Time for us to get a better popup blocker. I just went to a site looking for knitting patterns, and came back with enough popups for dating sites and Viagra that should I choose to, I could be *very* busy for the next seven years. Hello, sailor.
I don’t really understand popups. I mean, do the popup-making-people think that we’re actually going to click on their ads? Does anyone still do that? Sure, when popup ads first appeared, people probably did click on them. But it’s years later now; isn’t it time for them to come up with something new? Not that I want them to; just… you’d think whoever is responsible for pains in the ass would be more up to date in their ass-pain-causing ways. Or, do they get paid for just having the popups… pop up? See? I DON’T KNOW!
I use firefox and adblock plus – I haven’t seen a pop up ad in ages.
Like you, I never understood the logic behind pop up ads – I used to treat them as white noise, never paying attention to them.