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Where do you see the button the www.getpaint.net? This is all I see and it looks legit [1]

[1] http://imgur.com/S8iV9cX




I think you are blocking ads. I am too and that's what I see. From a device not blocking ads this is what I see:

http://imgur.com/yZDK7og


It's also tricky because ad bids come and go, Google does personalization, etc. But, I see what you see pretty reliably if I use an incognito window (no personalization).


Yep definitely blocking ads. That is insanity without. 8|


A new trick is to use so many trackers that it won't fit on the screen when listing them all:

http://i.imgur.com/AauOwVB.png

(This is from a site which detects adblockers, and begs you to turn it off, because it's killing their business model)


I swear imgur redirected me to an album page earlier.

But now https://i.imgur.com/AauOwVB.png it works. Strange.

Ads like the paint.net ad runs afoul of

> Mimicking site content, news articles, or text ads

> Google doesn't allow ads that mimic publisher content or layout, or news articles and features. Ads may also not contain screenshots of Google AdWords text ads or otherwise simulate an AdWords text ad in any way.

https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/176108?hl=en


It showed me an album page on Android too. And a Google ad for a free to play Flappy Bird clone (called Flappy Bird).

Clicking on the ad I was greeted with a landing page, with tiny gray jpeg letters telling me that this free game service costs only 5 Euro a week (automatic renewal). The company behind it, Mobster Ltd. leads me to a dead end on Cyprus and a whole lot of internet complaints.

So please do not click that link or Google may be forced to block imgur. Sorry.




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