Cleopatra Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Who is responsible for the banner adverts at the top of WW forum pages? Just had a corker, full colour animated one by US tax planners it goes - We want a gazillion billilion dolars from you.... My underlining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 They are google adverts and change constantly - sometimes in line with the topic of conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 SEX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 nope.... got booking.com that time unless it means get a cheap room for a dirty weekend....hmmm very cryptic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Oooh I've just got 'LGV (HGV) Driving Jobs' on here. Is that cos of you Baz and it's got confused Cleo... surely you have sussed out the ads and how they change mostly according to topic by now cos you're on here more than me and the reast Some have been rather amusing lately. They also change for you personally depending what else you have been looking at on the internet away from the forum pages. I was getting car insurance ones on here the other day. All thanks to good old goolge etc like Gary says and web cookies etc. TWIGLETS WINNING LOTTERY NUMBERS ELECTRICAL COURSE BODY BUILDER MUSCLES .... just trying to see what might pop up for me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Maybe they think you are a man. But I didn't know they were googlies, or that they corresponded to the topic or whatever I had been browsing on the net. That must be why I usually get such sweet, often flowery, banners. How appropriate. At this time it's an ad for MBA by Distant Learning. I certainly learned something today! Anyway the reason I asked was because of the spelling mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Anyway the reason I asked was because of the spelling mistakes. That'll be because Kije posts on here a lot :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I have just had an offer to become a co owner of triodos bank. think they want about £10.00 for controlling interest or it might be 10 billion not sure as my glasses need cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 That'll be because Kije posts on here a lot :grin: PMSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I have just had an offer to become a co owner of triodos bank. think they want about £10.00 for controlling interest or it might be 10 billion not sure as my glasses need cleaning. Hey Sid, you can get glasses with tiny windscreen wipers on them these days. May be suitable for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 How approriate. Anyway the reason I asked was because of the spelling mistakes. Sorry Cleo. Couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Don't know where you got that from. I spelt it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 The only adverts I get are for the iPhone 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Don't know where you got that from. I spelt it correctly. It's all done with mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 You were slow there Peter cos you could have changed it back again and Cleo would never have noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Oye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Oye! Old age Dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 The banners have always displayed something related to the topic under discussion but what’s really miffing me off at the moment are those bloody annoying meaningless blue words scattered at random through the news reports. They seem to have no relevance to anything and just pop up random junk advertising if the mouse accidentally moves across them. Wordwide’s news pages have hit a new low with this kind of unwanted advertising and are getting nearly as bad as the Guardians. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 think its called wordpress Bill and you must have a malware on your computer for it to happen.... none on mine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 What blue words scattered randomly Bill ? I've never seen any of them and I read the news pages quite a few times a day to see if anythings changed ...now feel like I'm missing out on something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 sorry Baz... I didn't see your post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Bill, (or anyone else) Adblock 2.1.2 (free) It gets rid of al these stupid anoying pop-up ads and banners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Well that’s odd because there’s no malware being reported. I just assumed this was Gary using a more aggressive form of revenue generating advertising. If others are using popup blockers then maybe that’s why you’re not seeing them??? Just to check, open the top news story for today (The dream is over), wait a few seconds then see if two or three of the words in the main body of the text turn blue rather like a hyperlink. It brings up a popup if the mouse passes over the text. If it were malware, then the links would probably direct things to some dodgey site but all the links seem completely benign i.e. Utube, wikipedia etc. Strange! BTW I made some words blue here to illustrate exactley what I see. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I'm not getting any blue words apart from the headlines Bill. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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