Comments on: These SnapShots are going to make me snap! http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/ Japanese, Chinese, and a dash of Korean Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: taekk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 taekk Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:15:01 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1491 Seriously it's like a giant arms race but for ads. Now I know it's just for the money and that nobody is crazy enough to install it thinking it actually adds anything valuable to the site. Seriously it’s like a giant arms race but for ads. Now I know it’s just for the money and that nobody is crazy enough to install it thinking it actually adds anything valuable to the site.

]]> By: atylmo http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 atylmo Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:56:29 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1492 You know it's kinda ironic too.. ads are supposed to make you want the product but frankly annoying crap like that turns me far, far away. The only theory I have is that they're annoying on purpose, and for two reasons: To get noticed, and to provide an incentive to join their site's membership. (ie yet more money or more traffic) I think it makes them look terribly greedy. It's like they're not there for the reader anymore. You hit it right on the mark, Ken. That's certainly ironic.. you're not the only one who's noticed ;D A terrible horrible marketing idea. I use an ad blocker and love every minute of it. I'm right there with ya, Tae. Death to in-context ads! You know it’s kinda ironic too.. ads are supposed to make you want the product but frankly annoying crap like that turns me far, far away.

The only theory I have is that they’re annoying on purpose, and for two reasons: To get noticed, and to provide an incentive to join their site’s membership. (ie yet more money or more traffic) I think it makes them look terribly greedy. It’s like they’re not there for the reader anymore.

You hit it right on the mark, Ken. That’s certainly ironic.. you’re not the only one who’s noticed ;D

A terrible horrible marketing idea. I use an ad blocker and love every minute of it.

I’m right there with ya, Tae. Death to in-context ads!

]]> By: Lin http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Lin Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:33:22 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1490 Have you ever been to ign.com? No, I'm not advertising them (hate the site). But it's to show what mini pop-ups + corporate advertisements looks like. You may have seen it before on other sites. In an article, they'll have links for keywords highlighted, and when your mouse drifts over it (often accidentally) you get a pop-up for some ad. It's aggravating. I think it may be Javascript-related, and I use a Javascript blocker now. I'm a web designer myself, and I feel your pain. Have you ever been to ign.com? No, I’m not advertising them (hate the site). But it’s to show what mini pop-ups + corporate advertisements looks like. You may have seen it before on other sites. In an article, they’ll have links for keywords highlighted, and when your mouse drifts over it (often accidentally) you get a pop-up for some ad. It’s aggravating. I think it may be Javascript-related, and I use a Javascript blocker now. I’m a web designer myself, and I feel your pain.

]]> By: taekk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 taekk Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:01:01 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1489 Ugh... I was hoping it was just stupidity and not greed. Guess we should call this popup 2.0 Ugh… I was hoping it was just stupidity and not greed. Guess we should call this popup 2.0

]]> By: Ken http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 Ken Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:28:02 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1488 I think it's an advertisement tool, because it seems to only ever appears on sites that also have ad banners plastered somewhere. Also, the little descriptions that pop up alongside the image(s) often read suspiciously like "sales speak". Yeah, they're annoying. Also, it it just me, or are the worst offenders often the tech sites that are run by and catered to people who should know better? I think it’s an advertisement tool, because it seems to only ever appears on sites that also have ad banners plastered somewhere. Also, the little descriptions that pop up alongside the image(s) often read suspiciously like “sales speak”.

Yeah, they’re annoying.

Also, it it just me, or are the worst offenders often the tech sites that are run by and catered to people who should know better?

]]> By: puri http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 puri Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:55:27 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1487 I second this! I second this!

]]> By: Koichi http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/08/12/these-snapshots-are-going-to-make-me-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Koichi Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:44:07 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1486 here here. Those bug me too. here here.
Those bug me too.

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