ASAP! A Stand Against Pop-under ads!

My name is Joe Jenett. I feel the use of pop-under advertising on the web is invasive and downright unfriendly to users.

I am troubled by the presence of such advertising campaigns on many news sites, portals, and free hosting providers who implement pop-unders on their members' personal pages. Though I agree that advertising revenue is important, there are other ways to advertise that don't so blatantly assault users.

Sure – there are ways you can block the pop-under ads, and the popularity of blockers certainly reinforces the fact that the ads are annoying. But it's the attitude toward users by those who force pop-under ads upon us that I stand most firmly against.

If you have a website and want to support the ASAP! initiative, save a copy of a support button, put it on your own server and link it to this page. As an alternative, you may use a simple text link that says "ASAP!"

If you choose to support the initiative, please and I'll consider adding your site to the list of supporters.

If you're showing your support on more than one website, thank you, but please specify the one site you want listed. Sorry, but only one site listing can be allowed per supporter.

This initiative is not a stand against advertising in general, nor is it a stand against website owners who choose to open links in new browser windows – it is specifically against the use of pop-under advertising.

Thanks!

Joe Jenett

ASAP! Initiative launched 9/1/01

Please note that this initiative is not intended to be a reciprocal link exchange.
ASAP! reserves the right to reject or remove any outgoing links, at its discretion.