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Why?
Why go to all this trouble to bypass ad blocking?

If a person is using a pop-up killer, that means s/he doesn't want to see them.

If s/he doesn't want to see them, then what is the most likely scenario here:

1. S/he see your pop-up ad, throw up their arms with glee and shout how glad they are your ad showed up anyway, click on it, and buy 5000 of whatever it is you sell?

Or:

2. S/he is infuriated that you think s/he is stupid enough to fall into scenario 1, and will never ever buy a good or service from you. Ever.

Put simply, why force an ad upon someone who does not want to see it, and by that very position signals to any sane person that you have no chance of selling that person anything to begin with?

And finally, to all those who think they've got us by the short and curlies using ads such as floaters and the like that cannot be blocked: Yes, they can be blocked. Because I and many many others will never return to a website that uses what amounts to browser hijack-ware.
Posted by: James T. Kirk   Posted on: 06/04/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Why?  James T. Kirk | 06/04/04
Follow the Money  Letophoro | 06/04/04
Also  tic swayback | 06/04/04
Why? Because it works.  terry flores | 06/04/04
Not completely  James T. Kirk | 06/04/04
I'm out of the loop  buddhistMonkey | 06/04/04
MMM.... Safari  nucrash | 06/04/04
Pop-ups  Jester_z | 06/04/04
what's a "pop-up?"  WhoIsDaMan | 06/04/04
Just like Spyware...  BitTwiddler | 06/04/04
I have seen one or two  Hanover Phist | 06/04/04
Huh??  boomslang_z | 06/07/04
Pop-up?  dwest_z | 06/04/04
replace browser  rgriffith64@... | 06/04/04
has anyone seen this  Hanover Phist | 06/04/04
Only Microsoft IE users are tormented with pop-ups  whisperycat | 06/04/04
Floating ads?  rapson | 06/04/04
no  eLurker | 06/04/04
Perhaps ad/graphic blockers?  tic swayback | 06/04/04
Yes they do  Linux User 147560 | 06/04/04
yes  eLurker | 06/04/04
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/index.html  Harry Butts | 06/05/04
What about creeper ads?  voska | 06/04/04
Pop-ups  dwest_z | 06/04/04
did you read the article?  eLurker | 06/04/04
I've yet to see a pop using Mozilla  voska | 06/04/04
again ... not so much about popups  eLurker | 06/04/04
Legit uses of pop-ups?  tic swayback | 06/04/04
they do exist  zijiang | 06/04/04
But why?  tic swayback | 06/04/04
One possibility  Spoon Jabber | 06/04/04
did you read the article?  dwest_z | 06/04/04
apparently my reading comprehension is better  eLurker | 06/04/04
Apparently not.  dwest_z | 06/04/04
mental midget  eLurker | 06/04/04
Need an example site  theKid_z | 06/04/04
ill look for one  eLurker | 06/04/04
try here  eLurker | 06/04/04
Tried it...  theKid_z | 06/04/04
Once again in Opera  theKid_z | 06/04/04
to 'thekid'  eLurker | 06/04/04
This is in response to the links you posted to thekid  Linux User 147560 | 06/05/04
Maybe this was a new one?  LazLong | 06/04/04
Solutions to popups  arobert@... | 06/04/04
did *anyone* here read the article?  eLurker | 06/04/04
Read the article yourself  Letophoro | 06/04/04
thanks for making my point quite nicely (nt)  eLurker | 06/04/04
Please read my above post  theKid_z | 06/04/04
read mine (nt)  eLurker | 06/04/04
Actually, we did. . .  boomslang_z | 06/07/04
Faulty logic  bidemytime | 06/04/04
We need to track down these people and...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/04/04
I've clicked them  voska | 06/04/04
Moz and ADBLOCK..kills those 'new techniques'..  mindslap | 06/04/04
You CAN stop POP-UPS  FreeBSD | 06/04/04
Not really..  d_jedi | 06/06/04
News to me  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/04/04
Join the club!  theKid_z | 06/04/04
sorry I just can not remember  Hanover Phist | 06/04/04
I got one under Mozilla  wresnick | 06/07/04
Same here.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 06/06/04
Some things I have noticed with the posters here:  B.O.F.H. | 06/04/04
(NT)Not ONE mention of Mozilla in this story!?  toadlife | 06/04/04
Can't stop the pop-ups  Loverock Davidson | 06/04/04
Is your paycheck from M$?  drichards1953 | 06/04/04
Is yours from Lin$ux?  Loverock Davidson | 06/04/04
Try again!  drichards1953 | 06/05/04
Obviously you're a Safari fan  tic swayback | 06/04/04
Ok?  Loverock Davidson | 06/04/04
I might ask you the same question.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 06/06/04
What are you talking about?  LazLong | 06/04/04
BZZZZT TROLL!  FreeBSD | 06/04/04
Okay, I went there  Linux User 147560 | 06/04/04
Sorry, got no pop up  voska | 06/04/04
Apparently we can "stop the popups"  issthatso | 06/04/04
No popups withn Opera either  Iain_Peters | 06/04/04
sorry no joy  Hanover Phist | 06/04/04
Maybe it's just you...  B.O.F.H. | 06/04/04
No dice..  theKid_z | 06/04/04
I believe you are mistaken.  pirate78 | 06/04/04
I use MSN Toolbar in Internet Explorer  Grayson_Peddie | 06/04/04
Sorry to disappoint you..  Loverock Davidson | 06/04/04
BZZZZT AGAIN TROLL!  FreeBSD | 06/04/04
The rest of the story?  George Mitchell | 06/04/04
SOrry guy  toadlife | 06/05/04
Thats because you are a moron  Suicida| | 06/05/04
It appears it's an IE-only problem wink  CobraA1 | 06/04/04
Exactly.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 06/06/04
After we do away with all the Lawyers...  BitTwiddler | 06/04/04
ILawyers--ugh  drichards1953 | 06/05/04
They should call this article...  FreeBSD | 06/04/04
Heard of Mozilla Firefox?  pirate78 | 06/04/04
How to catch the rest  Warlok42 | 06/04/04
No pop ups with Mozilla  George Mitchell | 06/04/04
Anything but IE  wresnick | 06/07/04
Please check Time.com  Anton Philidor | 06/04/04
Give Firefox a spin  CobraA1 | 06/07/04
I spent an hour or so reading about Firefox...  Anton Philidor | 06/07/04
But IE is the bloated one  wresnick | 06/07/04
Time.com ads  boomslang_z | 10/15/04
Yes you can stop 99% and at no cost!  RZsoft | 06/07/04
Firefox doesn't help  d_jedi | 06/07/04
Stop pop ups!  cmmccomas33 | 02/18/06

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