Not sure what to make of this ...

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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Wii » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:13 pm

[quote]You know, I've heard that some banner ads are targeted to certain people based on their internet history and cookies...but I'm not pointed any fingers.
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:29 am

I say it's the marmalade causing it...  ;D
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Brando14100 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:26 pm

Been paying attention to the ads now. Check out what I found:

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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Wii » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:27 pm

I use the old YaBB layout so I don't see advertisements hehe... :P
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby legoalex2000 » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:03 am

Use a program - NoScript for Firefox. blocks all ads both inpage and popups/popunders.

its free and works better than any "program" out there.

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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby a1 » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:04 am

I get only normal ads. Nothing special. :D
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Fozzer » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:08 am

Use a program - NoScript for Firefox. blocks all ads both inpage and popups/popunders.

its free and works better than any "program" out there.

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Have a peek at the reviews here...;)...>>>>

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

Paul...I may give it a miss... ::)...!

...my Firefox "Pop up Blocker" seem to cope with most of them... :)...!
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Wingo » Tue May 06, 2008 8:50 am

Maybe the Google Ad crawler detected that the users of this forum are 99% males, and thus drew to the logical conclusion  ;D
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Brando14100 » Sun May 18, 2008 5:54 pm

This is new. Didn't feel like compressing and saving and uploading, so here's a copy+paste:

Eating Disorder Treatment
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby DONTREADMYUSERNAME » Sun May 18, 2008 10:12 pm

Some google ads I got on SimV

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Truth About What Happened to the Catholic Church after Vatican II
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Buy Monks' Bread Online
Made By Trappist Monks Since 1953 Bread, Preserves, Gift Boxes, Honey
monksbread.com/store/index.php

Catholic priest
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Re: Not sure what to make of this ...

Postby Mazza » Mon May 26, 2008 6:52 am

Lol, my adds are crazy, i get a related add like aircraft refueling hoses, then i apparently a lesbian, then gay then being told about aircraft :D ;D
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