Google's Will Penalize Some Pop-ups

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Google has announced it's new policy regarding which pop-ups are acceptable and which will be penalized.

https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/helping-...

There isn't a lot to go on here yet so we will have to watch to see how this new policy effects rankings.


Tom


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Thanks Tom .. Cheers, William.

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You are very welcome William.
Tom

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Thank you for the information, Tom.

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Hi Achuthan. You are very welcome.
Tom

Why did they wait with this so long? Why only mobiles? Good move in any case, thank you Tom.

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I think it is just a bigger problem on mobile Jovo. As to why it took so long, I don't know. Google works at a pace all their own.
Tom

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Intrusive popups that block the article is the reason I don't read articles on FB anymore. As Elijah says, you can't get around them easily and they block the reading of the text. So I just don't surf FB anymore.
Barry

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That seems to be exactly the type of pop-up Google will penalize. I think it is a good thing too.
Tom

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Great advice. thanks.

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You're welcome Mike!
Tom

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Time they do so. I personally hate pop ups that do not give you a choice to say no, and they got 'stucked' to your device preventing you to proceed further unless you click. If anyone is using such pop ups here, or so called landing page, I will advise them to stop. It's the most annoying pop ups or landing pages ever. It will never convert in the long run. I actually hate aggressive marketing. I called them greedy marketers, too desperate to know what the customers want.

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They are annoying but, at the same time, effective. I do agree that the ones with no way to close them are a bad idea.

Tom

Really irritating. I never click deliberately. I shut down my device to get rid of them.

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I'm currently using an exit popup, so it only appears when the person goes to leave the site. While they are on the site it leaves them alone.

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I use the exit trigger too Marcus. It seems the least intrusive way to do it.
Tom

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Thanks Tom

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You're welcome Alan.

Yes, I saw this in an email from MailMunch.

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I just got an email from Yoast that included it too.

They seem to be targeting mobile first, something to think about.

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Your right Alexander.

They seem to worry about mobile more in general these days.
Tom

Thanks for the heads up :)

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You're welcome Jude.
Tom

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