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New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers
RetroGeek writes "Falk eSolutions AG is claiming it can detect and defeat pop-up and pop-under ad blockers. The best quote is that when they detect an ad blocker they will 'replace a pop-up or pop-under ad with what are called "floating" ads, or ads that appear as transparent images over Web-site content.' As far as I am concerned they can place as many transparent images as they want. He probably meant translucent. It should be easy to defeat the detection, after all visit a web site, the pop-up blocker detects a Javascript command, then doesn't run it. Replace this with: the pop-up blocker detects the Javascript command, runs it, then places the result into a bit-bucket. Any Mozilla devs here?" WebGangsta adds "While this may ignite another round of online advertising purchasing, this news doesn't affect anybody who uses a customized HOSTS file to stop the majority of ads from appearing anyway."
when you can block first posts
When you outlaw popup blocking blockers only outlaw popup blocking blockers will block popup blocking blockers.
For a moment I thought you were linking to some great new software that stopped lawyers ... now THAT'd be a great new product!
And, let me tell YOU... I'm hung like a horse and always ready to go.
It works for the same reason spam works.
Waitaminit.. spam works?
yeah, right (cue the 'if it didn't work people wouldn't do it' stupidity.)
OBSimpsonson quote:
"I have a rock that keeps tigers away"
"Really? How does it work?"
"It DOESN'T - it's just a rock! But, you don't see any tigers around, do you?
"I would like to buy your rock!"
"*sigh*"
Not to mention this one. Pretty cheap, too.
They are always talking about solutions, but aren't they the problem?
What surprised me is that Slashdot, on it's front page, advertized a host file that specifically blocks the ads on slashdot. (ads.osdn.com, etc.)
It must be pretty damn hard to get pop adverts into a text browser...
Which is precisely why we need to chlorinate the gene pool as quickly as possible.
"No beer until you finish your tequila!" -Leela's Dad
You mean like this?
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disgusting than any pornography
I feel sorry for you...
I clicked a TreeLoot banner ad once ( I was bored with nothing to do). Because of that one click, I've had a free subscription to Playboy since 1999, I think it expires in 2006. Now that was some good advertising money well spent by someone... They gave away a product, and had to pay to give it away! hehe.
Will I pay to renew in a couple years? Hell no. Will I click another banner ad to do so for free? Oh yeah.
"Why do you consent to live in ignorance and fear?" - Bad Religion
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I got the "banners blocked" message too. So I shift-clicked Reload about thirty times and then left the site.
I usually don't stop to ponder the morality of telemarketing. I start out talking nicely and work myself into a truly obscene screaming rage. I find this very effective in getting the telemarketers to stay with me through the first few mild-mannered bursts of profanity so I can get in a few good ones before they quite realize I've turned on them. Then they disconnect with the truly awful abuse ringing in their ears.
That's their job, right? To allow me to really vent some steam at an actual person?
I wish I could figure out how to do this to the popup and popunder scum.
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And they're still selling your same address...
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