Appropriateness of adverts on PH?
Appropriateness of adverts on PH?
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mft

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1,752 posts

251 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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I've recently noticed a lot of 'meet single women' adverts being served to PH. Now, while I fully appreciate that this may well be a demographically sensible choice for the advertisers, I'd question whether it's a good idea for a site which people view at home or at work?

While there's nothing wrong with the pictures per se, they are relatively dodgy for a work environment, and for someone else seeing the screen (a colleague, a partner, etc) could very much give the wrong idea.

Is there any way we can restrict these, without resorting to an ad blocker?


RizzoTheRat

28,798 posts

221 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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I find the adverts tend to be pretty good at picking up on things I've recently searched for on the same PC...

AndrewEH1

4,922 posts

182 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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Clear all your cookies.

Maybe sign out of Google on your brower too.

Podie

46,649 posts

304 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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RizzoTheRat said:
I find the adverts tend to be pretty good at picking up on things I've recently searched for on the same PC...
hehe

MattDell

3,302 posts

184 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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I've had our ad team investigate and those ads should be turned off in the next few hours.

backwoodsman

2,508 posts

158 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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I see no adverts on this site, oh yes, that's because I have ad blocker.

And before anyone says it, yes I know it generates cash for the site, but I would happily pay £15 a year to use the site, if it were ad free.

mft

Original Poster:

1,752 posts

251 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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RizzoTheRat said:
I find the adverts tend to be pretty good at picking up on things I've recently searched for on the same PC...
biggrin

It's on my work laptop and iPad... whatever I might or might not do at home, I can guarantee there's been nothing dodgy on there! wink

(And it's a different google login too!)

Kiltie

7,505 posts

275 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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RizzoTheRat said:
I find the adverts tend to be pretty good at picking up on things I've recently searched for on the same PC...

Kinky

39,941 posts

298 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Kiltie said:
RizzoTheRat said:
I find the adverts tend to be pretty good at picking up on things I've recently searched for on the same PC...
Standard retargeted creatives, based on users Google profile.

Kiltie

7,505 posts

275 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Kinky said:
Standard retargeted creatives, based on users Google profile.
Pardon?