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May 30, 2010 5:39 PM Subscribe
What is the worst pop-up (or other Internet) advertisement you have ever seen?
My candidate for worst ad: on This Old House. A corner of the webpage peeled back (very clever graphic) to reveal rotten wood, and a monstrous insect, several times life size and virtually 3-D, crawled across the screen. I did not hallucinate this. It was a termite extermination ad, of course.
I would like to know that I'm not the only person to have seen this, as I have been unable to find it again, so perhaps it was pulled when entomophobes protested. If I was genuinely phobic of insects, I would be severely rattled by that ad.
But choose your criteria: user-hostility (you can't make it go away), annoying animation, incompetent design, tastelessness of the product or service, overall ugliness (I'd like to stick with safe-for-work, since discussing porn pop-ups would be like shooting fish in a barrel).
My candidate for worst ad: on This Old House. A corner of the webpage peeled back (very clever graphic) to reveal rotten wood, and a monstrous insect, several times life size and virtually 3-D, crawled across the screen. I did not hallucinate this. It was a termite extermination ad, of course.
I would like to know that I'm not the only person to have seen this, as I have been unable to find it again, so perhaps it was pulled when entomophobes protested. If I was genuinely phobic of insects, I would be severely rattled by that ad.
But choose your criteria: user-hostility (you can't make it go away), annoying animation, incompetent design, tastelessness of the product or service, overall ugliness (I'd like to stick with safe-for-work, since discussing porn pop-ups would be like shooting fish in a barrel).
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The one where a mom has the secret for losing 2lb. belly fat fast!
And the disgusting teeth-whitening one, ew.
The e-cigarette one.
All as sketchy as possible. I know clicking on them would give me a virus.
posted by lhude sing cuccu at 6:02 PM on May 30, 2010
And the disgusting teeth-whitening one, ew.
The e-cigarette one.
All as sketchy as possible. I know clicking on them would give me a virus.
posted by lhude sing cuccu at 6:02 PM on May 30, 2010
The loud and annoying and always a surprise, "CONGRATULATIONS! You've won!"
Well, gee, lemme get my credit card. I won something again from these suckers!
posted by codswallop at 6:15 PM on May 30, 2010
Well, gee, lemme get my credit card. I won something again from these suckers!
posted by codswallop at 6:15 PM on May 30, 2010
"OBAMA SAYS: MOMS SHOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL" with random, bizarre images are really annoying.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 6:22 PM on May 30, 2010
posted by Threeway Handshake at 6:22 PM on May 30, 2010
AdultFriendFinder ads that display "FIND A NEW FUCK BUDDY IN YOUR AREA" in giant red text across your screen.
posted by punchdrunkhistory at 6:23 PM on May 30, 2010
posted by punchdrunkhistory at 6:23 PM on May 30, 2010
Years ago, I saw a popup ad titled DON'T SWEAT THE MIDGET. Looks like I wasn't imagining it.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:29 PM on May 30, 2010
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:29 PM on May 30, 2010
On ESPN, "Raiders fans have an IQ of 98." Which we know isn't true because, after all, they're Raiders fans.
posted by theichibun at 6:32 PM on May 30, 2010
posted by theichibun at 6:32 PM on May 30, 2010
"OBAMA SAYS: MOMS SHOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL" with random, bizarre images are really annoying.
The ad for insurance with a random dishevelled bearded dude who looks a bit like a young Charlie Manson.
Bugger me. I type insurance advert charles manson in Google and get a full story on it, 3rd result.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:34 PM on May 30, 2010
The ad for insurance with a random dishevelled bearded dude who looks a bit like a young Charlie Manson.
Bugger me. I type insurance advert charles manson in Google and get a full story on it, 3rd result.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:34 PM on May 30, 2010
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posted by griphus at 6:00 PM on May 30, 2010