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by Louis Vuitton on Wednesday 20th of April 2011 at 22:20

I completely agree with you. I came across this invasive and aggressive method of gaining subscribers. I find it annoying. There can be a subscription box in the content, that's fine by me, but a pop-up? I would instantly close the tab and continue visiting blogs that are more non-invasive. I hope bloggers would realize how annoying pop-ups are and stop using them.

by Ganesh - Online Bull on Saturday 6th of December 2008 at 21:43

great site but what is the html code the one for the sign up box

by cody kirby on Monday 1st of December 2008 at 15:35

The lightbox doesn't really bother me. I read that John Chow had it setup to only show once unless someone deletes the cookies. I'm not a big fan of popups but when I weigh in the fact it can be setup to only show once per visitor and I can grow my subscriber list faster I think I'm going to give it a shot. Even if John Chow's tip didn't convince me AWeber certainly did. After all, can you think of a single site that know list building better that AWeber? Perhaps I'll add a poll to ask visitors if it bothered them. If they stay long enough to see the poll that is.

by Brian D. Hawkins on Sunday 9th of November 2008 at 16:04

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by Elliot on Friday 31st of October 2008 at 16:02

Thanks for the comments guys, the real issue I take with it is that the LightBox effect was originally created for *enhancing* user experience with rich media. Bloggers are kidding themselves if they think using the effect for spam purposes makes it any more reputable.

I'm not arguing with John's ability to make money online, because boxes like these will convert well, but they're a nightmare for usability, accessibility and aesthetics. They should probably be cast back into Mount Doom.

by seopher on Wednesday 29th of October 2008 at 04:56

Just finished reading the Wired article about why people should stop blogging. I disagree with the article, but popups like these contribute to the growing cynicism toward blogging. Thanks for expressing!

by Brandon Cox on Tuesday 28th of October 2008 at 18:29

I just saw that on John Chows site and was thinking, this is terrible, I should do a blog post on it. 3 Seconds later I see your post... now I don't have to post about it :).

A couple other things I think you should add:

-Stuff like that give his site such a spammy feel. The "lightbox popup" used like he did is just a fancy popup that everyone hates (remember all the spammers started doing that about 5-10 years ago... why does every browser now has a popup blocker built into it...?).
-Makes you seem disparate. "Oh crap... no one is signing up for my ebook I spent 20 minute writing. I know, I'll force them to sign up).

I'm glad I have his site on RSS and that he doesn't have a way to popup his feed :).

by Peter Olson on Tuesday 28th of October 2008 at 16:02

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