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Advertising overload - the inability to read one's personal email messages in peace without intrusive pop-up adverts filling your screen, which is then also difficult to close.

View A

Makes me less likely to purchase goods from companies who advertise through intrusive methods.

View B

Shows a lack of creativity in being able to attract my attention by more subtle agreeable means.

13 comment(s) so far

digiammarco thinks: Agree. Ultimately, creativity is about making people want to see your ads.

Edward thinks: The "roll me over" intrusive robot by philips prompted me to write this. It is TOO much when trying to read some news. I hope it the start of a campaign to stop this nonsense and if so I hope it is successful but very much doubt it.

Meantime will find a more peaceful site to read the news

aloysiusbear thinks: I think it a real pity that everything these days is so commercialised that we have to have rotten bloody advertising at all. The world seen through the eyes of the corporations is a kind of Disneyworld where nothing bad ever happens - except of course if they have a way of making money out of the remedy - if all the money spent on advertising were put into making better products and making them cheaper, we would all be better off. My message to you, Phillips, get out of my life.

hilarious thinks: Pop up advertising must be the most annoying thing known to man! They are a positive disincentive to buying anything at all from companies that advertise in that way. The pop up robot advertising Philips goods is clever but ultimately so aggro-inducing that I would like to take up a spanner and disintegrate it permanently!!

jensenboy thinks: school have to many holidays and should be cut down and longer classroom time should be inforced

crayzon thinks: Creativity and innovation is what sells, not in your face adverts, hence the death of pop-ups thanks to blockers. Find better ways to advertise.

moderator thinks: This discussion was begun in direct response to negative criticism received from one of our online banner advertisements. Due to our automatic filtering system, several comments were moderated and, as a result, were removed from the site. This was not our intention. We will be placing the comments back on the site and encourage those who have seen the banner campaign to give us your feedback, positive or negative. We want you to have your say and help Philips create products and expereiences that simplify your life. Thank you for your contribution.

chrisek thinks: Genuinely creative advertising is welcome. There's no need to trick people with unnecessary methods of getting their attention.

Champ thinks: Expanding flash banner ads should be banned for use in online advertising. Too many times I am faced with an ad that covers the content I want to say and not giving me an option to close, ultimately leading me to ignore the whole reason I went to the site in the first place.

lou thinks: how about neither A or B - these two views are not exactly the opposite of one another. pop ups and other big ads can be entertaining at times when you are in the right mood for this kind of thing. basically they just need to be easy to get rid off if you want to - dont try and trap me in the ad - thats just annoying...