[Plugin: Advertising Manager] Linking Problems when using Chrome and Opera AJAX

I’ve had some problems with advertising manager over the past few months with ads using javascript within ad manager. For example, if I insert an ad for Ebay, then sometimes if ads below it are clicked, they will direct to Ebay instead of the ad partner, so I stopped using those particular ads that were causing problems.

Then I installed the AJAX login plugin for my buddypress enabled site.

In my right column, there was an ad manager ad above the ajax login fields, and if any of my users using Chrome or Opera clicked in the login fields, they’d be instantly directed to the URL of the ad above that widget.

I initially thought this was a problem with the Ajax login plugin, and contacted them. You can see that thread here: https://netweblogic.com/forums/topic/plugin-not-working-with-google-chrome-or-safari

Eventually, I created a fresh installation of WordPress with Buddypress, and installed only two plugins: the ajax login and advertising manager. Even with a clean install on the default template, Ad Manager behaves the same way with Ajax login (and presumably other java related ads).

You can temporarily see this problem in action, here: https://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/affblog/
Note that the AJAX login is the one BELOW the ad on the right column.

– Matthew

https://www.lightandmatter.org