Comments on: Who killed popup ads?

By: BB

BB — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:28:37 +0000

I agree with most of this, but not this bit:

If I were to put a flashy animated GIF in this page, you would simply read the text around it, ignoring the ad as unwanted information.

Animated GIFs are very distracting. It’s more likely the ad will draw your attention repeatedly, thereby making it difficult to read any text at all. At that point, most people will just go away.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:17:05 +0000

“Perhaps we should send Google to the middle east?”

Why are people so caught up in the middle east? The way people keep talking about it, it’s bound to be a problem.

By: ...

... — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:53:27 +0000

That was way over-anazlyed buddy…

By: Daniel Cater

Daniel Cater — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:48:34 +0000

Indeed. I would expect Windows XP Service Pack 2 was the biggest popup killer. Then Google Toolbar, then Firefox, then every other toolbar/browser that blocked popups by default. They are the worst way to advertise and so it is good riddance.