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Unblockable Pop? That's just too funny for words!

by artwebster
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I was looking for some information and a site came up that looked as though it might be interesting.

I had just started reading when the web page greyed out and I got a small message telling me that this was an Unblockable Pop Powered by MaxBlogPress.

I'm not sure what the Pop up was supposed to do but it was blocked by IE8 and it stopped me getting any information from the web site.

I hope the site owner didn't pay for it!
#funny #pop #unblockable #words
  • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
    afellow warrior has one on his salespage and its just so tacky, you don't even get to read the headline and then pops up a big ugly unblockable popup. I think it's stupid.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ben14864
    I agree it's pretty annoying you do even get to read the info when they jump and block everything...
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonl70
    i think the message WAS the pop up

    unblockable pop-ups are just simulated via css and some javascript, and are immune to
    any pop-up blocker. But they do require javascript, and I understand some people with firefox have it turned off (why anyone would ever turn off javascript is beyond me).
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    • Profile picture of the author radhika
      First of all pop-ups are very annoying to the visitors. I don't undestand why still people use it after knowing the fact that many use pop-up blockers.

      Recently I went to a free icons web site. Somehow my IE couldn't block theose pop-ups. And they were popping like popcorn. I had to close the browser. When Ised to have Norton, it was blocking good. But changed to Avast, I am using browser functionality.

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      • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
        Originally Posted by radhika View Post

        First of all pop-ups are very annoying to the visitors. I don't undestand why still people use it after knowing the fact that many use pop-up blockers.
        Believe it or not - they are still used because they are still effective.

        But they are MORE effective when used properly, and work better outside the IM niche.

        I have a site in a niche where my optin rate is crazy high from the popup I use.

        Course, it could be what I give away...but it converts better than the optin form on the page does.

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        • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
          Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

          Believe it or not - they are still used because they are still effective.

          But they are MORE effective when used properly, and work better outside the IM niche.

          I have a site in a niche where my optin rate is crazy high from the popup I use.

          Course, it could be what I give away...but it converts better than the optin form on the page does.

          Mike
          Echoes my sentiments exactly.

          Just about any tool we, as marketers, use can be used effectively, or in a way that makes people never want to do business with you again whatsoever.

          Can they be effective? That's the same reason why there are still infomercials, telemarketers, and spam.

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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Originally Posted by jasonl70 View Post

      why anyone would ever turn off javascript is beyond me
      Viruses and malware. Javascript can be used to get nasty stuff on your computer without user intervention, sometimes without user knowledge at all.

      I frequently turn off Javascript when visiting suspicious or unknown sites.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sandor Verebi
        This kind of 'selling weapon' is really annoying. When I can see only the pop up -- instead of the interesting content -- I'm clicking away for ever.

        Does the owner of the webpage not think that with this stupid popup he loses many visiting and maybe customer, too?
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        • Profile picture of the author Achilles1963
          Yeah, I think that definately falls under the category of morally repugnant
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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    I think the point has been missed here.

    The unblockable pop up was blocked and - in being blocked - obscured the web site!
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandor Verebi
      Originally Posted by artwebster View Post

      I think the point has been missed here.

      The unblockable pop up was blocked and - in being blocked - obscured the web site!
      Yeah Art,

      I understand what you say. (Btw I tried to connect to radhikas' post)

      You were lucky this time, but -- as I experienced -- the producers of popups are inventive, too.

      Take care,

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  • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
    Originally Posted by artwebster View Post

    I was looking for some information and a site came up that looked as though it might be interesting.

    I had just started reading when the web page greyed out and I got a small message telling me that this was an Unblockable Pop Powered by MaxBlogPress.

    I'm not sure what the Pop up was supposed to do but it was blocked by IE8 and it stopped me getting any information from the web site.

    I hope the site owner didn't pay for it!

    IE8 is probably a lot newer than the software - which would probably need to be updated now. I just had IE8 installed on my computer so I am interested to see how effective it is.

    Mike
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    • Profile picture of the author cool
      Hi which pop ups do you use ?
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonl70
    if it was the typical unblockable pop up, I don't think it was blocked but rather that it malfunctioned.. since they are not really popups, there are no windows events for a popup blocker to actually block.

    If a broswer blocked a css 'pop-up', it would also block drop down menus, etc, since it uses the same type of code (which is simply toggling the 'display' attribute of a css layer).

    regarding why people use them: because they can still work like gang-busters.
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