You're not alone!Who hasn't surfed
web looking for information only to have their session interrupted by those annoying pop-up windows displaying everything from banner ads to newsletter sign-up's?
Though pop-up windows and other methods of influencing a user's online experiences originally had positive intentions, they now seem only to annoy and manipulate users at every turn.
For anyone who ever felt extremely irritated by online advertising,
following advice should help.
** Pop-Up Ads **
Pop-up windows open new pages in your browser without your permission and, sometimes, without your knowledge.
They slow down your surfing and cause confusion, even for
most experienced surfer.
If you don't want to see pop-up windows in your browser, you should get a free pop-up blocker like
ones that come with
Google tool bar (http:/ oolbar.google.com) or
Alexa tool bar (http://download.alexa.com).
Either of these free tools "plug in" to your web browser and will stop
majority of pop-ups, including
situations where 5 or 10 pop-up windows fly up on your screen and "attack" you all at once!
** Page Hijacking **
Have you ever surfed along peacefully when all of a sudden you hit your back button and nothing happened?
Click-click-click - no matter how many times you hit
button, it seemed your web browser had been "wheel locked" to a certain site and no amount of effort allowed you to back track.
This nasty little trick, otherwise know as "page hijacking" involves inserting a small bit of code into a web page that disables your browser's "back" button.