I keep a few windows open at once. While waiting for a reply on SDMB to load, I’ll go to another window. So I did that, and then clicked on an ‘open’ part of the SDMB window to get that window on top – just as the page moved up a little, causing me to click a google ad.
I’ve done this a few times already, but since I have no intention whatsoever to actually buy the services offered, I guess the SDMB gets credit for the click but not the sale.
I understand there are ways to reroute certain webpages, aren’t there? I suppose ideally, you could set your machine to reroute a request for the advertisers’ pages back to the SDMB page you were viewing in the first place.
I tried clicking on the Experian link just to see what happened. Just an ad page, no popups to be blocked by Popup Stopper.
The one thing that’s annoying about clicking on those links is that, unlike clicking on a link in a thread, the page you go to doesn’t open in a new tab.