Ads That Annoy Also Succeed

According to this Wired News article, there are sufficient numbers of stupid people out there to make internet advertising a feasible reality, to the point where expenditure on Online advertising media is tipped to exceed that of Print media in the next year, according to Jupiter Research — in this report, amongst others.

Sigh. I’m unaware of any websites which I frequent that use popups, even by permission — it just doesn’t seem to happen anymore! That said, perhaps I’m just visiting a cleaner, more “annoyance-aware” corner of the web than everyone else is…