'WarTune' banner advert
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A brand new PC here running Firefox/Linux and I got this advert whilst browsing the Motorsport forum.
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/463857...
pointing to:
http://www.playwartune.com/c1?entrypt=wt-aff_c1-@7...
No issue for me personally, but I'm not sure I'd want my kid stumbling across a site labeled as "MALE GAMERS ONLY - WARNING Men Only Enter at your own risk".
(Just off to sign up and take a look...
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http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/463857...
pointing to:
http://www.playwartune.com/c1?entrypt=wt-aff_c1-@7...
No issue for me personally, but I'm not sure I'd want my kid stumbling across a site labeled as "MALE GAMERS ONLY - WARNING Men Only Enter at your own risk".
(Just off to sign up and take a look...
)
MattDell said:
Those are ads served based on your browsing history. You'll see those across any website using google ads.
That said, I do believe we have the ability to block particular ads. I'll get one of our mad men on it.
I think Matt's reply above was to a post of mine which I deleted in order to crop the image.That said, I do believe we have the ability to block particular ads. I'll get one of our mad men on it.
I'd said that the advert below had been presented to me today while I was in an open plan office and I wasn't impressed.
Right enough, I did make a search for a flash game recently.
For the record though, I haven't been looking for anything like "Men Only".
Not the point though. Regardless of how unsavoury my google history might be, this isn't really the sort of image or text I'd expect or hope to see served up by PH.
That's not unreasonable is it?
Kiltie said:
MattDell said:
Those are ads served based on your browsing history. You'll see those across any website using google ads.
That said, I do believe we have the ability to block particular ads. I'll get one of our mad men on it.
I think Matt's reply above was to a post of mine which I deleted in order to crop the image.That said, I do believe we have the ability to block particular ads. I'll get one of our mad men on it.
I'd said that the advert below had been presented to me today while I was in an open plan office and I wasn't impressed.
Right enough, I did make a search for a flash game recently.
For the record though, I haven't been looking for anything like "Men Only".
Not the point though. Regardless of how unsavoury my google history might be, this isn't really the sort of image or text I'd expect or hope to see served up by PH.
That's not unreasonable is it?
I was only having a quick browse on PH whilst waiting for some packages to download, so in essence the computer had no browsing history at all.
Even so - not really appropriate content in my mind.
As I said - it doesn't really bother me too much as whenever something like that crops up when my little lad is on the computer his initial response is usually 'Urghhhhh girls!
' Kiltie said:
Not the point though. Regardless of how unsavoury my google history might be, this isn't really the sort of image or text I'd expect or hope to see served up by PH.
That's not unreasonable is it?
Never said it was. I was just explaining how google ad serving works and that I'd take a step in order to remove it.That's not unreasonable is it?
Also, you can review and adjust your google ad settings here: https://www.google.co.uk/settings/ads
TheExcession said:
Not sure if Matt's reply was to you Eric or me, but as I had said this was a completely fresh install of Fedora-19, the installation was only a few minutes old!
I was only having a quick browse on PH whilst waiting for some packages to download, so in essence the computer had no browsing history at all.
Even so - not really appropriate content in my mind.
As I said - it doesn't really bother me too much as whenever something like that crops up when my little lad is on the computer his initial response is usually 'Urghhhhh girls! '
To be fair, unrealistic images of ladies you'll never get to meet in person IS appropriate to a new Fedora-19 install. And if you're starting your son with Linux now the sooner he accepts the fact the better....I was only having a quick browse on PH whilst waiting for some packages to download, so in essence the computer had no browsing history at all.
Even so - not really appropriate content in my mind.
As I said - it doesn't really bother me too much as whenever something like that crops up when my little lad is on the computer his initial response is usually 'Urghhhhh girls!
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MattDell said:
Those are ads served based on your browsing history. You'll see those across any website using google ads.
It's not quite as simple as that though is it?There will still be some human involvement in saying, right we've got our new product 'x' and we would like to target people that search for products in this, this and this category.
If I'm launcing a new car tyre, say, I can choose to target those who have searched for washing detergent (be a bit of a waste of time, but I could).
In this case, I've never searched for any computer games/war games/fatasy stuff on the net and I'm still seeing this advert.
I should point out that I don't mind the ad but it seems like double standards in comparison to the forum moderation.
MattDell said:
I've contacted Don Draper. Hopefully it will be removed soon.
Do PH not vet the adverts before they agree to display them on their site?monthefish said:
MattDell said:
MattDell said:
I've contacted Don Draper. Hopefully it will be removed soon.
Do PH not vet the adverts before they agree to display them on their site?What we do have is the power to take ads down that we don't like.
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