If anything I THINK exit popups might affect deep spidering of your site, and may cause some older posts to not remain indexed

tribros · 07-19-2010, 10:50 PM

I too am using "Exit Splash" on some of my sites and they are #1's and there's no problem at all.

valdivz · 07-20-2010, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Social-Media-Marketing

That pop-up should have it's own URL different than the one that is ranking. Personally, I flag all pop-ups with <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> so that they never appear in Google's SERPs. Pop-ups appearing in the SERPs are a bad user experience since they are typically "dead end" pages with no good navigation back to the site.

That's actually what I was thinking.

I just never had seen an exit pop used with any top listings in Google. Could you imagine if 6 sites that are ranked on the first page all had exit pops? The searcher would be in the mindset of "what the hell is going on with all these sites"

looks like some people are doing ok with it though.... hmmmm

timpears · 07-20-2010, 10:06 AM

I would like to strangle the person that came up with exit pop ups. I hate them. I am running into them now that even when I click the ok to leave the site, I still get another try to sell me, with another pop up many times. This is going a little over board in my mind. I hope that Google deep sixes all sites with pop ups.

tcorbett · 07-20-2010, 05:21 PM

You may want to strangle them, but the fact is that exit pop-ups make a lot of people a lot of money. Personally, I don't like them either, but they do work - as always you should test for your own results. As far as affecting ranking, I don't have the answer to that one.

NicoleBeckett · 07-20-2010, 05:37 PM

I don't think exit pop-ups affect your ranking, but man, they annoy the heck out of me! I don't need you to ask me if I'm really, really, really sure that I want to leave your site - clicking the 'back' button should be a good enough indication that I'm done. Personally, I don't see how annoying people gets them to reconsider and spend money

There was a thread about this a week or so ago, and many Warriors had the same sentiments.

Tom Moylan · 12-26-2010, 10:54 AM

I am TOTALLY convinced they HURT. In fact, within about 48 hours of my testing exit splash ads on two sites, those sites disappeared from Google SERPs, except indirectly thru other linked pages.

I took the splashes down and voila, within 48 hours my original pages are back. Yeah, maybe on landing pages I don't care about ranking with, but BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE I would never put these on pages I want ranked.

07-18-2010, 07:19 PM	#1
valdivz HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Orlando,FL Posts: 240 Thanks: 6 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking	Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? Hey everyone....I was wondering if anyone knows or has had any negative experience when placing an exit pop up on your site that's already ranking on the first page? I have Exit Splash and only use it for landing pages but was planning on using it for a site that's ranked #2 BUT I don't want to hurt it. Anyone know if Google Penalizes for exit pops? thanks, Ron
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07-18-2010, 11:11 PM	#2
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07-19-2010, 10:11 AM	#3
valdivz HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Orlando,FL Posts: 240 Thanks: 6 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? thanks for the response....have you tested this or know of any sites using this and ranked on the 1st page?
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07-19-2010, 10:31 AM	#4
Social-Media-Marketing HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 150 Thanks: 0 Thanked 22 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? That pop-up should have it's own URL different than the one that is ranking. Personally, I flag all pop-ups with <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> so that they never appear in Google's SERPs. Pop-ups appearing in the SERPs are a bad user experience since they are typically "dead end" pages with no good navigation back to the site.

07-19-2010, 12:22 PM	#5
Lucid Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,142 Thanks: 11 Thanked 128 Times in 120 Posts	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I don't know about SEO but if you use Adwords, disable the pop-up. You'll get a poor landing page quality score and ads won't show. Now, if they don't like pop-ups in Adwords, you can be sure that one day they might incorporate that into organic rankings. SMM in message above this one has a good point about pop-ups getting indexed. Good advice.
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07-19-2010, 02:41 PM	#6
xxxJamesxxx Lurking since 2006 War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,617 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 23 Thanked 327 Times in 198 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I use exit pop ups and it dosen't seem to affect my serps whatsoever James
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07-19-2010, 05:23 PM	#7
Daniel McGonagle Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,415 Blog Entries: 14 Thanks: 25 Thanked 189 Times in 74 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I got a site page 1 for several network marketing terms, (including term network marketing itself) Had a pro SEO tell me to remove the exit popup since it affects spidering of site If you google the term free network marketing tips...you'll see my site at around #6, and the listings for that search phrase show text of the exit popup. If anything I THINK exit popups might affect deep spidering of your site, and may cause some older posts to not remain indexed

07-19-2010, 10:50 PM	#8
tribros HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 314 Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts Social Networking	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I too am using "Exit Splash" on some of my sites and they are #1's and there's no problem at all.
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07-20-2010, 10:06 AM	#10
timpears Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA. Posts: 3,500 Thanks: 327 Thanked 584 Times in 408 Posts	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I would like to strangle the person that came up with exit pop ups. I hate them. I am running into them now that even when I click the ok to leave the site, I still get another try to sell me, with another pop up many times. This is going a little over board in my mind. I hope that Google deep sixes all sites with pop ups.
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07-20-2010, 05:21 PM	#11
tcorbett Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Atlanta and Colorado Posts: 6 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? You may want to strangle them, but the fact is that exit pop-ups make a lot of people a lot of money. Personally, I don't like them either, but they do work - as always you should test for your own results. As far as affecting ranking, I don't have the answer to that one.

07-20-2010, 05:37 PM	#12
NicoleBeckett Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,053 Thanks: 617 Thanked 605 Times in 374 Posts Social Networking	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I don't think exit pop-ups affect your ranking, but man, they annoy the heck out of me! I don't need you to ask me if I'm really, really, really sure that I want to leave your site - clicking the 'back' button should be a good enough indication that I'm done. Personally, I don't see how annoying people gets them to reconsider and spend money There was a thread about this a week or so ago, and many Warriors had the same sentiments.
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12-26-2010, 10:54 AM	#13
Tom Moylan Warrior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Does Exit Pop Ups Hurt Your SEO? I am TOTALLY convinced they HURT. In fact, within about 48 hours of my testing exit splash ads on two sites, those sites disappeared from Google SERPs, except indirectly thru other linked pages. I took the splashes down and voila, within 48 hours my original pages are back. Yeah, maybe on landing pages I don't care about ranking with, but BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE I would never put these on pages I want ranked.