http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:07:06 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/122455.php#comment-38243 The article didn't say, Jade. But, there is information near the bottom suggesting pop-ups are becoming the scrubs' way to advertise. That is why they quote the porn guy as am example, I think. Mark, you will like the discussion of blocking pop-ups at Slashdot. The commenters have all kinds of fancy ideas. I am willing to use Mozilla-proven code, but will not be adding some of the more esoteric suggestions. 38243@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:07:06 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/122455.php#comment-37539 "Not coincidentally, the pop-up format is also among the most effective for advertisers and the most profitable for Web site publishers." where did you get data for this? i was under the impression that their effectiveness now is incredibly low, and that most site owners whosell popup advertising space are struggling to find buyers 37539@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:57:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/122455.php#comment-37537 i'm using the latest version of Mozilla, which has popup blocking built in. you can configure it to accept popups based on url. very nice (and not written by microsoft) 37537@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:45:55 EST