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.:Frog:. · 08-21-2002, 09:22 AM

The truth about popups:
1. They are very annoying.
2. They hurt sales of webmasters.

Before you say popups bring extra money, let me tell you something. Sponsors want to squeeze every penny out of their traffic so they put 12 chained console traps to make the most cash possible. Now a surfer clicks your banner and hits that shit when he tries to leave.
He tries another site and another site and the results are the same. Half his hair is pulled out in frustration and he seldom clicks on banners anymore cause he knows it means a fight to escape.

Once popups are gone the net will be more fun to surf for everyone and people won't be scared to click banners.
It would be nice to see a banner and be able to check it out without worrying about the barrage of consoles that will follow if you decide not to join.

I don't care if your happy or not about this. Popups will be finished in a year or two. I just hope it becomes a standard feature to block popups in the next IE update.

08-21-2002, 09:22 AM
.:Frog:. Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ~ C A N A D A ~ Posts: 2,123	The truth about popups: 1. They are very annoying. 2. They hurt sales of webmasters. Before you say popups bring extra money, let me tell you something. Sponsors want to squeeze every penny out of their traffic so they put 12 chained console traps to make the most cash possible. Now a surfer clicks your banner and hits that shit when he tries to leave. He tries another site and another site and the results are the same. Half his hair is pulled out in frustration and he seldom clicks on banners anymore cause he knows it means a fight to escape. Once popups are gone the net will be more fun to surf for everyone and people won't be scared to click banners. It would be nice to see a banner and be able to check it out without worrying about the barrage of consoles that will follow if you decide not to join. I don't care if your happy or not about this. Popups will be finished in a year or two. I just hope it becomes a standard feature to block popups in the next IE update.