According to this ZDNet/Reuters article, MSN is killing pop-up and pop-under ads on all of their sites due to newly *realized* market research showing that visitors find them bloody annoying. Well here’s some more market research for the guys at MSN as well…

We hate those damn intrusive Flash ads too!

I’m not talking about the ones that sit nicely in an industry standard ad space (like this one or this one on MSN) I’m talking about the ads that fly on the screen (see Eyeblaster’s site for more) covering what you’re reading and have hard to find if non existant close buttons. Even worse are the Flash ads that play sound. I love listening to my music nice and loud. When I suddenly hear Adam Sandler’s even louder laugh in 50 First Dates in the middle of my Sophie Ellis-Bextor, you can bet I’m annoyed! Luckily there aren’t too many of these types of ads *yet*, but why not ban them before they really start .

Tags: Internet, Media, Microsoft

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