Is it me, or....... advertising

Zickos

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Is anyone else having this issue? After starting a thread on Bosso drum sticks recently, I have noticed that about one in six (or so) ads on my part of the website are for them. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it me or are they doing a lot of advertising? It's not offensive because I would really like to try a pair.
 
It's called targeted advertiseing. They track what you are viewing and what pages you have visited and use that to adjust the ads you see.
 
It's targeted advertising. Whatever you put into Google or type often gets latched onto by cookies (delicious delicacies - sorry - small data packets from websites) and relevant advertising is sent to you. Right now, somebody is trying to sell me a Fiat 500 (fat chance, I love my Fiesta) and a Dell laptop (fat chance, I'm definitely a Mac guy). It's not always spot-on!
 
I've genuinely never been on a dating site in my life, not even out of curiosity, yet I'm frequently insulted with "senior dating" site ad's, & all manor of ageist crap from funeral savings schemes & other stuff that offers me a free clock radio! The latest one informs me that "Debbie is just 3 miles away", You gotta be kidding - right. Have you seen Debbie? :( :( :(
 
I seem to get ads for sales on womens clothing and undergarments in perticular (no idea, I don't really even look at porn which is the only thing that I could think of that may get those), recording gear (on gearslutz a lot so... yeah) and the spanish version of optmum online (no idea).
 
I've genuinely never been on a dating site in my life, not even out of curiosity, yet I'm frequently insulted with "senior dating" site ad's, & all manor of ageist crap from funeral savings schemes & other stuff that offers me a free clock radio! The latest one informs me that "Debbie is just 3 miles away", You gotta be kidding - right. Have you seen Debbie? :( :( :(

This is too funny....................
 
I've genuinely never been on a dating site in my life, not even out of curiosity, yet I'm frequently insulted with "senior dating" site ad's, & all manor of ageist crap from funeral savings schemes & other stuff that offers me a free clock radio! The latest one informs me that "Debbie is just 3 miles away", You gotta be kidding - right. Have you seen Debbie? :( :( :(

Don't worry Andy. It's not personal. I get these too...
 
I've genuinely never been on a dating site in my life, not even out of curiosity, yet I'm frequently insulted with "senior dating" site ad's........... The latest one informs me that "Debbie is just 3 miles away", You gotta be kidding - right. Have you seen Debbie? :( :( :(

Don't worry Andy. It's not personal. I get these too...

How funny. I'm getting exactly the same thing. Bombarded with mature age dating site banners. I wondered what was up and what I may have been looking at that prompted them into thinking I wanna meet lonely old divorcees. I already have one wife.......one is most definitely enough for any man. I know I'm not actively seeking another one. What the hell would I want suffer twice the grief for?
 
A while back, on another forum, someone posted a link to a google site. The site let you view the profile they had on you.
I can't find the link anymore though - they must have pulled it.
 
This is too funny....................
it would be if they weren't relentless, & timed perfectly so my wife can see them. Not only do they bombard me with females that need a good ironing, I have to protest my browsing innocence to "she who shall be obeyed"!

Don't worry Andy. It's not personal. I get these too...
Debbie's three miles away from you too? ;) Man, she gets around a bit!

I already have one wife.......one is most definitely enough for any man. I know I'm not actively seeking another one. What the hell would I want suffer twice the grief for?
A most valid point, but one that's completely lost on Mrs Simple.

A while back, on another forum, someone posted a link to a google site. The site let you view the profile they had on you.
I can't find the link anymore though - they must have pulled it.
Now that's worth finding, although I'd probably be horrified at a dispassionate profile creation of me.
 
I've genuinely never been on a dating site in my life, not even out of curiosity, yet I'm frequently insulted with "senior dating" site ad's, & all manor of ageist crap from funeral savings schemes & other stuff that offers me a free clock radio! The latest one informs me that "Debbie is just 3 miles away", You gotta be kidding - right. Have you seen Debbie? :( :( :(

I get the same sort of thing. maybe its age group? I don't know if your this old or not I am 53.
Hey you think that's the same Debbie that did Dallas lol
 
I get the same sort of thing. maybe its age group? I don't know if your this old or not I am 53.
Hey you think that's the same Debbie that did Dallas lol
I'm 52, & as far as I can make out, this particular Debbie never did anything. It would seem they believe there's a "different" standard of attractiveness in a rural area :( Perhaps Google know I like "The Grateful Dead"!!!!
 
This is too funny....................

I'll second that. Good one! Clock radios were wildly expensive in the late 1970s. I recall like $79.99 or soemthing like that. Of course I had to have one. Everyone did. The iClockRadio of the times. You could even set the alarm clock to play music instead of an annoying buzzer to wake you up! :)
 
I'll second that. Good one! Clock radios were wildly expensive in the late 1970s. I recall like $79.99 or soemthing like that. Of course I had to have one. Everyone did. The iClockRadio of the times. You could even set the alarm clock to play music instead of an annoying buzzer to wake you up! :)
Yes, & then there was the Rolls Royce of all bedside accoutrements, the 'Golbin Teasmade". Of course, Goblin was morphed to Gobbling & the poor device was consigned to the smutty joke history book.
 
Apparently she's only three miles from me too. That would mean there's only 6 miles seperating all of us. Disney was right. It really is a small world after all!!
 
Apparently she's only three miles from me too. That would mean there's only 6 miles seperating all of us. Disney was right. It really is a small world after all!!
Right, that's it - we need to get to the bottom of this Debbie character. See if you can all take a screenshot of this "babe" so we can compare & see if she really can spread it as wide as Pocket suggests ;) ;) ;)
 
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