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Youk Of The Nation
10-15-2013, 11:52 PM
Is anyone getting advertisements at the top of the page? Is this just some program that snuck onto my computer, or is it Talksox? I have an ad up there for "Meet Sexy Korean Women". Now, I'm totally okay with sexy Korean women, but, um, what's going on?

Jacoby_Ellsbury
10-15-2013, 11:57 PM
Before I caved and got adblock there was all kinds of shit up there. Ads for penis enlargment showed up regularly.

Youk Of The Nation
10-16-2013, 12:03 AM
I am assuming it is targeted advertising, which I really don't like. I was reading the wikipedia page on Korean baseball players a while ago, and then that popped up, and I was reading a thread on another message board where a user was complaining about a knee injury, and now there is a knee pain relief ad up there. But why did it start today?

a700hitter
10-16-2013, 06:25 AM
yes, I have been getting the ads too.

Palodios
10-16-2013, 06:46 AM
There was a big banner up when we transitioned to the new site, basically saying that if you aren't logged in, you get advertisements. If you are logged in, I have no idea why you're getting them.

yeszir
10-16-2013, 08:33 AM
There have always been ads on Talksox to help me pay for the site. There was a google ad on the top of the page on the old pre-hacked version and I finally got around to replacing it (its in a slightly different location) yesterday.

They're placed there by me but the content is served by Google so they are tailored to each person. There's a big banner at the top for guests and I hope that the new small text ad at the top for everyone isn't too intrusive.

Youk Of The Nation
10-16-2013, 10:09 AM
Despite my complaining, I really don't care all that much. I just wanted to know why they suddenly showed up yesterday. I'm just glad it's not some malware program or something.

mvp 78
10-16-2013, 11:40 AM
Nissan Rogue at the top, Honda Accord at the bottom. It's almost as if google knows about my shitbox car.

The ads on here aren't overwhelming. I looked at patsfans once and almost had a stroke.

VA Sox Fan
10-16-2013, 05:02 PM
Nissan Rogue at the top, Honda Accord at the bottom. It's almost as if google knows about my shitbox car.

The ads on here aren't overwhelming. I looked at patsfans once and almost had a stroke.

You don't like your CRV?

Northern Star
10-16-2013, 05:18 PM
Targeting ads is dumb when it's like this: I window shop hotels a lot. Most of the time, I decide not to book some place. So now every time I go to Yahoo, I get ads for hotels I have no intention staying at. I know I can just delete cookies, but it's annoying.

Youk Of The Nation
10-16-2013, 06:22 PM
I am getting ads for Mariano Rivera jerseys and mail-order Chinese brides. It is obviously just grabbing proper nouns from pages I am visiting with no context.

mvp 78
10-16-2013, 06:38 PM
You don't like your CRV?

That car is fine, the Civic is the shitbox.

mvp 78
10-16-2013, 06:40 PM
I am getting ads for Mariano Rivera jerseys and mail-order Chinese brides. It is obviously just grabbing proper nouns from pages I am visiting with no context.

Chinese brides and sexy Korean women, guess someone has yellow fever.

yeszir
10-16-2013, 06:42 PM
Yea, well if anyone wants to just invent a better way to do targeted ads you'd pretty much become an overnight billionaire. Any ideas?

yankthis
10-16-2013, 06:48 PM
One word. Porn. Everybody wants porn.

Youk Of The Nation
10-16-2013, 06:57 PM
Chinese brides and sexy Korean women, guess someone has yellow fever.

It didn't start until after I read all of the wikipedia pages on Korean and Chinese and Japanese baseball.


...but yeah, I do.