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Re: Advertisements 18/01/2012 at 18:57 #27709
Lardybiker
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I just had Indiana nursing school
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Re: Advertisements 18/01/2012 at 19:37 #27716
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I just had one from DFDS Seaways. I checked taking the ferry from Holland to Newcastle to go to the meet in July the other day
What a kind reminder!

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Re: Advertisements 18/01/2012 at 21:40 #27730
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Turned Adblock off, first advert, 'Create an online store today' followed by B&Q Aberdeen. Now, I live in Wolverhampton and i've never been to Aberdeen or Googled/typed anything about Aberdeen.
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Re: Advertisements 18/01/2012 at 21:46 #27731
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The current ads are urging me to register to be a model. I wonder if they'd be so persistent if they actually met me?
Planotransitophobic!
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Re: Advertisements 18/01/2012 at 22:43 #27736
jc92
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There's a B&Q one and if I click on it it gives me the details of the Skegness store, heaven knows where that comes from.

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stroud for me...interesting

"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Re: Advertisements 06/03/2012 at 11:56 #30393
Aurora
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Mmmmm corsets for an unattached male...

Thanks Simsig!

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Re: Advertisements 06/03/2012 at 18:26 #30404
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Mmmmm corsets for an unattached male...

Thanks Simsig! ;)
"Corsets-au.com" is an Australian advert. It is not shown in the Uk.
Barry

Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Re: Advertisements 06/03/2012 at 19:04 #30406
Peter Bennet
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I believe the adverts are tailored to your interests!

Peter

I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs!
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Re: Advertisements 06/03/2012 at 22:54 #30418
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I think it's to the content as well. I got a UK Corsets ad, not male ones though, and I can assure you I am not interested, although they may remove some of the excess relaxed muscle!
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Re: Advertisements 06/03/2012 at 22:59 #30419
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I've just got the corset ad myself, so I'm assuming it is picking up on the words on the pages - I haven't been looking at purchasing any corsets lately (or ever, for that matter).

Hmm..... railway jobs :whistle:
train tickets :whistle:
train tickets to Newcastle :whistle:

Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for.
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Re: Advertisements 03/05/2012 at 22:39 #32098
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http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=BumbHrxWjT-fILdCa8AORsIj1AZr9z8MD-uGgv1fAjbcBwLgCEAEYASDw1NgrOABQnIa1-wNgu76eg9AKoAGWtZ7bA7IBEHd3dy5zaW1zaWcuY28udWu6AQoyMDB4MjAwX2FzyAEC2gEYaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zaW1zaWcuY28udWsvgAIBqAMByAMd6AOjB-gDmgXoA8QF9QMAAADA9QMAAAAQiAYBoAYC&num=1&cid=5GgF3HdfF4lWt16M_IKsvqPn&sig=AOD64_2t9FcPw6rZvpXCGUUKeJXFB7CYeA&client=ca-pub-5360071285305382&adurl=http://www.vgamenetwork.com/signup%3Fref%3D534431%26sf%3Done%26creative%3D23401923834%26kw%3Dfree%2520full%2520version%2520game%26placement%3Dwww.SimSig.co.uk&nm=1&nx=103&ny=136

could do with being blocked.




Also, I note that there is the "Ads by Google" text between the SimSig logo and the advertising, but you'll note from the above screenshot that it doesn't really appear or stand out. Could the font-colour of it be changed to, perhaps, white?

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Last edited: 03/05/2012 at 22:47 by UKTrainMan
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Re: Advertisements 03/05/2012 at 22:58 #32099
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http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=BumbHrxWjT-fILdCa8AORsIj1AZr9z8MD-uGgv1fAjbcBwLgCEAEYASDw1NgrOABQnIa1-wNgu76eg9AKoAGWtZ7bA7IBEHd3dy5zaW1zaWcuY28udWu6AQoyMDB4MjAwX2FzyAEC2gEYaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zaW1zaWcuY28udWsvgAIBqAMByAMd6AOjB-gDmgXoA8QF9QMAAADA9QMAAAAQiAYBoAYC&num=1&cid=5GgF3HdfF4lWt16M_IKsvqPn&sig=AOD64_2t9FcPw6rZvpXCGUUKeJXFB7CYeA&client=ca-pub-5360071285305382&adurl=http://www.vgamenetwork.com/signup%3Fref%3D534431%26sf%3Done%26creative%3D23401923834%26kw%3Dfree%2520full%2520version%2520game%26placement%3Dwww.SimSig.co.uk&nm=1&nx=103&ny=136

could do with being blocked.




Also, I note that there is the "Ads by Google" text between the SimSig logo and the advertising, but you'll note from the above screenshot that it doesn't really appear or stand out. Could the font-colour of it be changed to, perhaps, white?
this is actually a different one to the one i can see :S

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"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Re: Advertisements 03/05/2012 at 23:05 #32100
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this is actually a different one to the one i can see :S

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Link would be useful - don't left-click on it, right-click and copy the address like UKTM.

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Re: Advertisements 04/05/2012 at 17:01 #32114
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Adsense now have a section where you view the ads that have been shown. However, it only records once I set it up, so it's been running for about 12 hours now.

