"Pop-up" advertising

[OperaTenor]

My impression is we find them annoying. There are now even pop-ups for software to block pop-ups(which I find ironic as well as annoying). The question is, have any of us ever paid attention to any pop-up ads, much less, has any of us ever bought anything as a result of them?

As a sidebar, pop-up distribution seems to have taken a new tack: They arrive in bursts now periodically. I'll get seven in rapid succession, then won't see any for a couple of hours, then get another ten or so, etc. Is this the new norm?

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

Ah, a pop-up thread. Yes, pop-ups are annoying, but now that they're mostly popunders that I can dismiss from the lower bar, not too bad.

I have somehow (just this weekend) gotten effective popup blocking on Explorer settings. Rather cool, that. I don't know how it happened, and I wish I could change the ugly noise that Explorer makes when it blocks a popup. The worst part of having the "block" setting on is that it considers the B-com player to be a popup and blocks it. I can't figure out how to selectively unblock the player, or turn off the blocking altogether. And I can't get b-com at home unless I use aol rather than the straight browser, which I generally prefer.

To return to the point of OTs thread, I have never bought anything advertised in a popup ad. I never plan to. It would be like sending a ThankYou card to every real estate agent who ever left a fridge magnet calendar on my doorstep. Unthinkable, and certain to produce more of the things.

I have ended up buying things from the rather civilized dropdown announcements on the Amazon website, or from sidebar ads. I'm more inclined to consider them legitimate advertising.

[piqaboo]

Google has a toolbar with a "programable" popup blocker. GC knows more about it than I do.

[OperaTenor]

I'm downloaded the Google popup blocker this morning. So far, it does a great job of blocking the b.com Adsertion player(even when I disable the durn thing), but hasn't block a single popup ad. I am very close to dumping it.

<small>[ 05-24-2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: OperaTenor ]</small>

[OperaTenor]

Research continues: I can get the b.com stream if I go under "Options" on the google toolbar, uncheck the blocker, then load the stream, then go back in and re-check the blocker.

[OperaTenor]

Research ended, Google popup blocker uninstalled, a dismal failure. It would only block the one thing I didn't want it to: b.com.

<disgusted smilie>

[lliam]

Originally posted by OperaTenor:
Research continues: I can get the b.com stream if I go under "Options" on the google toolbar, uncheck the blocker, then load the stream, then go back in and re-check the blocker.

Hi OT, get the free pop up blocker from the site below, it's free.

http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html


When you need to loose something through you just have to hold the ctr button down till your pop up appears. No uncheck and recheck, it's a nice little free tool.

<small>[ 05-24-2004, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: lliam ]</small>

[The Great Carouser]

Originally posted by lliam:
[QB]

Hi OT, get the free pop up blocker from the site below, it's free.

http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html


When you need to loose something through you just have to hold the ctr button down till your pop up appears. No uncheck and recheck, it's a nice little free tool.

That 'Ctrl + click' also works with the free google toolbar

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

I'm going to try the Ctrl-Click on b.com in Explorer at home tonight. Maybe it's a standard "permit" sequence. <hopeful smilie>

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

Ctrl-Click worked. B.com playing, no problem. WOOHOO!

[Ajax]

I am SO GLAD I can listen to basketball instead of classical music.

[bignaf]

google toolbar works for me. but there is a pop up that opens everytime I open Beethoven.com homepage. it's the only one that opens and my blocked popups count is at 1885 now. ctrl-click helps to open the player window.