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Archbob
July 2nd, 2001, 01:47
Whats most annoying to you?
Neverm1nd
July 3rd, 2001, 08:32
To me:

1. Popup
2. Banner frame
3. Pop behind
4. Banner
5. Watermark
6. Textlink

actually, I don't really care about a watermark, as long as it isn't the Yahoo! Geocities banner that overlaps a part of the page. Textlinks are great! (No advertisements even better ofcourse :rolleyes: )
Giancarlo
July 3rd, 2001, 10:07
1. Ad Frame (I remember Webjump)
2. Pop-Ups (Geocities)
3. Banner
Neverm1nd
July 3rd, 2001, 13:20
Originally posted by Giancarlo
1. Ad Frame (I remember Webjump)
2. Pop-Ups (Geocities)
3. Banner

Isn't it called a watermark @ Geocities???
Always thought that...
cowax
July 3rd, 2001, 15:16
I believe Geocities is the only one that uses that "watermark" ad. The host with the worst advertisements: Hypermart/V-ave. 2 popups, even when you use their code for their user placeable banners.
martian
July 3rd, 2001, 16:08
yep, virtualave and hypermart are the worst altough spaceports has also become very annoying
LeX
July 3rd, 2001, 20:02
FSN used to have the worst ads (dunno how it is now)... one huge banner at the top plus two big buttons at the bottom of each page.

I hate pop-ups and ad-frames the most, and I don't like banners either. Both the other two options I can accept...
Archbob
July 3rd, 2001, 22:37
Thats funny actually. Good Text links are actually the most effective type of advertising if integrated with content!
Giancarlo
July 3rd, 2001, 22:59
If you think Spaceports or Geocities is bad... you haven't tried Webjump, two Large Pop-ups and this Monsterous Top-Ad Frame, that takes up 15% of the space. And whenever you click on anything, the top ad doubles.. there would be two of them and so on.
bigperm
July 4th, 2001, 00:26
That new spaceports adframe is the worst I have seen. Damn that is big...
Archbob
July 4th, 2001, 00:36
I've been with both webjump and spaceports and I think the new spaceports thing is worse despite webjump atrocious ads. That damn spaceport thing takes up 50% of the browser!
Cracker
July 4th, 2001, 00:43
Come on, Spaceports' adframe isn't that bad, now. Just take a look for yourself at http://cirrus.spaceports.com/~forums/ .
Webdude
July 4th, 2001, 01:12
Personally I prefer bottom inline banners above anything else. Forgot that in your poll didnt ya! LOL
bigperm
July 4th, 2001, 01:19
spaceports changed them... before they were on the bottom and right.
Archbob
July 4th, 2001, 04:04
I like the pop-behind that 10mbfree.com has better
Waldo
July 4th, 2001, 09:16
Am I the only person out there who has grown to hate popunders?

They are popups, that require an extra click to bring them up before you close them.
NC_TOM
July 4th, 2001, 09:20
I agree, those pop-unders are annoying. I don't look at them any longer than I look at regular popups before I close them. I'd rather just have it pop right up in front of everything so I can close it faster. With popups being one of the most profitable advertising methods on the net today, I'm seeing so many of them that I pay a lot less attention to the site or ad than I used to.

Text links haven't gotten to the point of insanity yet, but it's annoying to click one unknowingly and end up going to a chain of popups.

Webdude: How much do you make with your bottom inline banners these days? I couldn't see anyone making more than $0.25 cpm; are you doing any better than that?
ajoling
July 4th, 2001, 15:58
Shock the monkey (http://ads.edonkey2000.com/ads/addlg2.php)

That's the most irritating banner you can find!
TJGuitar85
July 4th, 2001, 16:20
The TheGlobe banner is enormous. Its a dinosaur compared tot he NBCI frame.

TJ