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Pop up windows – Effective or irritating
Filed Under (Usability) by Husein Yuseinov on 26-03-2009
Tagged Under : pop up window, Usability
A couple of years ago, pop-up windows were all the rage in cyberspace marketing. It seemed that every time one opened a web page they’d be bombarded with offers for this or that. It had gotten to the place where surfing the cyberspace was almost like playing a computer game; when the ads would pop-up one would try and close them out before another one came. This is precisely why we have seen the decline in the use of pop-up windows on the Net today; surfers simply don’t even view the pop-ups anymore. They close the windows out before even reading the ad. Very often, a surfer will even leave your website whenever there are too many pop-up ads. They only don’t require the hassle of shutting those windows when trying to get the information that your web site has to offer. This information, while useful, is not as useful as the surfers time. Studies have shown up however, that even with these set backs, pop-up windows is till now an effective method of IM.
Is there few way that pop-up windows can be less irritating and still be useful? Yes! What if the pop ad were seen upon exiting your web site rather than entering? These would allow the surfer to obtain the information that they need from your web site, belief that they were capable to come and go rapidly without being hassled by additional ads and offers all the while making the surfer glad. You’ve left the surfer with a confident attitude and therefore are more expected to respond to the pop advertisement. This is being accomplished increasingly by using what is being called pop-under windows. When the surfer bears on your web site, the ad is visited discretely behind the your web page. Then, upon leaving your web site, after receiving all the information that they need , will see the ad and hence be more likely to respond. As the surfer has the information, he has achieved his aim and is now afford to do other things; ideally respond to the pop under advertisement.
Not all pop-windows are produced equally. There are a few things that you can do to build your pop-windows, whether pop-up or pop-under a lot effective. The pop-window should be easy to “escape” from. If the surfer doesn’t want to see the add, but has a rough sledding closing it out, they will likely become frustrated and could leave your web site all together. You should either use a button to that will grant the surfer to close the window or make sure that the “x” is easily visible. Another safe idea is to use a script that utilizes cookies. Cookie will keep pop-windows from overloading the surfer since you can choose the frequency of the pop-windows, instead of each time a page is opened. Also make sure that there is no more than one pop-window per page.
Once creating a pop-window, you’ll be asked to complete a short information form, select the length of cookies, and choose the layout of the pop-window.
While choosing the design of the pop-window, you can increase the effectiveness by creating a large headline that includes benefits that will be most appealing to the customer. You should also conceive using incentives and lastly do not ask the customer to show a long and drawn out advertisement. Keep the message simple yet powerful and your pop-ads will make sure to generate profits for your web site.
But to be totally honest, it’s better not to use any kind of pop up windows, as the most web users find it annoying, and they can be easily replaced with other not so annoying advertising solutions.



