Weapons of the web
The web is becoming a more and more hostile. Advertisers are getting so aggressive I wonder when they will start carrying weapons and threatening people to shop (luckily guns are illegal in Japan). I use Mozilla as my web browser because of the added features that filter out much of that crap, Internet Explorer is in bed with those advertisers so there are no features to help the user (hence I stay far away). This article discusses a new tactic of those advertisers. People aren’t clicking the annoying banners on web pages so instead of clicking, the web pages will redirect a user when the user’s mouse moves over the banner. Orbitz is the first website to use this tactic. People, these tactics only exist because the scum advertisers are getting the job done. Stop spending money with companies like Orbitz and let your voice be heard by using you wallet.
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