Trying to drive me to PLUS??

[MarkG]

if was going to ask for more info but your second post came in

1) was it the same ad again and again?
2) could you post pics of it or any other info(url, etc)?
3) are you sure your cookies are on(given your work enviroment) and/or not deleted at regular times(for example for security reasons)?
4) i'm pretty sure that if we showed everyone 1 popup/pageview, you would not be the only to complain
5) we NEVER willingly showed any inapropriate ad and i believe we have already proved our intentions towards highly intrusive ads and spyware. you accusations are therefore at least unfair

[DrSpike]

Re: Trying to drive me to PLUS??

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
The recent and massive increase in popups and popunders is really annoying.

I would suggest that, with PolyPlus now available to appease the ad-haters, the site owners have loosed the floodgates (formerly controllable with various viewing "styles") on the unfortunate hoi polloi who have not jumped on the PLUS bandwagon.

If, in the absence of any killer member benefits, they think this comprises a marketing plan to drive more people to go PLUS, they're sadly mistaken.

What's next, Markos, a return to objectionable ad content and spyware?

Frankly, I feel somewhat betrayed.

This seems a little extreme. I think anyone getting 1 popup/pageview (which is not what it should be) owes Mark a chance to investigate before posting about feeling betrayed.

[Lorizael]

With the preponderance of browsers that block popups, you really have to want popups to get them.

[-Jrabbit]

Just trying to get his attention, Spike.

Mark -- thanks for responding

1) was it the same ad again and again?
--It tends to be the same sequence (hard to tell exactly, since I don't go check to see exactly what just popped under my browser).

2) could you post pics of it or any other info(url, etc)?
--I'm getting the Tickle series (IQ, Matchmaking, Personality Test, etc -- all @ web.tickle.com) predominantly (popunders). ITT Tech (www.itttech.edu)just popped under. Cheap Tickets usually pops on top.

3) are you sure your cookies are on(given your work enviroment) and/or not deleted at regular times(for example for security reasons)?
--Cookies are on in my Poly control panel, and have been for ages.
--Corporate has never prevented us from keeping cookies active, and there's no reason to suspect a change at the portal level, and there's been no behavioral changes at other sites I frequent. (But I'll check next time I see an IT rat around here.)

4) i'm pretty sure that if we showed everyone 1 popup/pageview, you would not be the only to complain
--That's why I've held off on complaining for awhile.

5) we NEVER willingly showed any inapropriate ad and i believe we have already proved our intentions towards highly intrusive ads and spyware. you accusations are therefore at least unfair
--Dude, I know that and I trust you. But this change is kind of obnoxious, and seems to have happened post-PLUS.

So what happened?

[MarkG]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Just trying to get his attention, Spike.

by insulting me?

and you expect me to spend my spare time on your issue?

[-Jrabbit]

[MarkG]

i'll look into changing our popup reducing mechanism(e.g. delivering popups at our own rates, not the advertising networks') into an IP-based system rather than cookie-based

[Dis]

Originally posted by panag


hi ,

thats cause it comes with a pop up blocker , ....

so does the one from MSN , .....

but dont say no to pop ups , cause its money for apolyton , .... nothing in live is free , ....

have a nice day

yes I realize that.

But I believe in socialism. Well not really.

But the rich Apolytoners who pay for the Apolyton Plus can finance my Poly access.

[Ted Striker]

Britney popup ad PWNZ

[MarkG]

i believe we dont have the britney pop anymore

[Robert]

IS there an option for plus-members that they can chose to have the britney pop? It's a part of my poly experience

[MarkG]

you can bookmark http://apolyton.net/ads/netrift.html and open it as many times as you like

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by MarkG
you can bookmark http://apolyton.net/ads/netrift.html and open it as many times as you like

How's that for service?

[Theben]

What? An A/C thread I haven't participated in? It's an outrage!!

/me attempts to alter spam into legitimate post

Yeah, -JRabbit, I feel for you man.

[-Jrabbit]

(-Jrabbit notes it takes 3 popunders to get to this page...)

Thanx for your sympathy, Treebeard.

Thanks for anything you can do, Markos. (Sorry if I touched a nerve, man. I'm actually a big admirer of your responsible approach to the ads served on your site.)