I've had ads for big girls bras several times now. Wonder if it's trying to say something?

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Re: Advertisements 04/05/2012 at 22:54 #32117
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I've had ads for big girls bras several times now. Wonder if it's trying to say something?
How come you lot keep getting the bras and corsets, and meanwhile I get "why not train as a plumber"?!

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Re: Advertisements 05/05/2012 at 05:04 #32119
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Does it work out what you might want based on previous Google searches or anything like that?
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Re: Advertisements 05/05/2012 at 06:24 #32120
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Does it work out what you might want based on previous Google searches or anything like that?
It seems to be a combination (not to be confused with combinations) of what you view for generally (not just with google as I don't use that one) and text on the page you are looking at. I'm now getting the bra adverts but I just changed my car and for a while I was getting adverts for the dealer I got it from just because I looked up their phone number.


Peter

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Re: Advertisements 05/05/2012 at 13:57 #32127
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Probably explains why I keep getting Broadband comparisons!
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Re: Advertisements 05/05/2012 at 15:06 #32128
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Does it work out what you might want based on previous Google searches or anything like that?
Hey, what are you insinuating?! :evil:

But there is some truth in the methodology - there was a story quite recently about Google using your Google search results and any other Google products you use to provide more targeted advertising. I won't do it here as it's probably a violation of the terms but on another forum we bombarded the thread with certain keywords in an attempt to direct the advertising. To a certain degree it worked.

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Re: Advertisements 05/05/2012 at 15:24 #32129
Peter Bennet
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There is a link within the ad to some control features where it looks like you can modify some factors and I think it tells you which cookie to delete. However, since this is a revenue generating tool for SimSig, please modify wisely!

Peter

Opps have now accidentally gone to a bra-site.......... hey-ho...... all in a good cause.....

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Re: Advertisements 18/07/2013 at 15:10 #47324
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I've been seeing more misleading "Download now!" type adverts recently. Grabbed the link from the one I had just now:

http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=CwHYVbQHoUePDMdLo8APa7IHACLGjvcMDqfGToGnAjbcBEAEg8NTYK1CZofOk_f____8BYLuOsIPQCqABn6SP2QPIAQKoAwHIA9EEqgSkAU_Q8un1BjWBdg23xjTAMu1woDm_TjXyLZ3jYAQbfRZLUKaQa9TLHwe4gJFWa9QfT6k7qhLLoJarwj32ZNw0BtopVbEfP-bdfeAi4Cqsel7s9ENZOhIK1rIlYuFlO7ZJU27QU5qUUx7G6YwrbHYwkbAGOdzEG99iJ4MWRAXbKRDu6yGADpYDYQo79nGPR4paXhr3Nmau6uSOSJUBREbyDOzsYHoCoAYCgAfJ2_Am&num=1&sig=AOD64_31SMQBNYkAltTmrWzA2q-IlWHWdA&client=ca-pub-5360071285305382&adurl=http://www.newzipopenerfun.com/gb/say/%3Fadnm%3D28174781225%26i%3Ds%26grid%3DYellow%26lg%3DEN%26cc%3DGB%26clg%3Den%26c%3D1%26d%3D0%26cid%3D_509773421%26kw%3Dzip%26mt%3D%26mn%3Dwww.SimSig.co.uk%26ct%3D%26nt%3DD%26expr%3D%26ap%3Dnone%26dv%3Dc%26color%3Dyellow%26agid%3D_5201531978&nm=2&mb=2&bg=!A0Qvf0jz9EA3yAIAAABCUgAAACwqANds0KB6av6m78epo7y3KbSx_fY9xUlTP-acX53xsr4IfcA6pqMJRoEXCj1qvwY-lpr3g2sJSAwCOKt86yGiG7uW1NUWRrVriLk3_xLzuUNjS-HXxaM0dTBrsir14kJuMraH1O6J4UAbFiXfdFGiDBuKvtK6n2LZLgWBm9Mue2DdZGUzbxc2YD1GCu78zZdst3JhgqzYUZ8vFuUTOcCyv82exX0Qi3VhiozDTaiyCow8pRsMWDWh9MVQO3Zi-9hs1EVIfcXqpr6j4dBhXTHy3lYM1eIKowYjuA

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Advertisements 06/08/2013 at 08:30 #47995
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Nice to see SimSig keeping abreast of the latest signalling trends and outfits. ;)

I hope visitors will be savvy enough to dissociate SimSig from the pernicious "freemium" games displayed in these ads.

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Advertisements 06/08/2013 at 10:10 #48008
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Incidentally I've noticed for a time recently it was advertising specific products I'd recently been searching for. Right now though it's a luxury hotel!
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Advertisements 06/08/2013 at 16:07 #48028
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Unfortunately these "download now" type of adverts are on the rise. Yes, I can take them down as they get reported, but is it worth my time in that the replacement ad might not be any better?!

It does say "Ads by Google" immediately above, which is about as obvious as Google will allow.

I have considered a "premium" version of the website where no ads are shown for a small sum per year. I'm not sure anyone would take up the offer though!

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