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iVillage Renounces Pop-up Advertising

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-there-was-great-rejoicing dept.

ceejayoz writes "iVillage.com, a popular women's portal, announced today that it is getting rid of pop-up advertising on its site after a survey of their users found 95% considered it the most annoying part of the Internet. Lets hope they can prove there are other, less annoying advertising models that work!"

3 of 292 comments (clear)

  1. I guess this proves it by RumGunner · · Score: 5, Funny

    The administrators of women's websites really ARE smarter than the administrators of men's websites.

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  2. iVillage.com = internet? by Jonny+Ringo · · Score: 4, Funny

    their users found 95% considered it the most annoying part of the Internet.

    Man, no wonder there doesn't seem to be any women on /. . Apperently they are all haning out at iVillage thinking its the internet. :-)

  3. Cruel irony. by halftrack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where does user surveys often appear? In pop-ups.

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