Exit Pops in WSO Thread?

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I must be high or something but I just went to a thread in the WSO section that has an exit pop when you try to leave the page. Is that allowed as I have never seen that done before?
#main internet marketing discussion forum #exit #pops #thread #wso
  • Wow - I never heard of that before!

    I certainly hope it is not allowed, I didn't even know it was possible.

    Bill
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    • I would check your hard drive. Could be that someone slipped you a mickey (malware).

      Not saying it's not something new but I haven't seen any exit popups here or in the WSO.
  • Must be against TOS!
  • Also, are you sure you were at the warriorforum.com and not a spoof domain? Exit popups are done by inserting code into a web page. There is no way to insert that sort of code without using forbidden tactics into a thread that I am aware of.
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    • I can log in, I can see my PM's the whole Nine I am certain Im still on the forum. My user name is still in the top corner and everything.
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  • I monitor my laptop like a hawk I know its not that. It is definitely an exit pop I been around the block for minute. I was just curious really as I never seen it before done maybe an admin can chime in on this one.
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    • Well you said you "must be high" so thus the mickey.

      Just report the WSO then and let the mods take a look at it. There are always folks up to shenanigans.

      Where did the popup take you? Was it to another section of the WF/WSO or an outside site?

      EDIT - Never mind, as I posted this looks like the mystery has been solved and it was a spoof site.
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  • I'd figure out how they did it - then make a WSO on adding exit pops to WSOs
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  • Do you remember which one?
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    • I saved the link but I don't want to out him in an open forum in case there is something I'm missing. I'll send it through PM if you want it.
  • The OP just sent me the link via PM. it is a spoof site.

    OP. if you look at the url in your address bar you will see that it is not warriorforum.com but another domain.

    they have used one of several different cloaking methods to make the entire site look as though it is warriorforum.com but it is not.

    edit: if you went to that site via a link and logged into the WF from that site, you need to change your password asap.
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    • I did notice the site url and it did trip me out. They are good lol

  • I once clicked on a banner and the offer, right here, had
    this too.

    I also thought I was high or something. Maybe I was...
    as I didn't save the url or even do anything about it,


    Kingsley


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  • It just shows how careful we must be. The OP didn't even realise it was a dummy domain.
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    • I did peep out the domain but the site was exactly like warrior. I just had to be sure.
  • Yes, Alexa my test did differentiate between unique and returning visitors to the best of my ability to test such things. obviously testing methods rely on things such as cookies and such, which are somewhat fallible. (ok more than somewhat).

    The only time I have ever seen any results that are even close to showing the situation you mentioned are when the popups are either improperly used or when they are used on pages that are not "landing" pages.

    I have seen these exit popups deploy when a person clicks the "buy now" button, which obviously is a no no.

    I have seen a couple of situations where using an exit pop on the "content" pages of a site does in fact annoy visors to the point where they leave and don't come back or they come back less frequently.

    But when used properly on a landing page, I have never seen any results showing that an exit popup was detrimental to long term earnings. Of course there are a number of different exit popup styles and uses which also need to be looked into for various situations.

    BTW Alexa, I was not trying to call you out by asking to see the results, I am big on testing things. And I was/am generally interested in seeing results that go against my own. I am sure there would be some marketing lessons to be learned from those situations.
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      No, no ... I understand. (Hope I didn't come across that way.) I agree with you. It's always interesting when people have different conclusions from split-testing something. Sometimes one can identify what factors might have produced different results, I think? Other times, perhaps not.
  • I think you might just be high

    LOL someone, anyone.. please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about this, BUT in order to make an exit popup you would need to use HTML.

    Since HTML isnt allowed in posts/threads on these forums, I don't think you saw an exit popup for a thread. Might have been in one of the buttons or something that you possibly clicked, but even that isn't allowed (I dont think)
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    • yes, this is true. more correctly you need to be able to add scripts to a page not just html. The software that powers this forum is pretty locked down against that sort of thing.

      As I posted earlier in the thread, this turned out to be a spoof site that was mimicking the WF.

      It has been reported to the proper authorities as well. (just the help desk, nothing to fancy)
  • I don't think... you're able to insert javascripts into posts, can you?
  • I would believe the page is hosted on an external domain, and not the warriorforum. It would be spooky if every page on the forum starts having an exit pop up
  • There are no popups in the WSO forum and there never will be. That is unless the mods decide to allow things like javascript which they would be mad to do. They don't even let you embed your own video player (which I agree with) so the last thing they are going to do is open up things so people can abuse the forum with popups, etc. That is exactly why forums use bb code rather than html code so people cannot manipulate things.

    But seriously, if you want to use a popup on your WSO you are more than entitled to do so. Just link from your WSO thread to an external sales page that has the popup on it.
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  • wow this is impresive,that must be something agains the rules!
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    • There is a reason why some people comment on threads without following the storyline from beginning to end before they comment... :p


  • So where is the link, I got curious?

    Also change your password if you have logged in into this site.
    It's sad that some people have no moral at all and trying to get rich with this loll...
    Just imagine, you can put thousands of possitive reviews and make everything looks good, then all you have to do it drive some traffic...

    Cheers,
    Yoangov
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    Exit Pops in WSO Thread?

    I must be high or something but I just went to a thread in the WSO section that has an exit pop when you try to leave the page. Is that allowed as I have never seen that done before?