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Funny, because Google Adsense offers "Page-level vignette ads" which are full page interstitial ads shown for mobile devices.

The penalty must not apply because:

> They're displayed when the user leaves a page, rather than when they arrive on one, so the user doesn’t have to wait for them to load

https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6245304?hl=en

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I specifically asked Google rep on that point and he said penalty would still apply.

One G product can affect another it seems.

It is worth bearing in mind that not all sites are reliant on google traffic, so more cash from Adsense at a hit on ranking may mean more £ and zero traffic impact.

This is absolutely true: in the past when certain Google teams have asked to have their pages bumped up in ranking, they've been told to work on their SEO and/or pay for ads.

Actually, they supposedly are also only displayed when Google's algorithms believe the user experience isn't negatively affected by the pop up. Not sure how much they have behind the scenes on this, but I recall them showing up erratically when I tested them for my site.

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