5 anti-engagement features we're better off without

For all the talk about improving audience engagement, publishers and advertisers still team up on a lot of "features" that degrade the user experience instead of enhancing it. These anti-engagement components inhibit navigation, put up barriers to content, annoy or even startle website visitors. Here are five Web design or display elements that we'd all be better off without. While they may provide some short-term monetization, they're likely to hurt your brand over the long run.

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