Mechanism to reduce accidental clicks on online content

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to:

• receive, by a client device from a computing device, an offer component for providing additional content, the offer component partitioned to include a first region and a second region determined by the computing device based on historical data, the first region and the second region separated by a border that is not visible when the offer component is displayed via the user interface;
• display, by the client device via the user interface, the offer component for providing additional online content;
• detect, by the client device, a first user interaction with the offer component;
• determine, by the client device, in which of the first region of the offer component and the second region of the offer component the user interaction occurred;
• and
• responsive to the determination of in which region the user interaction occurred either:
• request the additional content responsive to a determination that the user interaction occurred in the first region of the offer component, or
• display a prompt for confirmation that the additional content associated with the offer component has been requested responsive to a determination that the user interaction occurred in the second region of the offer component, receive a third user interaction indicating confirmation of that the additional content associated with the offer component has been requested responsive, and responsively request the additional content.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device having encoded thereon computer-readable instructions that are executable by the processor to perform functions comprising:
• receiving, by a client device from a computing device, an offer component for providing additional content, the offer component partitioned to include a first region and a second region determined by the computing device based on historical data, the first region and the second region separated by a border that is not visible when the offer component is displayed via the user interface;
• displaying, by the client device via the user interface, the offer component for providing additional online content;
• detecting, by the client device, a first user interaction with the offer component;
• determining, by the client device, in which of the first region of the offer component and the second region of the offer component the user interaction occurred;
• and
• responsive to the determination of in which region the user interaction occurred either:
• requesting the additional content responsive to a determination that the user interaction occurred in the first region of the offer component, or
• displaying a prompt for confirmation that the additional content associated with the offer component has been requested responsive to a determination that the user interaction occurred in the second region of the offer component, receiving a third user interaction indicating confirmation of that the additional content associated with the offer component has been requested responsive, and responsively requesting the additional content.