On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 09:03 AM, Mick Ring wrote: > I understand what Safari, Chimera and other apps do to block popups. > It's a > nice feature. However, I believe strongly that the intent of the web > sites > that perpetrate the problem should be dealt with using the only means > necessary - not visiting them. Otherwise, they'll never know that what > they > are doing pisses people off.
actually............. most websites can easily view page hits vs ad impressions -- that is, web server admins can easily see the relationship between the number of hits they are getting against the number of times that their ads are being seen. Just like I can see how many times my index.html file has been hit, I can also see how many times my ad banners (if I had any -- but I don't) or any other image on the site has been requested. You'll notice lots of sites are going away from banner/popup/popunder when they see this relationship. Many of these sites are instead going to subscription based models -- see Slashdot.org and MacFixIt.com for examples. MacFixIt in particular was very vocal about why they went away from ads and towards the subscription model -- they noticed exactly what I'm pointing out above. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
