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Popup Advertisements - Good or Bad?

Written by Richard Lowe


I'll bet you've visited a site only to be plagued by one, two, three or even more popup windows appearing to annoy you. Some poorly designed sites even pop up those same windows each time you visit a new page, making simple navigation a horrifying experience.

Some webmasters believe in popup advertisements. They believe that their sales or signups (newsletters) are substantially higher when they use popups. And, guess what, they are often correct. Sites do get good responses from popup advertisements. People do look at them and do respond to offers, forms and ads.

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