And I saw two problems.
Problem #1:
It's the same crap ads as usual. Either no indication whatsoever what the product is, or it's a product I have absolutely no interest in. Besides, it's an ad I've seen 4,000 times already. There is absolutely no reason for me to even consider clicking on that ad.
Problem #2:
A Fitt's Law problem: The link to "proceed to the forum" needs to be larger. Changing to a larger font for that link would do the trick.
Suggestion #1:
(perhaps it is already...)
Clicking on the commercial should open the payoff page in a new window if it doesn't already. Otherwise it has the same problem as the banners and skyscrapers in that it takes the user away from the content page and leaves no way to go back.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(who doesn't much care for the new spots, but honestly prefers them to browser-crashing pop-ups...could this be the end of the pop-up as we know it?)
*** This post was edited by RideMan 7/18/2003 9:52:43 AM ***
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Track Record (probably incomplete)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(Hey! I just saw an ad that might actually apply to me!)
Or, of course, you can shell out a twenty. :)
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Luau II Cam 7/19
DELETED! What time does the water show start?
It seems that the redirect link is going to "/forum.aspx" instead of to "www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx" with the result that the browser is going to "media.fastclick.net/forum.aspx" which is a 404.
(Safari 1.0)
Better use absolute links for those ads...
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
404 Not Found.
Time to re-write the code...!
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I
Believe me, when you see a commercial, you'll know it! :)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Luau II Cam 7/19
DELETED! What time does the water show start?
Tonight it did something even stranger. I glanced at the news, then clicked on "Forums", which is usually when it comes up, and got *immediately* redirected to "media.fastclick.net/forums.aspx" (not to an ad page!) which is, of course, a 404. Clicking "<-" took me to "www.coasterbuzz.com/forums.aspx" which is where I really wanted to go in the first place. :)
I figure that forums.aspx has to be doing the redirect to fastclick.net, and if that's where fastclick is getting its redirect (the url was something like "media.fastclick.net/path/uniqueID?link=/forums.aspx" where I suspect it should have been "media.fastclick.net/path/uniqueID?link=www.coasterbuzz.com/forums.aspx".
I'll look at it when I get to work. I'm sure it will come up again... :)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Who thinks while these things are annoying, done right they could be promising...
Please take a moment to visit our sponsor. You will be redirected to http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx in a few seconds.
Please take a moment to visit our sponsor. You will be redirected to /forum.aspx in n seconds.
The URL is different, too, as the url today ends with "...&url=http3A//www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx" while last night (using Safari) it ended with "&url=/forum.aspx"
I'm guessing something changed in the last nine hours, but I won't know until I go home (there are no OS-X machines at work :()
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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