Popups effect SEO?

phoenix06007 · 11-10-2008, 04:25 AM

Do popups effect Search Engine Optimization at all?

pinkfluffybunny · 11-10-2008, 05:04 AM

leahmarie · 11-10-2008, 06:58 AM

I think so. But I don't know the extent of the effect of popups regarding SEO, but sometimes it helps in marketing promotion.

coolguy27 · 11-10-2008, 07:56 PM

It has effect on SEO....

potchie · 11-10-2008, 08:33 PM

yes, it has bad effect on Optimization

LailaScott · 11-10-2008, 08:57 PM

imo, popups is a type of promotion. most of these ads are paid ads. it do gives effect because all the visitors of the site is a possible clients too.

Storm · 11-10-2008, 09:04 PM

If I owned site A, and I put pop ups on site A, then it would have a negative effect on my seo as a whole on site A. The pop ups would not be adding more pages to index, as it is an advertisement. The spiders might get confused with them.

AlphaMale · 11-10-2008, 09:21 PM

I don't have concrete evidence to back up this question although I'd assume that this is a negative effect on SEO. I'd avoid it like a plague until further evidence comes forth.

shakir · 11-10-2008, 10:41 PM

I dont sure its effect on SEO , but its irritating for the browsers

zeruel · 11-10-2008, 10:57 PM

Sure thing! And also, visitors might get annoyed. And will instantly leave your site.

poksa · 11-11-2008, 02:33 AM

it also has a very bad effect on your visitors...no one actually want a pop up that seems to interrupt the visitors usage of the site.

jabo · 11-11-2008, 02:41 AM

I hate pop ups, surely do, when i visit sites that has popups, I would quickly close the popup window, if the popup is affecting the page I want to access, I would close the whole page, I think popup is a nice way to increase your bounce rate.

Journey · 11-12-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by zeruel

Sure thing! And also, visitors might get annoyed. And will instantly leave your site.

I become also irritated when I see popups on sites. I automatically leave them when they have these annoying popups.

Can you cite some effects of popups in seo?

Myamsterdam · 11-12-2008, 05:44 AM

Popups are here for the promotion only.. some non-paid or paid ads

slightly it effect SEO somewhere........

phoenix06007 · 11-13-2008, 04:19 AM

maybe it can hurt the site itwill decrease the traffic because of the annoying popups

GoGlobal · 11-13-2008, 04:21 AM

definitely sure !!!!!!!!!!

grishamist · 11-13-2008, 04:34 AM

I'm not against pop-up if it's place on the right page on your website. Some people hate pop-ups because you need to click the close button to get rid of the pop-up. Effective on SEO? Probably yes. I saw some sites that have a good traffic with pop-ups.

jabo · 11-13-2008, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by grishamist

I'm not against pop-up if it's place on the right page on your website. Some people hate pop-ups because you need to click the close button to get rid of the pop-up. Effective on SEO? Probably yes. I saw some sites that have a good traffic with pop-ups.

I think that the issue with sites with pop ups wouldn't be in traffic but in its bounce rate... a visitor would only know that a site has pop ups once he has visited the site and that logs as traffic.... how much bounce rate did the site had anyways? the one that you saw?

rensquared · 11-13-2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by potchie

yes, it has bad effect on Optimization

Please explain why this has bad effect on SEO.. Thanks in advance

Copybuild · 11-13-2008, 08:28 PM

I get irritated every time that there are ads that will pop up on my screen, I think it has no effect in rankings. But there is a huge factor in gaining traffic. If someone got irritated from it, the result will be a huge percentage of bounce rate. Most of the visitors will close pages if there are bunch of crap pop ups on your page.