percentage of people who use pop-up blockers - GoFuckYourself.com

pamphage · 11-22-2003, 12:46 PM

anyone seen any reliable estimates? 20%? 50%?

Oracle Porn · 11-22-2003, 12:47 PM

Very little

RaGe · 11-22-2003, 12:49 PM

I'd guess 10% if not less. Just a guess though.

q00p · 11-22-2003, 12:50 PM

The gogle toolbar sure is a popular tool though..

Great for blovking popups!

pamphage · 11-22-2003, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by Oracle Porn
Very little

thats what i was thinking but my friend was suggesting otherwise.

see, i feel like i killed off a noticible percentage of bookmarker traffic from one of my sites by adding too many popups, but my friend said if popups bothered people they would get a blocker. i dont think thats the case.

i think people are still sensitive to popups and if you overdo it you will still scare them away just like in the days before popup blockers. so i guess nothing has changed in eight years.

BrentD · 11-22-2003, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by pamphage
anyone seen any reliable estimates? 20%? 50%?

2254 blocked with google toolbar

Yakuza · 11-22-2003, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by pamphage
anyone seen any reliable estimates? 20%? 50%?

5% IMHO

myjah · 11-22-2003, 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by q00p
The gogle toolbar sure is a popular tool though..

Great for blovking popups!

and i can't understand why more people haven't caught onto it. its free and kicks ass.

ratemysize · 11-22-2003, 02:23 PM

Im thinkin more people than you realize have popup blockers, theres lots of computer nerds, every computer nerd I know has popup blockers, then theres the AOL, Compuserv, Earthlink, etc users that software comes with pop blockers now, then theres the percent that go out of their way to get a pop blocker, then theres those who use mozilla, opera, etc w/ popup blockers, then theres those who get the google bar

Dunno a percent tho..

arial · 11-22-2003, 02:37 PM

Out of the 1.1 million hits my server gets a day only about 75,000 pop unders a day go through.

BrentD · 11-22-2003, 02:39 PM

I just switched to Opera 7.23 and skinned it to my liking and tirned on the popup blocker, will let you all know it does for me, I migth like this over IE 6.

Nima · 11-22-2003, 03:17 PM

once the next version of IE will have the popup blocker feature that % will go WWAY WAY WAY up

pamphage · 11-22-2003, 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by Nezster
once the next version of IE will have the popup blocker feature that % will go WWAY WAY WAY up

its official for the next release? when is this due to happen?

Spunky · 11-22-2003, 03:21 PM

I can't surf without it...Fucking pop ups

Why · 11-22-2003, 03:22 PM

a lot of aol users are not using aol9. which i believe is the only version that has pop-up blocking built in.

Nima · 11-22-2003, 03:33 PM

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Originally posted by pamphage

its official for the next release? when is this due to happen?

not sure when but I am sure it will happen

pamphage · 11-22-2003, 03:34 PM

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Originally posted by Nezster

not sure when but I am sure it will happen

id think a lot of big mainstream companies would hate if this happens and will send bill nasty memos about it

Ic3m4nZ · 11-22-2003, 03:36 PM

On the next service pack of IE I heard there is going to be a pop up blocker. It might be the end of popups soon

BrentD · 11-22-2003, 03:54 PM

Opera 7.23 is doing damn good so far, I am loving it, except for the fact that it doesn't show border=1 well with colored borders, it outlines alot of tables and makes them look ugly as hell and it doesn't handle colored form tables too well or colored buttons to well either. I guess these are all IE options

Other then that its fast as fuck and stable as hell

Nima · 11-22-2003, 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by pamphage

id think a lot of big mainstream companies would hate if this happens and will send bill nasty memos about it

well for one thing popups have proven to be a very profitable part of adagency's income and if IE comes out with that they will really make a lot of companies go down.

SR · 11-22-2003, 04:22 PM

I think it's less than 5% right now but I bet in two years it'll be 50%+.

Popups are good if used right but alot of sites overdo it.
If someone clicks an ad and gets bitchslapped with 20 popups he won't click an ad anytime soon.
With the popup blocker they know they won't get slammed with popups so they might click more ads.

