Did I See A Pop Up ?

**_NITEBREED_** · 10-01-2001, 08:32 PM

And I thought you were joking about those. LOL

I was thinking about getting them - But for now I dont have to yet.

Goodluck guys.........................

**JDebler** · 10-15-2001, 09:27 AM

There are no pop-ups programmed on this site....not yet.

I am noticing lately that some pop-ups are programmed to "pop" a great length of time after a page loads so another site gets the "blame" for it. That might be the problem.

**_NITEBREED_** · 10-15-2001, 12:16 PM

Yeh JASON I had someone ask Me If I had PP-UPS yesterday. i was just wondering cause we had that JOKE about those stnkin POP-UPS.

Is it the servers doing it - Or the HOST companys?

**ken_valyi** · 10-16-2001, 04:39 PM

Jason,

Frez and I were talking about that this afternoon. He got a really wierd one from MCI or Sprint with a phone floating across the screen. I also read an interesting article in Mobile Computing (free-be tech mag) where an author vents his dislike for the current in-your-face web ads.

**JDebler** · 10-16-2001, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by ken_valyi
Frez and I were talking about that this afternoon. He got a really wierd one from MCI or Sprint with a phone floating across the screen.

Hey, at least they are being creative about them.

I also read an interesting article in Mobile Computing (free-be tech mag) where an author vents his dislike for the current in-your-face web ads.

Without looking up or scrolling up, what is the ad banner that is on this site right now as you read this? Unless you are very perceptive, you probably didn't notice. This is the primary reason for pop-up ads. They want you to notice.

I wonder if one day you will have to click an ad or at least see one in between each page that you visit on a site, kind of like a TV commercial. Wouldn't surprise me if it happened.

**ken_valyi** · 10-16-2001, 04:49 PM

I think you're right man. Banner ads are way too easy to ignore and I too wouldn't be surprised when they day comes that you must look at a full ad page for 30 seconds before getting to the main site.

And who only knows what will happen when/if broadband becomes universal.

**JDebler** · 10-16-2001, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by ken_valyi
I think you're right man. Banner ads are way too easy to ignore and I too wouldn't be surprised when they day comes that you must look at a full ad page for 30 seconds before getting to the main site.

Yeah, I have been thinking of that a lot lately. I think 30 seconds is a little too long, but think about it...

TV has been profitable ONLY because of advertisements (to my knowledge). How many times do you watch TV and they have to "pause for this short message from our sponsor"? All the time, and we absorb those advertisments much better than an online banner ad. We don't mind them because we were raised knowing they were there.

And who only knows what will happen when/if broadband becomes universal.

As bradband gets more universal, ads online will get better with video an interactivity. They will be more entertaining and catchy and I think much more tolerable.

This way, the 'net will become profitable again and the gap between TV and the Internet will shrink a great deal or even disappear just like Bill Gates predicted a long time ago.