Methods and systems for reducing inadvertent interactions with advertisements displayed on a computing device

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed by one or more processors of a computing device cause the computing device to:

• display a content object corresponding to a content item within a predefined display region of an information resource;
• detect an interaction with the content object initiated within the predefined display region of the information resource;
• determine that the interaction corresponds to a predefined action on the content object or the corresponding content item;
• and
• display, responsive to determining that the interaction corresponds to the predefined action and before the interaction is complete, a visual indicator of the predefined action.

A method for reducing inadvertent interactions with displayed content, comprising:

• displaying, by a computing device, a content object corresponding to a content item within a predefined display region of an information resource;
• detecting, by the computing device, an interaction with the content object initiated within the predefined display region of the information resource;
• determining, by the computing device, that the interaction corresponds to a predefined action on the content object or the corresponding content item;
• and
• displaying, by the computing device responsive to determining that the interaction corresponds to the predefined action and before the interaction is complete, a visual indicator of the predefined action.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer code instructions, the computer code instructions when executed by the processor cause the computing device to:
• display a content object corresponding to a content item within a predefined display region of an information resource;
• detect an interaction with the content object initiated within the predefined display region of the information resource;
• determine that the interaction corresponds to a predefined action on the content object or the corresponding content item;
• and
• display, responsive to determining that the interaction corresponds to the predefined action and before the interaction is complete, a visual indicator of the predefined action.