Comments on: mlive: Your Pop-Ups are a Field of Lies! http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/ Stand By Your Friends. Tue, 10 May 2011 10:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Cliche of the Day - Industry Standards http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-16131 Cliche of the Day - Industry Standards Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:55:47 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/#comment-16131 [...] tell me: what do you think of this jaw-dropping example of  industry standard in online marketing? (Remember, it’s [...] [...] tell me: what do you think of this jaw-dropping example of  industry standard in online marketing? (Remember, it’s [...]

]]> By: Laura Bergells http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-16130 Laura Bergells Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:55:44 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/#comment-16130 Re: the above comment from Haig Larsen (IP: 69.2.100.68 , nat.mlive.advance.net): Isn't it just easier not to visit mlive at all? Why should I enable cookies to suit mLive and its advertisers instead of my own browsing, safety, privacy, and information needs? When a "standard industry practice" turns off customers, it's a good time to change it. (I'm not the only one who thinks this practice stinks, after all.) Instead of calling would-be visitors "fools" -- why not take this as an opportunity to advance industry standards? To more fully engage with customers? Or see this a huge opportunity to provide a competitive advantage to both advertisers AND readers? Re: the above comment from Haig Larsen (IP: 69.2.100.68 , nat.mlive.advance.net):

Isn’t it just easier not to visit mlive at all? Why should I enable cookies to suit mLive and its advertisers instead of my own browsing, safety, privacy, and information needs?

When a “standard industry practice” turns off customers, it’s a good time to change it. (I’m not the only one who thinks this practice stinks, after all.)

Instead of calling would-be visitors “fools” — why not take this as an opportunity to advance industry standards? To more fully engage with customers? Or see this a huge opportunity to provide a competitive advantage to both advertisers AND readers?

]]> By: Haig Larsen http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-16129 Haig Larsen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:32:00 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2007/09/25/mlive-your-pop-ups-are-a-field-of-lies/#comment-16129 You must have your cookies disabled if the gateway page (not a pop-up) keeps asking you for that info over and over. Turn them back on, fool. Also, MLive is a local site, so any zip code outside of Michigan is going to just resolve to random ads instead of targeted ones. The zip code is there to determine what advertisers are close to you geographically, not to tell how much money you make. At least, this is industry practice. Haig You must have your cookies disabled if the gateway page (not a pop-up) keeps asking you for that info over and over. Turn them back on, fool. Also, MLive is a local site, so any zip code outside of Michigan is going to just resolve to random ads instead of targeted ones. The zip code is there to determine what advertisers are close to you geographically, not to tell how much money you make. At least, this is industry practice.

Haig

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