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Unwanted Popups Boosting Web Traffic

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stealing-eyeballs dept.

Most of us have experienced popups used for advertising. Now, some adware companies and advertiser networks are using popups (mostly from programs that users did not want installed) to directly boost traffic numbers for their customer Web sites. Net rating and measurement companies try to detect and discount such inflated traffic numbers, with mixed success.

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  1. Re:Unwanted what-now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Um.. Not to be stupid, but I find that (on one site, at least) IE7 blocks pop-ups better than Firefox2. Not that FF is bad. I'm posting anonymously, so the site is this:
    www.indianmagic.com

    Yes, I am ashamed, mama. Yes, rightfully so, mama.