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PopAds issues with CloudFlare? (10)

07-20-2020 06:46 PM #1 skolvikings (Member)
PopAds issues with CloudFlare?

I'm testing Binom on my own server and setup Cloudflare for the DNS on the tracking domain. Today, setting up a PopAds campaign, I got this error:

We have detected that you are using CloudFlare to accelerate your landing page. Please be aware that CloudFlare might detect part of our traffic as an attack and block it (even with Security set to "Essentially off"). We advise you to host your landing page on a traditional CDN network.

Does anybody have experience with that? I know others have indicated they are successfully using CloudFlare so I'm curious how concerned I should be?

07-23-2020 01:40 PM #2 jeremie (Moderator)

Also interested in knowing more on that. Maybe the Binom support could give you more info on that?

07-23-2020 01:54 PM #3 skolvikings (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by jeremie View Post
Also interested in knowing more on that. Maybe the Binom support could give you more info on that?
It's not really a Binom issue though. It's would be a PopAds & CloudFlare issue. I just know many people here use CloudFlare so I was curious what their experience was. If they also use PopAds, they must have seen the warning too?

07-23-2020 02:46 PM #4 jeremie (Moderator)

Maybe @PopAds could explain.

07-23-2020 02:50 PM #5 jeremie (Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by jeremie View Post
Maybe @PopAds could explain.
Look like they are not active on STM anymore, at least with that acount. You could try to ask their support the meaning of this message.

07-23-2020 03:31 PM #6 skolvikings (Member)

Well the message is self-explanatory, but I'm just wondering what others using CloudFlare have done in response to it? Do they ignore it and haven't had any issues? Do they avoid PopAds? That's what I was mainly curious about, if anybody else on the forum has run into this and what their experience has been.

07-28-2020 02:01 AM #7 jeremie (Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by skolvikings View Post
Well the message is self-explanatory, but I'm just wondering what others using CloudFlare have done in response to it? Do they ignore it and haven't had any issues? Do they avoid PopAds? That's what I was mainly curious about, if anybody else on the forum has run into this and what their experience has been.
Look like no one else has been facing the situation.

I agree that the message is self-explanatory, but I think what PopAds support could give you is the reason why they put the message in the first place. Did they find out some filters that CloudFlare has in place that other CDN platforms do not use for example, or does CloudFlare block pages with some keywords? By knowing what trigger a "traffic block", it might give you enough info to decide if you can deal with CloudFlare or if it is better to switch to some other CDN.

03-16-2021 08:26 AM #8 spak00 (Member)

I had the same message come up when switching to self hosted tracker yesterday, using CloudFlare for the DNS of the tracking domain.
I'll get in touch with them, and relay any useful info.

03-16-2021 01:52 PM #9 twinaxe (Senior Moderator)

As far as I remember I also had such message few years ago.

I try to find out what I did then

03-18-2021 12:42 AM #10 jaybot (Veteran Member)

Just ignore it. Your camp will work fine

I’ve had that message for over a year, no issues.

Just don’t use Popads pre-caching thingy. It should be off by default anyway.

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