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Actually, something interesting has happened lately… the link expands in size about 3 seconds after the page has loaded. I'm starting to wonder if yahoo has noticed that if they do this, they will expand the ad just at the moment that the users wanting to check their email click on the first, top message, leading them instead to click on an ad, increasing "click through".

This happens all the time when I read Ars Technica on my phone. That effective clickjacking, combined with the GE puff pieces of late, have notably reduced the frequency with which I visit Ars.



You have to wonder just how stupid the advertisers are. They, and not the site's users, are the ones who are really being played for suckers.




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