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Google hates pop-ups

Don't we all?

By Kate Hanaghan

Published: 30 January 2002 08:59 GMT

Google, one of the web's most popular search engines, has responded to complaints about pop-ups on its site by issuing an official notice condemning the much-hated advertising practice.

The site is blaming the pop-ups, which have proved to be very unpopular with its visitors, on the dubious tactics of other sites and free software programs.

Pop-ups can increase traffic numbers to websites enormously. Last year, an unknown company making surveillance camera was pushed into the upper echelons of the most visited sites using this method.

Read Google's full explanation http://www.google.com/help/nopopupads.html

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