Gothamist: Those Pop Up Ads on the NYTimes.com

rion

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:20:18 -0500

don't worry, Jen. they weren't the culprit this time, but the NYTimes WAS at the heart of some very steamy victoria's secret ads last month. i actually complained to them about after my boss saw busty half-naked chicks on my screen from across the room... he made a joke about it, but i was sort of irked 'cos i was innocently reading the Times' account of a huge fire in Brooklyn. (...maybe NYT filed both the story and the ads under "hot" in their databases... har har) ;-)

Mo

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:14:51 -0500

even though they're not the source, maybe this is what happens when you link to the NYTimes too much. a lesson for all to learn. hmm, scares me to think what karmic-ly lurks out there for exceeding a reasonable quota of NYPost links.

ben

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:05:53 -0500

you might wanna check out a peice of software Spybot search and destroy. i use on my windows box it's pretty goos at clearing the spyware out. you gotta do the online update tho it added like 2000 peices of spyware that it will remove (i am not associated withthe people that make the software, i just like it) but then again, i have 1 windows box and 2 linux box and mozilla all over da place... *end ramble here*

tien

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:00:35 -0500

hmm, with this update, we must wonder what kind of sites gothamist browses in order to get iMatchup ads with handcuffs to pop up...

jake

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:44:03 -0500

yeah- i'd be pretty surprised if the nytimes was serving those ads. but hey- i haven't seen a popup in like a million years- thank you google toolbar on IE, thank you mozilla!

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:06:44 -0500

I am a Mozilla user? What are these "pop up ads" that you speak of?

jenny

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:15:08 -0500

hm...are you sure that's not spyware generating those ads? adaware.com has a great free program to clean spyware off your computer.

I'm not stuck in the past

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:45:16 -0500

what popup ads on nytimes.com? oh i forgot, i use a modern web browser like mozilla or safari which blocks popups!

mike c

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:31:46 -0500

I feel I must set the record straight here... As someone who works in the NYTimes online ad department I can tell you that this is not one of our ad campaigns. Also, all of our popups/popunders say "From NY Times..." in the title bar. Further, this would never get approved to run off the site. We would be getting complaints left and right.

hy

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:01:48 -0500

is "unsensored" (in the yellowspace) a real word? or am i missing the wit/irony? pop-up ads are so 1999.

Frankenstein

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:24:23 -0500

I think that that'd be a totally appropriate ad for Gothamist. I mean, you'd have to replace the person holding the handcuffs with Jerry Orbach, the victim in the bed with a panda bear, and it would help if you gave the panda a big steaming pile of ribs from Daisy May's, but other than that, it would totally work.

FHM Reader

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:52:02 -0500

The American edition of FHM is located at http://www.FHMUS.com . Not sure they would even accept advertising that skank-tastic.