Salon Goes For Annoying Jump-Through Ads

macsforever2001 writes: "It looks like Salon is going to try to ram ads down our throat in a very offensive manner according to this Yahoo article. Now they won't directly link to articles, but instead link to a Web Ad which then links to the article you want. I think Slashdot needs a new category just for Web Advertising." Not as if web ads weren't already becoming more annoying, but the companies that run Web ads are probably as interested in ads that people don't hate as you are in not seeing the awful ones. What can we tell them?

Comments

ewwww

[windchill2001]

adds are icky...

IGN has had this foir a while

[Wind_Walker]

The Internet Gamer's Network has had this for quite some time. What happens is, randomly, when you click on one of their links, it takes you to a full-page graphical (sometimes flash) ad for a product (with IGN, it's usually for the am/pm convenience store). There's also a link at the top of the page that says "Waiting..." and it waits for 3 seconds, then changes to a link to the page you requested.

Fortunately, because it's a random process, you can simply click "Back" on your browser, then click on the link again, usually bypassing the ad. It's not too tough to get around... From the article, though, Salon is not random, so that sucks. But this method is nothing new or ground-breaking...

Re:At least you can filter popups

[the Man in Black]

Konqueror does exactly that. Disable just window.open(), or disable is for specific sites. You can also enable-disable Java/JavaScript in general on a site-by-site if you like. It also supports accepting cookies only from specified sites. Makes me happy.

When Mozilla does this, I'll be a true GNOME convert. Until such time, it's apt-get install konqueror task-ximian-desktop enlightenment for me.

Re:Soon

[Water Paradox]

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