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Post by Markas » Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:49 pm

Can someone tell me why on earth an advert for breast enlargement appeared at the bottom of a thread about paintwork on the technical forum?
I suppose I should be thankful (or disappointed perhaps) that it wasn't a pop-up :lol:
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Post by g8dhe » Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:23 pm

Most advertising on the web is either based on your viewing habits, or random. Depends on whether you allow cookies or not. If I allow cookies then I see adverts for things I have just bought and no longer interested in! If you have them Off then you get random ones!
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Post by mikeonb4c » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:19 pm

Markas wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:49 pm Can someone tell me why on earth an advert for breast enlargement appeared at the bottom of a thread about paintwork on the technical forum?
I suppose I should be thankful (or disappointed perhaps) that it wasn't a pop-up :lol:
I'd always hoped this pestilential cookie crap wouldn't invade the peace, tranquility and sanity of the Church of Bongo, with its steam powered technology. Looks i'm to be disappointed :-(
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Post by Katka » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:10 am

Certainly web advertising is often influenced by browsing habits through cookies (use a plugin called AutoCookie to get rid of them, but keep the 'good' ones), but I'm surprised you got an ad of any nature at the foot of BF thread, I believe BF doesn't do it. You might want to check your browser isn't compromised.
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Post by g8dhe » Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:23 am

Ahem ..... have you looked at the bottom of the page ?
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Re: In-forum advertising

Post by Katka » Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:00 am

I have and I am - don't get anything... see https://ibb.co/mirvxp

on reflection it could be an Ad-blocker doing this. whatever the cause, I'm happy not to have breast enlargement ads offered :)
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Post by g8dhe » Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:14 am

Yes if you have an Ad-blocker installed then it will remove the image itself so nothing shows.
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