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[Traders Trade -- For People Who Buy, Sell and Trade Online] EcommerceTimes.com has an article about a recent Hostway study that found several pet peeves than turn people away from websites. Pop-up advertising -- 34.9% Registration log-on pages -- 16.7% Software installation -- 15.7% Slow-loading pages -- 9.1% If you are an online seller you should seriously consider avoiding the above pet peeves because many respondents said they would never buy anything from a website that had one of the pet peeves.
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