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My new web hate – Snap Shots by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

How annoying. Don’t you hate when you go to a site or blog, hover over a link to click on it, and are confronted with a pop-up window that simply gives you a preview of the link?  Snap Shots is a horrible piece of code that I hope you never have...
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Internet.com just offered me a Toyota Prius! by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Why? They say… You are receiving this email because you have registered for a tutorial, download, whitepaper, webcast, or have elected to receive information or offers from Internet.com. If you wish to be removed from future Internet.com Membership Alerts...

Ad Criminal: WindowsITPro by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

WindowsITPro, I found out today, is employing the “click me first” advertisement. Read More...
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Ad Criminal: ChannelWeb by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

ChannelWeb is employing two advertising methods that should really irk all of us.   First, they are using the “click me first” ad, as shown below. Next they are using the annoying moving “corner ad", where if you hover the mouse pointer over...
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Ad Criminal: ITWorld.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Not necessarily an ad, but a pop-up that caused the web site I was visiting to come to a screeching halt.  That really makes me want to never visit again… Read More...
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Ad Criminal: IMDb.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

The Internet movie database now has ads popping up all over the place.  insWeb seems to be using Geico’s slogan on the Internet Movie Database web site: Read More...
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Ad Criminal: SearchWinIT.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Another fine, ad-invested TechTarget property, SearchWinIT.com pushes advertisements in your face with the “read me first” advertisement model. I noticed recently that TechTarget was nominated for some major awards.  Well, here’s the presentation...
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Ad Criminal: c|net by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I thought c|net was beyond having to have bad ads…but, today I found they’ve employed the “click here first” advertisement method. And, they don’t make it real obvious.  Shoved at the very top center is the following links in something like 8pt font...
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Ad Criminal: Inquirer.net by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I just visited Inquirer.net to read an article about Vista migrations, and was accosted on several levels.  First the page is peppered with Walmart ads.  Secondly, the top Walmart banner starts up in expanded mode, covering the name of the web...
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When contextual ads don’t work… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I was just on a site that has content for OpsMgr 2007 and MOM 2005, and the following contextual ad was displayed… Read More...
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Ad Criminal: SeattlePi.com 2 by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

SeattlePi.com just smacked me up’side the head with a VacationsToGo pop-up as the page I wanted loaded. Shame! Read More...
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Ad Criminal: Information Week by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Boneheads hit me with the “click to bypass” advertisement.  I hate those! Read More...
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Ad Criminal: Appdeploy.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I was just visiting Appdeploy.com for the first time in a while and while I sat and performed some other task on my computer, I kept hearing a “clicking” noise in the background.  It was the noise the web browser makes (if you have sounds enabled...
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Ad Criminal: Computerworld by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Not really an ad, but still a pop-up.  It’s asking for participation in a survey about Business Intelligence Tools.  Of course, you get to download 2 free IDC reports (collective yea) for entering, and you *could* win a 16KB iPod Touch. No thanks...
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Ad Criminal: seattlepi.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Delta and American Express are popping up ads as soon as you open a page at seattlepi.com. Read More...
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Ad Criminal: SearchSecurity.com 2 by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Another find TechTarget property, I had to click past this initial screen before I could get to the article I had chosen to read. Read More...
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Ad Criminal: ITV by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Another Sys-con.com site got me today.  If you’ve been following my Ad Criminal reporting , you’ll see the familiar AjaxWorld pre-existing pop-up advertisement and yes, the Windows Server 2008 video on the right was blaring sound when the page loaded...
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Ad Criminal: SearchSecurity.com by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

SearchSecurity.com  (which is a TechTarget property, btw) is employing a pop-up advertisement that is thrown in your face when you try to access an article. If you've been following my Ad Criminal series, lately, you'll see a strange string...
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Ad Criminal: Enterprise OpenSource Magazine by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I had gone almost all day without finding an ad criminal, but just as I was thinking my life was getting better – WHAM! – I had to drop out to Enterprise OpenSource Magazine’s web site to read another article on virtualization. I was accosted by a Blackberry...
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Ad Criminal: Flex Developer’s Journal by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Here’s a no-no.   Flex Developer’s Journal follows both Web 2.0 Journal and SOA World Magazine with the already existing pop-up method of displaying ads.  I was looking to read an article on VMWare’s current market meltdown and had to click...
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