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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
The ads I'm getting here are showing new styles of Viking Caps....
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Now THAT is some funny chit right there! Thanks Jake for the entertaining and informative thread on a saturday night.
I never even noticed the ads...just dont look at em....but I'm gonna start now for sure.
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El Camote
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au contraire
| Quote: | Originally posted by jakecard
Seriously? What next? Penis enhancement commercials?
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Funny, mine keeps showing ads for penis reduction surgery.
(nothing wrong with having a rich fantasy life) 
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
I still get NONE. I'm using Firefox. |
Do you have cookies turned off? |
No, cookies are allowed.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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Ateo
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I think google knows what you search for and displays stuff that interests you.
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
I still get NONE. I'm using Firefox. |
Interesting. Is there some configuration of Firefox that blocks that stuff? Or your antivirus? You by chance have JavaScript disabled?
Do you see the (Flash) Bajabound Auto Insurance ad near the top of the page? |
I have most JavaScript disabled with a AddOn. Using Windows7 anitvirus. Have FF set to block most popups.
Yes I see the BajaBound Insurance ad. that's the only on that ever appears there.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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Pompano
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I'm getting "Burma Shave" and "See the USA in your Chevrolet" slogan tunes.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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walters886
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Many users of FF and Chrome are using the Adblock Plus 2.0. add on. Rated as one of the most effective free ad filters available. Does allow display
of the Baja Bound banner and that's not a bad ad all things considered.
http://download.cnet.com/Adblock/3000-11745_4-10461863.html?...
Another freeware program called Advanced System Care, an all-in-one utility is highly rated. There's the annoying pitch to upgrade to the Pro version
after each use but most everyone sticks with the freeware version.
http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCare-Free/3000-2086_...
I have no business affiliation with the above programs and as always, installation and use is at your own risk.
That said, I use 'em and wouldn't surf without 'em.
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KaceyJ
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More video , longer downloads , don't like it.
Wish I could block it
At least my ads are for something about fishing and ocean extermination.
kc
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by morgaine7
I get ads offering me a free travel tote if I join AARP!! I'm using Chrome, but how does it know I'm a geezer? I'd try clearing my cookies, but I'm
too old to remember all my passwords.  |
I feel deprived-- I get no ads. 
Ah, I see what's happening. This customizing of ads we're served is another "service" of Google. It knows where you've been cruising around on the
Web, and serves ads here based on your browsing history elsewhere on sites which subscribe to the service. Everybody here will get a different set of
ads, based on their personal browsing behavior.
The implications of this can be scary: Google is accumulating long-term browsing history of millions of people (without their permission), and the
only thing that's preventing that data from getting into the wrong folks' hands is Googles supposed culture of "Do no harm."  |
Lencho,
I can forward some junk mail to you each day, if you feel derived.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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KaceyJ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by KaceyJ
More video , longer downloads , don't like it. |
Wait a minute, are your ads including auto-run video?!
That might be a point of discussion on this site where a lot of folks are running satellite Internet with traffic quotas...  |
Yes ,
And I've tried to block it everywhichwayIcanthinkof.
That was my point in a previous thread on bandwith
thanks for paying attention
kc
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BajaNomad
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I'd be interested if you're having actual auto-run video. I'm assuming you have brief animated banners.
Yes, the Google ads are:
- Content specific based upon the page you're looking at on the site and/or your previous search and/or other website viewing history. History is
stored in Google cookie(s).
- Delivered via Javascript.
- Pay per click (only paid when banners are clicked on).
The advertising on the site helps cover the more significant costs of running the forums portion of the site on its own dedicated server (there's no
other site on the machine the forums are on - most websites are hosted on a machine that shares the resources with hundreds of other sites).
I've tried to do my best to be sensitive to the user experience here, utilizing software that loads quickly, as well as an attempt to avoid inundating
users here with an overwhelming amount of advertising noise.
Point of note: Every logged in user here has cookies turned on - as that's what the site software uses to identify each user.
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Doug
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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BajaNomad
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btw... there's a blue triangle/arrow on many of the Google ads that when you mouse over it says "Ad Choices" (or something similar). If you follow
that link, you can edit the categories of ads that you'll see and/or avoid seeing. IOW... you can personalize your ad settings.
fwiw,
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Doug
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
Affordable Domain Name Registration/Management & cPanel Web Hosting:
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KaceyJ
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I don't believe they're auto run
Just the flash ads that are attached to user searches via cookies.
They are noticable but once loaded don't use that much time/data. Believe me , compared to most websites , this is nothing (in terms of data quantity)
so don't sweat it.
Until of course you clear out again.
I do click on the ones that interest me. And those are the ones that appear most frequently
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
I'd be interested if you're having actual auto-run video. I'm assuming you have brief animated banners.
Yes, the Google ads are:
- Content specific based upon the page you're looking at on the site and/or your previous search and/or other website viewing history. History is
stored in Google cookie(s).
- Delivered via Javascript.
- Pay per click (only paid when banners are clicked on).
The advertising on the site helps cover the more significant costs of running the forums portion of the site on its own dedicated server (there's no
other site on the machine the forums are on - most websites are hosted on a machine that shares the resources with hundreds of other sites).
I've tried to do my best to be sensitive to the user experience here, utilizing software that loads quickly, as well as an attempt to avoid inundating
users here with an overwhelming amount of advertising noise.
Point of note: Every logged in user here has cookies turned on - as that's what the site software uses to identify each user.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
btw... there's a blue triangle/arrow on many of the Google ads that when you mouse over it says "Ad Choices" (or something similar). If you follow
that link, you can edit the categories of ads that you'll see and/or avoid seeing. IOW... you can personalize your ad settings.
fwiw,
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I clicked to 'opt out', seems to work so far...
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wessongroup
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Thanks ... sure didn't know that one ... it all helps..
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dtutko1
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jakecard
Oh dear.
Looks like I am busted!
I'll be quiet now. . .
Oops!
My ads are for Mexican Slang dictionaries.
Jake |
Dorado Don
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
I'm getting "Burma Shave" and "See the USA in your Chevrolet" slogan tunes. |
Don't forget "See Ruby Falls"
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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DENNIS
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Right now I'm getting an ad with flying foxes and dancing sheep advertising air and hotel fares:
http://tinyurl.com/7n6qcqo
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[Edited on 2-12-2012 by DENNIS]
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Udo
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The ads also take over when running Safari.
It's kind of interesting that the ads that show up are for items I had recently browsed for or looked at on the WWW.
It is sorta like what google does with your browsing.
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
It's kind of interesting that the ads that show up are for items I had recently browsed for or looked at on the WWW.
It is sorta like what google does with your browsing. |
And Amazon. Go on there to see one item and you're buried with ads for merchandise you've recently shown interest in.
Sometimes I get the feeling that the Amazons are in my house watching me.
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