Re: annoying/ spawn window behind main window

Hello.....

I can't answer to effectiveness or how others respond to popunders. But, I
do have a question, after vising your site. (Nice site, btw.) What is the
advantage of a popunder, as opposed to a popup? Personally, I found it
rather time-consuming to have to minimize the main site just to see a window
saying hello and thanks for coming. It would seem to me that the time a
visitor spends looking to see what is under the main window, could more
effectively be spent looking deeper into the site. And, it might be seen by
some as a polite gesture to save them that little bit of inconvenience.

Again, just my opinion. Others will vary.

Dusty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blue Tapp" <blue(at)bluesarthouse.com>
To: "HWG Basics" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: annoying/ spawn window behind main window


>
> I hadn't responded to this before but Jim is right.  No matter how
annoying
> popunders are, they are effective which is why they are used so much.  I
> have read that web users will tolerate ONE popup or popunder per
site...any
> more will cause them to avoid the site in the future.  In my case, I am
> using a popunder for a web site for a boys home at my client's request.
The
> popunder is a small window that says, "Thank you for caring..." and I
don't
> think people will be clawing at their monitors in rage when they see it!
> (see in progress at http://www.businessheadquarters.com/fatherdunnes/)
And
> thank you to Coach Maria for the code!
> Blue
>
>
> > The purpose is that they work very well at generating traffic to the web
> > sites that sponsor them. They are very effective. Since they are
> > effective, and many web sites that are set up on the model of
> > advertising revenue are in bad finicial shape, they have to accept them.
> >
> > As I said, they are very effective at generating traffic.
> >
> >  > I don't see any purpose in these "pop unders" other than to annoy
> >  > visitors and I hate them with a wite hot passion and make it a point
> >  > to not return to sites that use them.
> > --
> >
>
> Blue Tapp
> Blue's ArtHouse Graphics & Web Design
> 705 North Florissant Road
> Ferguson, MO 63135
> (314) 839-0634
> fax: (314) 839-1557
> www.bluesarthouse.com
> blue(at)bluesarthouse.com
>
> "Time to get a web site!"
>

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