MadCap · 11-22-2003, 05:30 PM

I have a page that has recievd 4307 uniques in 2 days with 1 popunder on it but the popunder has only recieved 1018 uniques.

All earthlink users have a blocker and allmost every toolbar available from google to alexa and allmost all others I have seen have them. I think 5% is way to low I would say more like 15 possibly even as high as 20 with u.s and canada users.

pamphage · 11-22-2003, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by MadCap
I have a page that has recievd 4307 uniques in 2 days with 1 popunder on it but the popunder has only recieved 1018 uniques.

All earthlink users have a blocker and allmost every toolbar available from google to alexa and allmost all others I have seen have them. I think 5% is way to low I would say more like 15 possibly even as high as 20 with u.s and canada users.

this is what i was hoping to see more of. actual stats

thanks

mahoney · 11-22-2003, 05:40 PM

95% of the time. stopzilla is good

brand0n · 11-22-2003, 05:43 PM

id bet atleast 70% of the people who replyed to this thread use googles

basschick · 11-22-2003, 05:43 PM

i think it depends on where your traffic comes from. seems like a fair amount more than 5% of our google traffic is blocking popups.

MadCap · 11-22-2003, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by pamphage

this is what i was hoping to see more of. actual stats thanks

No prob man that question has been running through my mind lately too

$5 submissions · 11-22-2003, 05:46 PM

The percentage is definitely rising. Its going to explode once the first version of Microsoft's built in popup blocker for IE hits the Net. The big question is whether it will be turned on as a default setting.

Nima · 11-22-2003, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by $5 submissions
The percentage is definitely rising. Its going to explode once the first version of Microsoft's built in popup blocker for IE hits the Net. The big question is whether it will be turned on as a default setting.

I wonder as well but I think it will not be

pamphage · 11-22-2003, 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by Nezster

I wonder as well but I think it will not be

it will be set "off" i'm sure, which is actually great news. now only idiots will browse with popups on, and idiots are exactly the ones who respond to pop-ups as it is. so now you exploit the neophytes, and no longer alienate the increasingly growing number of savvy computer users (esp the ones who use credit cards).

.

SomeCreep · 11-22-2003, 07:52 PM

Popups are out of control. The majority of sponsors these days pop off a chain of 5 - 6 consoles when the surfer trys to leave. I'd say 20 - 30% is a reasonable estimate of people using popup blockers.

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arial Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area Posts: 4,012	Out of the 1.1 million hits my server gets a day only about 75,000 pop unders a day go through.

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BrentD ZothNET.com Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,422	I just switched to Opera 7.23 and skinned it to my liking and tirned on the popup blocker, will let you all know it does for me, I migth like this over IE 6. __________________ WordPress Specialist Xenforo/IPS/VB Specialist https://www.zothnet.com

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Nima Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,192	once the next version of IE will have the popup blocker feature that % will go WWAY WAY WAY up

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Why MFBA Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PNW Posts: 7,230	a lot of aol users are not using aol9. which i believe is the only version that has pop-up blocking built in.

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BrentD ZothNET.com Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,422	Opera 7.23 is doing damn good so far, I am loving it, except for the fact that it doesn't show border=1 well with colored borders, it outlines alot of tables and makes them look ugly as hell and it doesn't handle colored form tables too well or colored buttons to well either. I guess these are all IE options Other then that its fast as fuck and stable as hell __________________ WordPress Specialist Xenforo/IPS/VB Specialist https://www.zothnet.com

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SR Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,239	I think it's less than 5% right now but I bet in two years it'll be 50%+. Popups are good if used right but alot of sites overdo it. If someone clicks an ad and gets bitchslapped with 20 popups he won't click an ad anytime soon. With the popup blocker they know they won't get slammed with popups so they might click more ads.

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MadCap Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: 137771650 Minneapolis MN Posts: 2,357	I have a page that has recievd 4307 uniques in 2 days with 1 popunder on it but the popunder has only recieved 1018 uniques. All earthlink users have a blocker and allmost every toolbar available from google to alexa and allmost all others I have seen have them. I think 5% is way to low I would say more like 15 possibly even as high as 20 with u.s and canada users.

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