I'm probably in minority but...

If it is that a Google syndicated ad. Seems odd that it would show here.
At least to me?

One thing I've noticed with google ads, they seem to show ads not only targeted to the page contents, but also what pages the user has been on in the past that have had google ads, or tracking, enabled. So if I look at a page, and my mate on the computer next to me looks at the same page, we see different ads, hopefully "relevent" to our previous browsing activity.

I tried to buy a turtle a few years back. You remember those palm size turtles that everyone had as a kid? They didn't do much. They didn't run or jump but they were great listeners. Well, they are illegal in the state of Colorado. Reason being that I might put one in my mouth and end up choking to death. What I could buy however, was a crocodile. Yes, a real live crocodile. You know the ones. They grow 5 to 6 feet in length and eat meat. Couldn't own a turtle but I could own a damn crocodile. LOL, makes you wonder.

Scott S.

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[Ankesh]

Hi Dien,

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby

Doesn't mean you shouldn't ban some of the ads that pop up. But you need to follow your own guidelines to make the final decision. And it shouldn't be because one of the posters doesn't like it.

I think I'm more-or-less happy to block anything that's not really "relevant"... Google's "contextual" advertising doesn't always get it "right"!

Google learns over time which ads to show on a webpage and which to not. If people won't click on a specific ad, Google will quickly switch ads. And become better at contextual advertising over time.

On top of that, Google doesn't only rely on the page content to show the ads. It also tracks people with cookies. So if you've just come from say a sports website to Sowpub - you may well see a sports ad on Sowpub.

Because we talk about a lot of issues on this forum - including politics, guns, freedom, war - we are bound to see some of the ads that Sandi and others don't like. Trying to get rid of them could soon become a everyday nuisance job for you. Unless you put a stop to those conversations that attract the ads in the first place.

Well, that Google stuff may well be but I can shoot it full of holes, if you consider that I came from sites that: were about cooking and foods, weather related, health related, and simplifying your home life. Don 't see how THAT ties in with showing me guns and 'games'.

You are right, however, about needing some type of guidelines BUT I also think that Dien has a pretty good idea of what he wants to do and direction to go in...even without my input (or anyone else's for that matter). I have faith in his ultimate decisions one way or another.

Sandi Bowman

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Originally Posted by Sandi Bowman

Well, that Google stuff may well be but I can shoot it full of holes....
Sandi Bowman

But to shoot it full of holes, you would need a... ummm... ???

HA! HA! HA!

Sandi Bowman

if my neighbor had a crocodile, I could by an illegal turtle. and when the croc ate it ... no more crocodile!
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