Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
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They are not solely down to browsing history, but it is definitely a factor - it's a combination of that and page content.
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Bizarre NSC Banner Ads
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They are not solely down to browsing history, but it is definitely a factor - it's a combination of that and page content.
shaolinpunk
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I just got one for a company that makes custom lightsabers. I've not searched for anything related to that, but now I'm interested!
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Do you have a son called Luke?
willyfantastic
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- Mar 1, 2009
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yes they are - this is how display advertising works
Puppet Master
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- Aug 14, 2012
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My one is currently about boilers.
No, not been on any mature porn sites.
No, not been on any mature porn sites.
jakarta
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Ring doughnuts, ahem.......
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It's interesting for a while I got bombarded with buy tickets at the AMEX, these seem to have disappeared now, so wonder if the club have stopped using these now.
Back to the normal ones now, and they definitely reflect what you've been browsing. I was looking for a wood saw once, then came on NSC and B&Q bombarded me with wood saw choices!
Back to the normal ones now, and they definitely reflect what you've been browsing. I was looking for a wood saw once, then came on NSC and B&Q bombarded me with wood saw choices!
Brightonfan1983
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*You* may not be looking...
timco
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As a Google adserver myself the bad news is, yes they do relate to the cookies on your PC, but if the cookies are cleared then they have nothing to go on so will go on content/page history. Equally if they have nothing relevant to your cookies (most recent first) then they will serve stuff related to the page content/history or you will get random content, if they really get stuck you get charity advertising.
This is why I often get pictures of ladies with little on as my wife goes looking at underwear in Debenhams!
desprateseagull
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I got some strange ones, last week or so..
pastafarian
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i refuse to reveal my banner ads
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Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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'Enjoy Blackpool for less'
'fewer', surely ..................
'fewer', surely ..................
TSB
Captain Hindsight
So, researching former Albion player Mark McCammon would be the reason that this appeared then.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
Hmmmm?
I seem to get a variety of ads offering to make me rich at online casino's or offering me tickets for Ellie Goulding.
Too much time spent on leisure activity rather than constructive meaningful work stuff?
I seem to get a variety of ads offering to make me rich at online casino's or offering me tickets for Ellie Goulding.
Too much time spent on leisure activity rather than constructive meaningful work stuff?
But as I said, I don't drive, nor does my wife (who is very rarely on this PC anyway) so there's no way that anything we search for would bring up ads for cars, motor insurance or diesel fuel (which I got just now) and those are easily the most common ads I get. Nor would my wife search for mature women! The person who uses this PC most, apart from me, is my son but as he's 8, I can't see him looking for ads for cars or mature women.
What I search for mainly is information on IT, specifically cloud computing, but I don't get any ads for cloud providers.
As you say, if there's nothing relevant to my cookies then I will get served random stuff - which is what I said in the first place
Having just written that, I did get served an ad for a cloud company so perhaps the ads are served by what's written on the forum rather than browsing history.