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Distastful Advertising Continues: "Gatoring"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-i-taste-arsenic-in-the-water dept.

iforgotmyfirstlogon sent us a link to an article on CNet about Gatoring, a fabulous new advertising technique where advertising buy key words and pop up windows over competitors. The kicker is that this is a byproduct of a commonly installed activex plugin. And its only gonna get worse.

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  1. The origin of the term? by rkischuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm guessing it's called gatoring because of the way unwanted Florida Gator fans pop up and extol the virtues of Steve Spurrier during the discussion of anything related to college football?

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  2. Re:What's worse by Chundra · · Score: 2, Funny
    I really hate those watermarks that appear on TV in the corners.

    Somehow I don't think they're really watermarks. That'd be dangerous you know. What with the electricity and all.

  3. it's already gotten worse by canning · · Score: 5, Funny
    yesterday I was on my PC downloading MP3s and my PC printed out a roadmap, marked a store location on it and pushed me towards my car. It was unbelievable!

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  4. hacker wanted by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would someone please take that !@*$@)#$* OCX, disable it, and give it a version number so high it'll never be "upgraded"? Thanks.