If the "advertisement" you are using on your web page is one of those bloody "pop-over" types that takes up the entire page and has a "Close" link that's two microns tall, I will leave your page so fast it leaves digital vapor trails, and I will make a mental note to never visit again. Look, I of all people understand the need and want for advertisement on one's web page. However, it doesn't have to be obnoxious; it shouldn't dwarf the actual content; and it DAMN well better not freeze up whatever computer I'm using, even if it's an archaic terminal PC. When you annoy your customers (readers), you lose them.
Just a free piece of advice from someone who does marketing for a living...
That is all.
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Firefox+popup blocker+NoScript = No Problems.
Can't run FF here. Not "allowed"...
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I second the motion and after it carries, will move that the offending advertizer be (wait, wait, must be civil) um, euthanized for the good of all. There, I feel better now. Thanks.
WV criship As in the offender should be fried to a criship.
I couldn't agree more. People with those ads make me wish I could reach into the screen and slap them.
Not a problem most of the time, but sometimes I've gotta use IE.
Can't run FF here. Not "allowed"...
Massachusetts?
RW: unfortunately, Firefox doesn't always block the ads Jay is talking about. I use Firefox exclusively, and I still have trouble with them.
I will also never be a Netflix subscriber because of Netflix's goddamned pop-under ads, which no blocker I've tried has been able to block.
I hate popups even more than I hate spam! The other thing I hate is ads which move! Very distracting!
Wolfwalker, I actually wrote a letter to Netflix telling them the same thing - that I would not be a Netflix subscriber as long as they continue to pollute my web browsing with their damnable pop-unders.
I never got a response.
Jay, another quick way to drive me off a page is to have too many animations going at once. All that moving crap is not only a distraction, it is an annoyance.
Firefox+NoScript+Flashblock
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of spam, I shall fear no popups, for my browser is giving them a double middle finger.
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