Pop-Up Ad Creator Apologizes

[exfileme]

He's sorry for creating the most hated advertising tool on the Internet.

Pop-Up Ad Creator Apologizes : Read more

 

[ickibar1234]

Thankfully popup blockers is standard equipment on most browsers and with adblock plus it really nukes just about all of them. Adblock plus is available even for IE now

 

[caqde]

Well I'm sure that if he decided not to make it back then someone else likely would have came up with the idea not to long afterwards..

 

[RCguitarist]

Thankfully popup blockers is standard equipment on most browsers and with adblock plus it really nukes just about all of them. Adblock plus is available even for IE now

Yes, adblock plus is a program from the heavens. I do however have it disabled on my most visited websites to that they can continue to get revenue off of ads...like Tom's.

 

[kidneydone3]

The link to this article has "Ethan" misspelled as "Ehtan"

 

[mouse24]

Thankfully popup blockers is standard equipment on most browsers and with adblock plus it really nukes just about all of them. Adblock plus is available even for IE now

Yes, adblock plus is a program from the heavens. I do however have it disabled on my most visited websites to that they can continue to get revenue off of ads...like Tom's.

I agree, for toms though some ads are REALLY intrusive so I have it customized to show all except the intrusive ones.

 

[anthony8989]

Apology rejected.

 

[thor220]

Thankfully popup blockers is standard equipment on most browsers and with adblock plus it really nukes just about all of them. Adblock plus is available even for IE now

Yes, adblock plus is a program from the heavens. I do however have it disabled on my most visited websites to that they can continue to get revenue off of ads...like Tom's.

I agree, for toms though some ads are REALLY intrusive so I have it customized to show all except the intrusive ones.

This is actually a compound problem. The people who do disable it for websites they visit allot are often bombarded with a ton of ads while others who keep it on get no ads.

I really think they need to impose standards to ads on websites so that ad block is no longer necessary and everyone can chip in to website revenue. It's a win win really. End user sees few adds while website revenue increases.

 

[ingtar33]

i can't stay mad at ben franklin.

 

[hoofhearted]

Apologizing .... Cmon Please. If he was really sincere, then he would follow the way of the Samuri - Seppuku.

 

[dstarr3]

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

 

[Belardo]

If not this guy, someone else would have come up with the POP-UP AD.
Here is the real kicker... various Anti-Pop-up programs came out.. (okay) then these jerks would re-write code the work around the Anti-PU, and do a pop-up?!

Like take a fraggin hint! The person with the Anti-PU doesn't WANT POP UPS and won't buy from the add anyway!

I use pop-up windows for my sites to show information, for which is was attended...

 

[velocityg4]

Thankfully popup blockers is standard equipment on most browsers and with adblock plus it really nukes just about all of them. Adblock plus is available even for IE now

Yes, adblock plus is a program from the heavens. I do however have it disabled on my most visited websites to that they can continue to get revenue off of ads...like Tom's.

I agree, for toms though some ads are REALLY intrusive so I have it customized to show all except the intrusive ones.

This is actually a compound problem. The people who do disable it for websites they visit allot are often bombarded with a ton of ads while others who keep it on get no ads.

I really think they need to impose standards to ads on websites so that ad block is no longer necessary and everyone can chip in to website revenue. It's a win win really. End user sees few adds while website revenue increases.

Like no Flashing or Flash, no video, no audio and none of those in window popups that cover the pages contents. Also no ads integrated into the content making it difficult to find the actual link. The worst offenders are on sites like Cnet downloads and Filehippo with fake links that say download.

 

[Blazer1985]

Fair excuses.
Uncanny but welcome.
Chances are he is really a good person.
Knowing how a technology will be applied is impossible.
YOU are not the culprit.

now read the capital letters.

 

[boju]

oi you just popped a rude word into my head Blaze1985.. But i'll forgive you this one time lol

 

[thor220]

Thankfully popup blockers is standard equipment on most browsers and with adblock plus it really nukes just about all of them. Adblock plus is available even for IE now

Yes, adblock plus is a program from the heavens. I do however have it disabled on my most visited websites to that they can continue to get revenue off of ads...like Tom's.

I agree, for toms though some ads are REALLY intrusive so I have it customized to show all except the intrusive ones.

This is actually a compound problem. The people who do disable it for websites they visit allot are often bombarded with a ton of ads while others who keep it on get no ads.

I really think they need to impose standards to ads on websites so that ad block is no longer necessary and everyone can chip in to website revenue. It's a win win really. End user sees few adds while website revenue increases.

Like no Flashing or Flash, no video, no audio and none of those in window popups that cover the pages contents. Also no ads integrated into the content making it difficult to find the actual link. The worst offenders are on sites like Cnet downloads and Filehippo with fake links that say download.

Yes, those are all problem advertisement methods. The advertisers have to learn that there is a point where an ad turns into an annoyance and that's something you don't want your brand associated with.

 

[jalek]

The most hated for me are the inline ads that bring up unrelated garbage that match keywords. I first noticed how obnoxious they were on this very website.

 

[gti88]

I couldn't open the article until I disabled the "Anti-banner" module in the Kaspersky Firewall.
Because the article has "pop-up-advertisement" in its' title
))

 

[Villers]

Thought this was an apology from the person who made the huge popup that covered Toms Hardware every time I tried to access it from my nexus tablet. I Couldn't access the site for a month until I installed adblock.

 

[bin1127]

Two Zuckers, how different are their ultimate fates. Both created content for college students, one was deeply reviled for their technology and the other is ... so okay they weren't that different after all.

 

[gibbousmoon100]

Yup, I installed adblocker on my phone BECAUSE of Tom's. I would happily tolerate ads that are not obnoxious. Now, instead, I look at NONE of your ads. Well done.

 

[tobalaz]

Let's try to apologize again, this time in front of a firing squad.

 

[kittle]

Yup, I installed adblocker on my phone BECAUSE of Tom's. I would happily tolerate ads that are not obnoxious. Now, instead, I look at NONE of your ads. Well done.

Likewise.

If not for Toms hardware overly-intrusive advertising, I probably would not be running adblock.

 

[fkr]

this guy only wrote the PU adds to cover up another banner add that accidentally got on a porn page i believe. this is akin to hating einstein for inventing nuclear war. the law of unintended consequences.

toms hard advertising does suck tho.

 

[gibbousmoon100]

Any way to convey that message to Tom's? They are, after all, serving a computer-savvy market, one that is well aware of adblock.

I think it would be reasonable to suggest that they would receive much more ad revenue if they didn't block 25% of the screen real estate on our phones with a banner ad that SCROLLS UP WITH YOU, SO YOU CAN'T ESCAPE IT.

Alternatively, you can try and hit that tiny, tiny x with your fat finger, half the time accidentally loading another page, or the AD ITSELF (which is probably the intended consequence, and what sent me on a fast visit to the adblock website).

Only to find the exact same problem when you go to another Tom's page. Am I the only one this pissses off?