Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:38:40 +0000
From: IMDb Help Desk <help@imdb.com>
To: Stian Soiland <stain@nvg.org>
Subject: Re: IMDB: Annoying commercial add poping up in seperate window

> Today when visiting the wonderful site IMDb a seperate little window popped
> up over my DVD-playing window. It was a commercial add for "Matrix" or
> something.
>
> I've only seen suck popup windows in use when accidentally clicking into
> pornsites from Altavista, and they totally annoys me.
> 
> I close the window, make my search, and there appears the popup window AGAIN!
> Is this the new policy of IMDb to get rid of users, or is there something I'm
> missing here?

Are you sure this was on IMDb? We're not aware of any ad campaigns running on
the site which use pop-ups. We hate them ourselves. It's possible our 
European ad sales people accidentally let one through though it sounds
unlikely. 

Regards,

IMDb HelpDesk <help@imdb.com>
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