We use a few different networks, the main one being Google Adsense.
Around 75% of the ads that Google serves pay just for being there - we get no more if anyone clicks on them. They pay very, very little every time they are on a page, but over the course of an NSC day all those fractions of...
You'll not be banned but there is an item on my 'to do' list to block NSC content from those who have chosen to block some elements of the pages we serve. You'll know it when it happens. If you then want to whitelist NSC, you can. Otherwise, I understand there are other football message boards...
I've just turned off the following ad categories:
Dating
References to Sex and Sexuality
Religion
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Weight Loss
It will be interesting to see if that gets rid of the sort of ads you mention once the changes have had time to take effect.
Things you've searched for and sites you've visited influence it quite a lot, yes. But it's not always that. I've got three ads on the page right now. Two of them are from sites I've visited in the last couple of months - Westjet and Disney World. The other is from the Royal Academy of Arts. I...