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Is this legal? or Allowed?

by Lakbay
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I encountered a website wherein when i click on the comment button a new window will appear and the window is an advertisement, i think the link is cloaked...is this allowed? and what do you call that?
#allowed #legal
  • Profile picture of the author dp40oz
    Its not against the law if thats what you mean.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lakbay
      Originally Posted by dp40oz View Post

      Its not against the law if thats what you mean.
      Is it against the law of Google though? And what do you call that method?
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  • Profile picture of the author C Rebecca
    These are pop under ads and a very common practice among webmasters. I am not sure its legit way or not, but I am not in the favor of pop under ads.

    These are annoying and kill user experience to an extent.
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    • Profile picture of the author packerfan
      Why does this have anything to do with Google? Was it an adsense ad?

      But think about this... Every time you fill in the search box on google and click search, you get like 10 ads. I must be missing your point.
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      Nothing to see here

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  • Profile picture of the author thebonus
    Did you find the website by AdWords? if so, there might be an issue. Moreover, you must remember, that one of the top six most things google hates, is damaging their brand, so if it is pretending to be adsense, this might also be a cause for google-anger. Otherwise...
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  • Profile picture of the author SeoMonster1
    As you said it not looks like something against law has been done. I think it is okay.
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  • Profile picture of the author JeremiahSay
    My advise: Check with an attorney or lawyer to have a confirmation if this is legal or not.. or else Hire a professional SEO advisor if you're looking if google likes this kind of pop-up or not, will you have google slap etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mega B
    As you have mentioned in your post you dont own that actual site,why worry about it i would have said that if you had been asking as a result of you owning the site i would have said it is a border line case.This is of course just my opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lakbay
    Thanks guys for your comments, its not my site i just came across it while looking for blogs. Whatever that may be the owner must have found a creative way to earn. Since the submit comment button when clicked will open a new window with an ad on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Banks
    Google is not law lol. It's okay relax.
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