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Next-Gen Pop-up Ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the anything-for-a-buck dept.

bje2 writes "CNet has a disconcerting story about a new generation of pop-up ads that use a "kick through" technique such that you don't even need to click on the pop-up ad anymore, you just need to mouse over it...wow, can they make our web surfing experience any worse?"

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  1. It could be worse.. by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 5, Funny



    It could be worse... They could make it so that your browser crashed whenever you went to certain webpa...

    Oh wait. They already do that.

    Nevermind. ;)

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    Bowie J. Poag

  2. this plus one click = no click? by bm_luethke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe amazon should try and patent this type of thing, popup a window, when you mouse over it automatically purchase the book! Imagine the convenience, you no longer will have to even use the energy required to punch a single button, everything is taken care for you. And the best part is you don't even have to think about the purchase, the've already done it for you! Imagine getting the hottest book sells in the coutry delivered right to your door!

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    ------- Sorry about the spelling, I suffer from two problems. Dyslexia makes it difficult to spell well, lazy makes it
  3. How apt by arvindn · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Orbitz ads feature interactive games with snowballs, reindeer and snowflakes that ask people to join in a snowball fight, for example.

    How apt. Getting hit by all those popups can be very much like getting caught in a snowball fight.

  4. Re:what's the point? by arvindn · · Score: 5, Funny

    so their websites get more hits. but since they are hits that are basically forced, or unaware hits, how will this increase sales for the product being advertised?
    Simple. They're selling popup-blockers.
  5. guaranteed fix... by Vaughn+Anderson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found my cable modem has this long black thing plugged into it, and if I pull it out it completely and utterly cuts off all internet advertising... it's quite amazing.

    1. Re:guaranteed fix... by Ztream · · Score: 5, Funny

      One day, even that won't work. Or it will be illegal.

  6. Re:Can they make it any worse? by superyooser · · Score: 5, Funny
    Stores at the mall could try the same tactic. We may see the following in an article some time in the future...

    Using a technique called the "kick through," advertisers can direct a person to another store if they simply kick their butt through the store entrance -- no walking is necessary.

    "We're experiencing enormous success," said the company's VP of Consumer Compliance. "Excited customers just keep flying through the door."

    The company's division of Consumer Compliance consists of only one employee, Lars Ulrich, former drummer of metal band Metallica and notorious anti-Napster advocate.

    "BLOCKERS BAAAAAD! KICK THROUGH GOOOOOD!" exclaimed Ulrich as he pounded a confiscated MP3 player to pieces with his fists.

  7. Careful what you wish for... by Mahtar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...wow, can they make our web surfing experience any worse?

    Three words:

    CowboyNeal bestiality ads.

    I'm going to go scrub my brain with brillo now.

  8. I'm surprised no one's thought of this... by slipgun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot them!

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    SpamNet - a spam blocker that really works
  9. And the winner is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The winner of the 2002 Management Doublespeak Award goes to...(opens envelope)...Mark Rattin, creative director for Chicago-based Otherwise, for the quote:

    "There's an enormous segment of the population that are appreciating these ads."

    *cue music, confetti, and dancing girls*

  10. http://www.doubleclick.net/pentagram.html by Mirkon · · Score: 5, Funny

    User: "What's this? My computer is too sl- AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!"
    Doubleclick.net server: "Muhuhahaha..."

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    Glog!