E-Bay Pop-up Ad Window ...

[Hydey]

The pop ups are fine by me, I just leave them and they stay in the background.

Perhaps if those who want no adds send cheques to Mark and Dan it will replace the advertising revernue.

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[Franses]

Hydey makes a good point here. I am sure willing to pay instead of being harrassed by these pop-up's (assuming that no good free alternatives are available). Better businessmodel anyway.

At the other hand. A wise marketing guy (at gamestead? I understand Mark cann't help it, although he could at least complain to this marketing guy ) would not accept a banner supplier to deliver pop-up windows. It will kill his site one time or another. Sure I will go and look for an alternative if this continues.

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[MarkG]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Franses on 03-09-2001 06:47 AM</font>
At the other hand. A wise marketing guy (at gamestead? I understand Mark cann't help it, although he could at least complain to this marketing guy ) would not accept a banner supplier to deliver pop-up windows.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>be sure that Gamestats is aware of the complaints. still, we live in hard times for internet advertising. ad networks of all kinds(pay per view, pay per click, affiliate programs, etc) are closing one after the other....

[Keygen]

Lets straight things up!

Moving a web site to another web hosting company would be a painfull procedure. As I have understand from the whole conversation here as long as ACS is hosted on GameStats some banners will comes from them and not from Apolyton. One of these I guess is this popup window. I don't have any problem with the banners. They are usefull and I click on them quit often. Some intersting things are advertised indeed. But having a popup window is the worst kind of advertisement. It seems that this kind of advertisement has come from TV where they "popup" advertising spots all the time.
The thing is that Mark and Dan have to send an email if they already haven't to the Gamestats and inform them that surfers are seriously annoyed and against the popup windows. And the complaints from day to day are incrising. This popup might indeed enforce some gamers to go to other related web sites and this shouldn't happened. ACS is the best and must remain the best.

Time will show...

[Rick Elkins]

I'm having a strange problem that only just started after the appearance of these ebay windows. My top navigation controls for Netscape keep disappearing! This only happens at Apolyton, and only when the ebay windows are there. Anybody else have this problem?

[TheBirdMan]

No pop-ups??

It has stopped??

I have had no pop-ups in this session at all

Hopefull this last for ever!!


TheBirdMan

[Sean]

I am still getting it. And if I close it, it will just pop-up again, when I look at a new page.

[rah]

"be sure that Gamestats is aware of the complaints. still, we live in hard times for internet advertising. ad networks of all kinds(pay per view, pay per click, affiliate programs, etc) are closing one after the other...."

Yes I aware of the hard times. BUT, one of the reasons for the hard times is that more and more people are getting tired of "IN YOUR FACE" adds and popups and are getting iritated enough to use blockers or just ignoring them. So while companies are getting more flamboyant to attract attention, the result is really the opposite. And even worse, even the non annoying ads are getting ignored as a resulte. The ad people are cooking their own goose.

I would like to see you get as much ad revenue as possible to reward you for all the fantastic work on this site and to cover expenses. I'd hate to see the Advertisers kill it using desperation tactics.

I too am considering a blocker even though i'm a big supporter of multiple banner adds. Not yet, but I'm getting closer to being pushed over the edge. Acutally other sites are a bigger problem than this one.


They had better get a clue quickly before the trend that has started ends in disaster.

RAH
And I'm considered easy going.

[MarkG]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Sean on 03-09-2001 05:03 PM</font>
I am still getting it. And if I close it, it will just pop-up again, when I look at a new page.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>as i suggested already, try to not close it.

[MarkG]

rah, you really dont have to convince me. i'm already convinced

in how many ways can we say that we cant do anything about it?

[rah]

No Mark, that wasn't directed at anybody here. I do know better. It was just a sad lament.

RAH

[MarkG]

ah ok, cool....

[Sean]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MarkG on 03-09-2001 06:49 PM</font>

<font size=1>Originally posted by Sean on 03-09-2001 05:03 PM</font>
I am still getting it. And if I close it, it will just pop-up again, when I look at a new page.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>as i suggested already, try to not close it.

I do Mark. It didn't take long to work that one out. I just tested it before I posted. To see if it was now less agressive.



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[MrFun]

Ok, I am going to state some facts that are true as far as my usage of Apolyton goes:

fact #1 - the E-Bay pop up ad pops up ON TOP of the Apolyton window, in spite of the myth that others have said it pops up behind it

fact #2 - the E-Baby window pops up repeatedly, although not consistently, when you're navigating back and forth, in spite of the myth that some people have said all you have to do is keep it open or mininmized to prevent it from coming up again

fact #3 - this pop up window ad does nothing but harm customer relations with Apolyton, and if Apolyton doesn't see the reasoning or the logic in that, or just doesn't give a s**t - oh well

fact #4 - Ugo is the one who can place what ever piece of s**t it wants on here, no matter how much it antagonizes customers, yet Apolyton will not approach Ugo on this matter

[Keygen]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Rick Elkins on 03-09-2001 10:56 AM</font>
I'm having a strange problem that only just started after the appearance of these ebay windows. My top navigation controls for Netscape keep disappearing! This only happens at Apolyton, and only when the ebay windows are there. Anybody else have this problem?
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That is indeed a serious problem!
I use IE as most of us I guess.
No such problem.


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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MrFun on 03-09-2001 12:38 PM</font>
Ok, I am going to state some facts that are true as far as my usage of Apolyton goes:

fact #1 - the E-Bay pop up ad pops up ON TOP of the Apolyton window, in spite of the myth that others have said it pops up behind it

fact #2 - the E-Baby window pops up repeatedly, although not consistently, when you're navigating back and forth, in spite of the myth that some people have said all you have to do is keep it open or mininmized to prevent it from coming up again

<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>

I have never seen it appearing in front of Apolyton's web page.
If I won't close it it won't appear twise or more.

I guess that has someting to do with the browser you use, its version or the settings.
But even this way it's annoying.

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