Anyone else notice that ESPN is getting congested with pop-ups on their site?? They have a search spyware site come up on the website initially. I know this cuz it happens on every PC i use to go to ESPN.
I am about done with them, especially for basketball coverage. I'm very serious. Half of their NBA stuff is now relegated to Chief Moron Chad Fraud as "insider" stories that are just rehashed (actually distorted) from other sources. Anyone have any good sites for NBA coverage?
I've been getting the same thing. I'm not sure what's up w/ their website. Sometimes it might be advertisements by ESPN, but then there are others I don't think they would support.
Chad Ford is about as useful as t*** on a boar hog. He just blindly speculates and hopes that like a shotgun, a few shots hit the mark.
I've had an extraordinary run of luck lately... I've won a bunch of X-Boxes and been the millionth visitor to a number of sites.
I never liked the fact that ESPN posts ron-of-the-mill AP articles. I frequent cnnsi.com - they actually write some of their own articles. I don't necessarily agree with what they have to say all the time, but at least it's not the same AP articles over and over again. ESPN has never given respect to the Rockets (most media giants haven't, including SI). But ESPN also gave no respect to the Pistons this past year. ESPN only cares about their sweetheart teams (such as Lakers and Knicks). -- droxford
How are these pop-ups getting past my pop-up blocker? It's been happening a lot lately with many different sites.
Another thing about espn.com that sucks is on the baseball site, Rob Neyer was changed to an "insider". I loved reading his columns, but not enough to pay for them.
Ahem, er, let me just say this: SI dot com's NBA coverage is about to get a lot cooler. DA and Bucher are still the tops, but Peter May and Sam Smith's stuff on espn can be read a few days earlier at their own papers. And Marc Stein has just written himself into oblivion over the last few years.
I know this isn’t necessarily on topic but has anyone else been annoyed with how ESPN.com is basically turning into a pay site? Any article that is something you didn’t already know is and ESPN Insider one.
AND... their articles aren't even worth the money. I've read 'em. They're nothing impressive at all. 'Insider' ... what a joke -- droxford
Ditto -- I had no idea that ESPN had popups . . . I mean, if all the positive reviews on this site weren't enough, you should AT LEAST make the switch <a href="http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/security/news/article.php/3375431">for security reasons, as recommended by the Dept. of Homeland Security</a>. ON-TOPIC: I've really started to enjoy <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com">Yahoo's Sports Page</a>. It seems to be so much less cluttered and easy to navigate, plus the content (which is usually very good) is free. I hardly ever visit ESPN.com any more . . .
The new thing in pop-ups is the Flash pop-up window. RealGM uses it and it isn't something that a pop-up blocker can prevent, unfortunately. It's a pretty tricky work around and a lot of sites won't use it for fear people will block the use of Flash and ultimately hurt the look of sites. The good news is that internet advertising using pop-ups, banners, etc. is dramatically on the decline. Cost-per-click advertising is WAY down with the exception of ads placed directly through search engines like Google and Yahoo. Eventually, pop-ups will disappear completely as advertisers realize they are both outdated and ineffective.
If it's done in Flash, there's a Firefox extension that a lot people like (I don't use it) called "Flash Click-to-View" that won't play any Flash content until you tell the browser to allow it -- that might get around the Flash pop-ups, but I've seen the same thing done in JavaScript and several other annoying ways. I definitely agree Jeff, pop-ups will eventually disappear in favor of more obnoxious advertising . . .
