Leo Thanks for that: it really is annoying and a sure way of putting me off anything on the site. It may be absured but I get that annoyed and think that I am being hyjacked.
Posted by: Ron at November 18, 2006 1:18 AM
One very common use of redirects are for keeping people out of places they shouldn't be. On certain pages on certain sites I've designed, the first thing the page does is check to see if you're a registered user. If you're not, you get thrown to a page asking you to register, or get thrown to the home page, or get thrown to a page telling you not to be so dang inquisitive.
And these aren't porn sites or even pay sites most times. They're just sites that feel you shouldn't be able to, for example, post a blog comment (or read a members-only blog) without registering.
So if you try to force your way into somewhere you shouldn't go through manually typing in a link or going to a page someone linked to without permission, we toss you out. If you try to hit your back button, we toss you out again.
Sometimes you type in A or click on A and you're bounced to B, and there's just no way to use your back button to get to A, because the person who owns A doesn't want you there.
Posted by: Greg Bulmash at November 18, 2006 11:15 PM
While the explanation makes sense ... at the same time this problem only started happening within the last month .... or perhaps has gotten much worse in that time.
What I have also noticed, is that when hitting the back button I do see minor changes, and they, so far, have been with the ADS that are displayed on pages this happens.
This suggests to me that the problem may be more related to the code the ads are using to display on the respective pages. And its not hard to fathom that some of the ad companies have seen this, and are using it as a way to get additional impressions of ads.
Anyone else seeing it similarly?
Posted by: Robert at September 28, 2007 12:04 PM
Same problem with IE7 although in FireFox 2.0 the back button works quickly and 98% of the time as far as I can tell. This suggests to me that IE7 might have flaw related to this problem. Do you think an IE7 reinstall might help or do you know of a Microsoft fix for this. I couldn't find one. Thanks.
Posted by: Dick at December 7, 2007 10:12 AM
I have found that I din;t have this problem when using a home page other than MSN. I believe this problem is related to Doubleclick and othert ad services. I am about ready to change my homepage!
Posted by: Phil at March 10, 2009 1:21 PM
I can't get the Recent Pages button to work. There's no drop down list. I'm using IE8
Posted by: LJ at October 31, 2009 8:19 PM
I upgraded to ie8 and start to have this problem. ie6 did not have this problen at leaser on my unit. Is there a fix for thius in ie8? or maybe i should return to ie6
Posted by: Jack at November 24, 2009 8:05 AM
I think that there is a virus or a trojan horse that is causing this. I first started having problems a month ago after visiting a questionable website that caused my security software to light up like a Fourth of July spectacular. When I used the drop down menu to go back, a web address appeared in the menu in place of the last page. That web address has disappeared, but now I can't get my "back" arrow to work in any website.
Posted by: Chris at December 31, 2009 8:14 AM
I have this problem since installing Internet explorer 8
Posted by: Jan at January 1, 2010 6:04 AM
Open up your task manager and go to processes and usually youll have iexplorer running multiple processes ,more than what windows you have opened ,close them out and you should be able to use your back button just like private session.
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Leo Thanks for that: it really is annoying and a sure way of putting me off anything on the site. It may be absured but I get that annoyed and think that I am being hyjacked.
Posted by: Ron at November 18, 2006 1:18 AMOne very common use of redirects are for keeping people out of places they shouldn't be. On certain pages on certain sites I've designed, the first thing the page does is check to see if you're a registered user. If you're not, you get thrown to a page asking you to register, or get thrown to the home page, or get thrown to a page telling you not to be so dang inquisitive.
And these aren't porn sites or even pay sites most times. They're just sites that feel you shouldn't be able to, for example, post a blog comment (or read a members-only blog) without registering.
So if you try to force your way into somewhere you shouldn't go through manually typing in a link or going to a page someone linked to without permission, we toss you out. If you try to hit your back button, we toss you out again.
Sometimes you type in A or click on A and you're bounced to B, and there's just no way to use your back button to get to A, because the person who owns A doesn't want you there.
Posted by: Greg Bulmash at November 18, 2006 11:15 PMWhile the explanation makes sense ... at the same time this problem only started happening within the last month .... or perhaps has gotten much worse in that time.
What I have also noticed, is that when hitting the back button I do see minor changes, and they, so far, have been with the ADS that are displayed on pages this happens.
This suggests to me that the problem may be more related to the code the ads are using to display on the respective pages. And its not hard to fathom that some of the ad companies have seen this, and are using it as a way to get additional impressions of ads.
Anyone else seeing it similarly?
Posted by: Robert at September 28, 2007 12:04 PMSame problem with IE7 although in FireFox 2.0 the back button works quickly and 98% of the time as far as I can tell. This suggests to me that IE7 might have flaw related to this problem. Do you think an IE7 reinstall might help or do you know of a Microsoft fix for this. I couldn't find one. Thanks.
Posted by: Dick at December 7, 2007 10:12 AMI have found that I din;t have this problem when using a home page other than MSN. I believe this problem is related to Doubleclick and othert ad services. I am about ready to change my homepage!
Posted by: Phil at March 10, 2009 1:21 PMI can't get the Recent Pages button to work. There's no drop down list. I'm using IE8
Posted by: LJ at October 31, 2009 8:19 PMI upgraded to ie8 and start to have this problem. ie6 did not have this problen at leaser on my unit. Is there a fix for thius in ie8? or maybe i should return to ie6
Posted by: Jack at November 24, 2009 8:05 AMI think that there is a virus or a trojan horse that is causing this. I first started having problems a month ago after visiting a questionable website that caused my security software to light up like a Fourth of July spectacular. When I used the drop down menu to go back, a web address appeared in the menu in place of the last page. That web address has disappeared, but now I can't get my "back" arrow to work in any website.
Posted by: Chris at December 31, 2009 8:14 AMI have this problem since installing Internet explorer 8
Posted by: Jan at January 1, 2010 6:04 AMOpen up your task manager and go to processes and usually youll have iexplorer running multiple processes ,more than what windows you have opened ,close them out and you should be able to use your back button just like private session.
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