Toolbar Pop Blockers

What percentage would you guess

[stcrim]

With the G Toolbar, Y's knockoff of it along with AOL and MSN, plus others with pop-blockers- what percentage of pop-ups would you guess are actually blocked?

25 percent?
50 percent?

Does anyone have hard numbers?

-s-

[thehittmann]

I dont get any pop ups at all, only the ones from pages I have accepted to allow pop ups from. So in my experience I would have to say 100%

[Skylo]

My home computer has seen some hectic surfing and I can say that since I installed the toolbar, on the same day as its release, I have not seen one popup. But like thehittmann I do leave it off on my favourite sites. Anyways, my point is, on my toolbar I have +5000 blocked. So I would say 100%

[SEOMike]

Mine does pretty well also. I do, however still have some get through. Seems like the big sites get them through. Myabe Google can be bought... I started using another program in tandem w/ G's blocker, and that did the trick.

[abates]

At one point, the Google toolbar blocker started blocking when I would right-click a link and select "Open in New Window"! After I restarted IE it fixed it though. :)

[shorebreak]

I think sctrim's question was not so much about your personal experiences, but rather what % of pop-ups in general are blocked by pop-up blockers.

I'd like to know the answer to that one as well, so if any has any educated guesses or facts/anecdotes please do share.

Thanks,

Shorebreak

[Swash]

I'd say maybe 25% at the moment..
Soon microsoft will release a version of IE with a popup blocker, and apparently it will be ENABLED by default. That will be the end for popups / popunders imho.

[domokun]

dont forget, netscape users have a pop-up blocker built into the browser itself - it isn't just toolbars.

one day, pop-ups will be a thing of the past and users will be fighting against the torrent of flash adverts they are forced to sit through

[Leosghost]

[Soon microsoft will release a version of IE with a popup blocker, and apparently it will be ENABLED by default.]
And if youre dumb enough to "upgrade" to it it'll probably phone home and tell Redmond each time you go to the john too...
Pop ups are a pain in runaway mode ..but I'd rather put up with the occasional inconvenience than let Redmond decide what I see and who they tell about it ..

percent ....I'd go for 30% no more ..gets bigger every day with the sales of norton ....( bout the only thing it does do as described is stop pop ups )...got to go my hobby horse just rang the bell ... : ))

[mars9820]

Easy question. almost no pop ups without blocking software.

Well let me clarify: As soon as I get a pop up I am gone from a page. never to go back in the future.

Actually I hardcode them in my gateway to block the URL's :).

When using google I always remember them before clicking on them. Uhmm.....if I click on them I will just get a notifying page that the page has been blocked by me due to popups :)

The same I have with websites that take control over you when you are at their page for say longer than 5 minutes. They will move the whole screen to the left and at the right you get an annoying chatbox with sales rep. Another thank you bye bye forever action :).