Certain "key Words"

[IDareT'sHair]

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]

This happens to me too.

Do you know what's doing it @dimopoulos

 

[IDareT'sHair]

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]

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

 

[prettyinpurple]

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.

 

[SuchaLady]

Your post just did it @prettyinpurple

 

[SuchaLady]

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]

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

 

[brooklyngal73]

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.

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

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.

 

[prettyinpurple]

Your post just did it @prettyinpurple

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]

Interesting.

Chrome on the iPhone huh? Fascinating.

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

 

[SlimPickinz]

Theyre ads unfortunately.

 

[SuchaLady]

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.

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

 

[lilikoi]

@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.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

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]

Theyre ads unfortunately.

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

 

[lilikoi]

Theyre ads unfortunately.

BUMMER!

...also disappointing...

 

[PatDM'T]

Interesting.

Chrome on the iPhone huh? Fascinating.

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

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

 

[1QTPie]

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]

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]

^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.