observer Posted January 16, 2014 Report Posted January 16, 2014 Noticed on some topics, that a related advert appears at the top of the page - do you control this Gaz? Quote
Evil Sid Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Nah it is called targetted advertising. the software picks up on certain keywords in the title text and selects a suitable advert based on that. can sometimes be quite funny at what comes up as regards the topic title. clever little buggers those advertising people. Quote
Bill Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 I sometimes wonder about this. Just depends on what you've been looking at online recently. Advert at the top for me at the moment is for "Software Geeks" probably because I was on a software developer forum this morning. Still it makes a change from find a Philipino bride Bill 1 Quote
Dizzy Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Mine says Military Genealogy.. clearly can't keep up with me as that was yesterday. Today I've only been looking a uploads speeds and ftp errors and glad it didn't pick up on my Virgin Media searches . Did post on a History section topic on here though a little while ago so must have picked up on that rather than what else I'm doing Quote
sadako Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Ha ha Bill. That made me laugh....unless you were serious. Mine is an advert for Trek America. Last week it was Halfords M.O.Ts. seems a bit pointless when they only seem to appear after I have been on there site as by that point I already know that their product exists. It gets more annoying when adverts pop up based on something you clicked on by mistake. Quote
Bazj Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Booked a hotel recently online and am now being plagued with adverts asking me to book in the same hotel..... I think the ad-blocker is coming back and as for going to Southport...... Quote
sadako Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Mine has now changed to an advert for laptop computers...I didn't search for that. Quote
Gary Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Apparently I am looking for a single partner aged over 50!!!!! Sometimes it is just the advertisers who have got the most money to spend!!!! Quote
Dizzy Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 nahh it's definately related to what you have been looking at/for before Gary... maybe your wife should keep an eye on your internet activity..... or does she use your computer ha ha :lol: I'm seeing 'Find My Past' today ... see I'm good Quote
Gary Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 I'm now seeing remove malware free!!! Quote
Dizzy Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 I'm seeing 'BT External Telephone Bell' which is a bit odd as I googled 'bt VoIP phone line ring too quiet' and similar but that was at the beginning of the week and haven't looked again since.I'm sure I deleted all my browsing history and cookes too. Perhas it knows I never found and answer and it's trying to help me Quote
sadako Posted January 26, 2014 Report Posted January 26, 2014 ...I have nothern lights which just changed to Adobe cloud. Quote
Dizzy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Posted January 26, 2014 ... Hair transplant surgery now. How odd Quote
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