Yes Ryan, at the moment this rule is applicable only for mobiles. I’m glad you found this article helpful.

Regards,
Andrea.

But am I correct in saying that at the moment, this will only apply to mobile sites?

I would have hoped that it would apply to all variants – desktop/tablet etc

Thank you for taking the time to share this info,
Ryan.

Yes. Top bars are any day better, safe option when it comes to popups, especially on mobile devices.

Also, you will be pleased to know that we’ve worked on Icegram’s message types and now most of them are mobile responsive.

Please do try out and share your experience.

Popups on other websites often are worse. They cover the entire phone screen and you cannot access the close button! Nonsense.

Hi Jordan,

Thank you for the appreciation. We hope you enjoy using Icegram 🙂

Regarding your question, Google will penalize any website that shows popup on as soon as the page loads. So Icegram takes care of these popups and has converted them to two step popups.

As for timed popups that is popups shown after X seconds, there’s no clear indication of how Google will treat them. So the safest bet is to use other message types to convey your message or use a link, button to show a popup if very necessary.

And by the way.. nice plugin! Just started using it, and I’m seriously impressed with how clean and quick it is — I wanted to avoid your competitors as they seem so code-heavy.

Anyway..

Question relating to this article:

Would a popup-overlay that is triggered by the user clicking a link or button be penalised as well, or only ones that trigger automatically (after x seconds)?

I’d hope Google can tell the difference and wouldn’t punish overlays that a user triggers themselves, but I’ve no idea..

Cheers,

Jordan