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How to Lose Traffic and Alienate People (popsci.com)
2 points by fdschoeneman on Jan 25, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


He points out really common (mostly) advertising practices that sites use that really tick off users (me at least): tooltip ads, CAPTCHAs, and others. He did miss some other horrors, though, such as a story that puts one paragraph per page over 10 pages, intro ad pages, or ads that obscure the content until you close them.




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