News eBay to serve up pop-up ads By - May 12, 2002 29 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinReddItEmail Yes, it’s true. Even eBay is going to start running popup ads, according to CNet via Yahoo News. NewsForge has resisted, and will keep on resisting, this bit of Internet awfulness. Call us stodgy, but we don’t like the things.