Pop-up surveys now?

[BoomerD]

I opened a thread in P&N tonight and got the following pop-up survey:

http://www.whodah.com/albums/BoomerD/aup.sized.jpg

Which appears to have been generated by this ad:

http://www.whodah.com/albums/BoomerD/auq.sized.jpg


Is this being permitted nowadays, or is an advertiser just taking liberties?

(no, I didn't even mouse over the ad, the survey popped up as soon as I opened the page)

 

[ViRGE]

If you can repeat it, please grab the source of the ad. We don't allow pop-ups, but the ad guys can't ID an ad from a screenshot alone.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Same bullshit different day. They keep saying they'll notify their shitty advertisers and then the same thing happens a month or two later. Pathetic.

 

[BoomerD]

Same bullshit different day. They keep saying they'll notify their shitty advertisers and then the same thing happens a month or two later. Pathetic.

Feel free to leave at any time.

Virge, I don't wander into P&N too often nowadays. (It takes too long to get the stuff off my shoes) but I'll keep my eyes open for the ad.

 

[olds]

Same bullshit different day. They keep saying they'll notify their shitty advertisers and then the same thing happens a month or two later. Pathetic.

Which is why I just said the hell with it and block all the ads.

 

[BoomerD]

I thought I'd bump this thread rather than start a new one since it's a similar issue.

Tonight, I had a nearly full-screen ad pop up for me.

The properties show this:
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes...ummer.aspx?cm_mmc=ola-_-tap-_-aa-_-collective

and looks like this:

http://www.whodah.com/albums/BoomerD/aur.sized.jpg

There is a Kraft ad in the left sidebar at the time with a "roll-over" option, but this thing has just popped open on its own twice tonight.

http://www.whodah.com/albums/BoomerD/aus.sized.jpg

 

[ViRGE]

Unfortunately I am unable to get that ad to come up, so I'll need your help to get it pulled.

Since you're on IE8, when you see the ad bring up the developer tools (F12) and then Find -> Select Element By Click. From here you can click on the ad and it will bring up the appropriate chunk of HTML from the script that loaded the ad. With this information we can figure out where the ad is coming from, and in turn AT's ad guys can have it pulled.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Same bullshit different day. They keep saying they'll notify their shitty advertisers and then the same thing happens a month or two later. Pathetic.

Your not happy id you have nothing to cry about....

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Your not happy id you have nothing to cry about....

If you guys have nothing productive to add, keep your yaps shut. This isn't a social forum.
-ViRGE