Certain "key Words"

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IDareT'sHair

PJ Rehabilitation Center

• Apr 25, 2015

• #1

Every time some one types in 'certain' words it takes you to a nebulous/random site. That needs to be fixed immediately.

If you type in words such as hair oil, flat iron and a few others it forms a "Link" and takes you to a site.

 

hunnychile

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2015

• #2

This happens to me too.

Do you know what's doing it @dimopoulos

 

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IDareT'sHair

PJ Rehabilitation Center

• Apr 26, 2015

• #3

Yeah, cause I don't want to click on something in someone's post (or my own post) and end up with a Virus or something because of this. @dimopoulos

 

brooklyngal73

SteelyDan/DonaldFagenFan!

• Apr 26, 2015

• #4

I hate this mess! I hope it's not ad revenue related.

 

prettyinpurple

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #5

Is it only happening to iPhone users?

I've never seen it (not an iPhone person either). But I saw a thread where a couple of posters commented on it and they confirmed that both had iPhones.

 

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SuchaLady

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #6

Your post just did it @prettyinpurple

 

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SuchaLady

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #7

It's very annoying. I clicked a link thinking the poster was trying to show me something but she didn't link anything in her post :/

 

OhTall1

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #8

It must depend on the browser. I see the links in Chrome on my iPhone, but not in Firefox on my PC.

 

brooklyngal73

SteelyDan/DonaldFagenFan!

• Apr 28, 2015

• #9

prettyinpurple said:

Is it only happening to iPhone users?

I've never seen it (not an iPhone person either). But I saw a thread where a couple of posters commented on it and they confirmed that both had iPhones.

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LaChaBla said:

It must depend on the browser. I see the links in Chrome on my iPhone, but not in Firefox on my PC.

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I have an iPhone and I use Chrome. Very interesting.....

ETA: I think it's more of a Chrome thing than and iPhone thing. I've seen these annoying links while on my PC, also.

 

Last edited: Apr 28, 2015

prettyinpurple

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #10

SuchaLady said:

Your post just did it @prettyinpurple

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Right but I don't see it. Never seen 'em in the other posts when people mentioned them either.

I meant are iPhone users the only ones seeing those links.

ETA: I didn't do anything special to my post either to make it happen.

 

prettyinpurple

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #11

Interesting.

Chrome on the iPhone huh? Fascinating.

I've never seen them while using Chrome on a PC.

 

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SlimPickinz

Summer where are you?

• Apr 28, 2015

• #12

Theyre ads unfortunately.

 

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SuchaLady

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #13

prettyinpurple said:

Right but I don't see it. Never seen 'em in the other posts when people mentioned them either.

I meant are iPhone users the only ones seeing those links.

ETA: I didn't do anything special to my post either to make it happen.

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It could be that. Im not sure because I see them in Safari and Chrome.

 

lilikoi

Well-Known Member

• Apr 28, 2015

• #14

@dimopoulos I'm on my i p a d and I see the keywords " i p h o n e " and " f l a t i r o n" as link to a commercial site ( yes, I was dumb enough to click).

Someone is high jacking this site for their own gain. Hope this stops soon.

 

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IDareT'sHair

PJ Rehabilitation Center

• Apr 28, 2015

• #15

I'm on a Laptop! A Basic Toshiba Laptop.

I am on Internet Explorer. Nothing 'fancy'

Not Chrome or anything else.

If someone talks about a certain product or tool and link will generate.

 

brooklyngal73

SteelyDan/DonaldFagenFan!

• Apr 28, 2015

• #16

SlimPickinz said:

Theyre ads unfortunately.

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Just as I've suspected....smh.

 

lilikoi

Well-Known Member

• May 1, 2015

• #17

SlimPickinz said:

Theyre ads unfortunately.

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BUMMER!

...also disappointing...

 

PatDM'T

Well-Known Member

• May 5, 2015

• #18

prettyinpurple said:

Interesting.

Chrome on the iPhone huh? Fascinating.

I've never seen them while using Chrome on a PC.

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It must be an iPhone issue
I use Chrome on Android and I ain't seeing hotlinks

 

1QTPie

Elder Sim

• May 8, 2015

• #19

I can't see what you all are talking about, but if it's those hover ads (old school way to advertise on a forum,) you can block them using Ad Block.

 

JustSitNBePretty

Well-Known Member

• May 14, 2015

• #20

I was on another forum that did this and yes, this is a way to generate ad revenue for the site. It's annoying. Fortunately I don't see it because I have adBlock. I suggest you all download it.

 

YaniraNaturally

WL-HL???

• May 14, 2015

• #21

^Ad block is one of the best things I did for my browsing experience. Now if only I could get it on my iPhon-e.