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Ad Criminal: WindowsITPro by rodtrent

WindowsITPro, I found out today, is employing the “click me first” advertisement.
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Ad Criminal: ChannelWeb by rodtrent

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"...
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Ad Criminal: ITWorld.com by rodtrent

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…
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Ad Criminal: IMDb.com by rodtrent

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:
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Ad Criminal: SearchWinIT.com by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: c|net by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: Inquirer.net by rodtrent

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...
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When contextual ads don’t work… by rodtrent

I was just on a site that has content for OpsMgr 2007 and MOM 2005, and the following contextual ad was displayed…

Ad Criminal: SeattlePi.com 2 by rodtrent

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

Boneheads hit me with the “click to bypass” advertisement.  I hate those!
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Ad Criminal: Appdeploy.com by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: Computerworld by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: seattlepi.com by rodtrent

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

Another find TechTarget property, I had to click past this initial screen before I could get to the article I had chosen to read.
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Ad Criminal: ITV by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: SearchSecurity.com by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: Enterprise OpenSource Magazine by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: Flex Developer’s Journal by rodtrent

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...
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Ad Criminal: SOA World Magazine by rodtrent

A visit to SOA World Magazine’s site today was anything but pleasant, as I was smacked head-on by TWO advertisements. At position 1, this advertisement for Blackberry showed up prior to the page even loading...
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Ad Criminal: Network World by rodtrent

I was off to read an article about Virtualization when I was accosted by a kamikaze ad about MySQL and Sun Microsystems. Thanks, Network World!
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Here’s a 404 page I’ve never seen before by rodtrent

Is this a Google thing?  A Firefox thing?  It definitely smells of advertising.

Ad Criminal: Web 2.0 Journal by rodtrent

Web 2.0 Journal is employing the slide-across marketing method, outlining a conference and expo coming up.   All I wanted to do was read about WMWare’s recent woes, but now I have to click the window...
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I’m starting a new category to keep track of web advertising criminals by rodtrent

I noted my frustrations the other day about web advertisements.  Web advertisements (banners, text ads, etc.) are unavoidable – the web has to make money, but then there are those certain web sites...
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