So knowing how clever online advertisers are getting at targetting ads on sites like this with their fancy algorithms, should I be upset that I'm being bombarded with ads for singles dating and weight loss?!?
(funny thing is I'm neither overweight or single - so pftt! to your algorithms - tho' I do like looking at good looking women, and weirdly and quite worryingly - well ripped men 😳 )
I'd worry. It's probably what your missus has been googling.
🙂
It's probably because words like "Single"(track) and "bike", "cycle", "Cycling", "MTB", "Training", etc pop up a lot on the pages you are browsing.
I don't think the targeted ads are as smart as people think, they just pick up on the most frequently occuring keywords in your browsing history. Put's 2 & 2 together and come up with: [I]"Tubby, Singleton, who likes bicycles" [/I]
"Tubby, Singleton, who likes bicycles"
So, what you're saying is they're pretty accurate for 90% of the people on STW...
Don't forget its Valentines around the corner also.
I keep getting the "Talk To Frank" drug counselling service ads. I would prefer dating sites I think.
So, what you're saying is they're pretty accurate for 90% of the people on STW...
Yep 😆
Not all the ads are targeted on browsing history.
Some are targeted to the demographic of the website itself.
Looking at the 'dating' category on our Google Adsense report I should probably say that we'll block them when you stop clicking them 🙂
Of course these ads do help support these forum web sites....we're not paying much for them ourselves!
But this one that popped up just a minute ago has got me really worried
Is that some sort of quiz? "Hm, 1958, next..."
When viewing STW at work it keeps freezing and I get a warning asking me if I want to stop running a script...slows things up in a big way.
What else am i going to do all day if I can't get on STW?
IE7 btw.
Papa_Lazarou - If you can send me a screenshot I'll look into that for you.
If you are you able to, I'l recommend you install/upgrade to a modern browser.
As a pragmatic quick fix you could get a digital sub and turn off the ads.
Oh don't tell my wife these things are triggered by your browsing history - I'll be divorced and looking for 'Dads-net' advice before you can say "howsyourfather" 😛
Not all the ads are targeted on browsing history.
Some are targeted to the demographic of the website itself.
Breathes sigh of relief! So I don't have to worry that Mrs Perth has secretly been organising threesomes with mature ladies and gym hunks afterall...
It's just that the average STWer (ahem, not me of course) is slightly pervy that I'm getting all those ads...
Looking at the 'dating' category on our Google Adsense report I should probably say that we'll block them when you stop clicking them
Right you sick lot (you know who you are!), stop clicking on those dating ads so that the rest of us don't have to endure them any longer! Of course, don't mind if you keep clicking on the T-shirt ones - I quite enjoy those 😉
I get Garmin, which if targeted on browsing history is about right (for once) I have been looking for both OS related maps and tracking equipment..
I don't get the dating sites stuff, I once get a flurry of Fitness Singles, but a lot of cycling sites get that..
I don't seem to get the naughty Girl in stockings one anymore, I kinda liked that one.
We've said a fond farewell to loveagain.com. We've had some good times but now it's time to go our separate ways.
Mam?
Wow, thanks guys! That's service for you...
So it's safe to surf again without risk of awakening my Oedipus complex!
Actually feel slightly guilty for making such a fuss and you losing revenue over it 😳 ... but I'm sure that feeling wont last for too long 😀
Looking at the 'dating' category on our Google Adsense report I should probably say that we'll block them when you stop clicking them
How about blocking them because of this?
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/terms-and-conditions/ ]
[/url]No posts of a sexual nature, including images of a sexual nature or intended to provoke a sexual response.
zokes - if you feel the above images fall in that category then report them to a moderator?
You do realise Mark was joking, yes the Edinburgh defence, hence why they've been dealt with.
Sorry - should really refresh a page I must have opened earlier and never got round to reading 😳
Though devil's advocate on: isn't [i]any[/i] singles advert
intended to provoke a sexual response
❓
A twitch.
Bit like Friday Kylie then?
It usually ends up getting closed or deleted for that, yes.
So any ads doing likewise will presumably be subject to the same fate?
If they're reported as remember we don't all see ads or the same ones.
Well, that fitness singles lass is holding her water bottle very suggestively, and I'm pretty sure they're not cycling shorts. 😉
Perhaps she's just a model posing in the hope of titilating some forumites?
Snorg tees ("My mother had me tested...") and the "Fitness Singles" one.
Lucky lucky bike stem. Ooooh. 😯 😀
Sometimes I really wish I could see these ads instead of just freeloading, but I'm quite happy with my proper paper subscription... 😉
You realise that Premier access comes with the print subscription too?
Snorg T's ads...
Dreamy.....
Fitness singles ad, attractive girl in tight top, short-shorts with midriff showing. Bet that generates lots of click hits for STW.
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Mark - Resident Grumpy
You realise that Premier access comes with the print subscription too?
Aye, happen I'll get round to doing something about it one day.
Blimey, Myleene's latest collection in that Littlewoods advert 😯
If they're reported as remember we don't all see ads or the same ones.
From the above, it seems there are quite a few adverts that are provoking a sexual response. Might it make sense to have a 'report ad' button below each one then we can help you make sure none of your adverts breach your forum rules.
We wouldn't want double standards would we - I mean it's a family site. What if children start clicking on some of those adverts, or ask Daddy loudly why the webpage he's on has lots of naughty ladies on it.
Give it a rest Zokes.
If we had a report this ad button you'd wear it out just to try and annoy us
Your faux outrage doesn't quite disguise your enthusiasm to upset the establishment.
I've personally added over 50 ad campaigns to our blocked list and as each week passes I add more.