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, an interstitial webpage (or interstitial) is a

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displayed before or after an expected content page, often to display

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or for regulatory reasons, such as to confirm the user's age (prior to showing age-restricted material) or obtain consent to store

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. Most interstitial advertisements are delivered by an

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. Interstitial pages are also frequently used to warn users before they are navigated to an external website from a trusted site. Some people take issue with the use of such pages to present

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before allowing users to see the content they were trying to access.

Meaning of ''interstitial''

In this context, ''interstitial'' is used in the sense of ''in-between''. The interstitial web page sits between a referenced page and the page which references it—hence it is in between two pages. This is distinct from a page which simply links directly to another, in that the interstitial page serves only to provide extra information to a user during the act of navigating from one page to the next. In

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, ''interstitial'' is often used in the sense of ''interstitial advertising'', rather than ''interstitial webpage''. In some cases, this may lead to confusion because interstitial ads are not always served on interstitial web pages. According to a standard advanced by the IAB, an interstitial (also known as a between-the-page ad) can either be displayed on a separate webpage or appear briefly as an overlay on the destination page. Moreover, mobile advertising guidelines created by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) include in-app interstitial ads, which are integrated into

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Circumvention

Many interstitial adverts are circumvented by

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and

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References

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Meaning of ''interstitial''

Circumvention

See also

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