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WLDG advertsing side bar

by Peter May » Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:06 am

Advertising supports WLDG, and advertisers quite rightly view we who read and take part in WLDG as highly valuable consumers to communicate with.

That's why they get their best advertsing agencies to craft eye-catching commercial messages.

Like this one caught my eye...

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by Mike Filigenzi » Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:15 pm

Because of drought restrictions here in California, we'd have to limit this to the spinkling.
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by Robin Garr » Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:45 pm

The usual reminder - if you see an ad that looks sketchy, from weight-loss schemes to get-rich-quick schemes, please let me know in a PM, with the URL of the offending advertiser. We limit our ad categories aggressively to keep out the junk, but sometimes the bad folks lie and run in ads that don't fit the category they purchased from Google. We haff vays to put an abrupt stop to this, but I can only do it if I hear about it ... with URL.
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by Jenise » Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:17 pm

Mine's trying to sell me ad space in China, no doubt it picked up my "interest" from a comment I made in email to a friend about the capsized Chinese river boat. Sure makes me uncomfortable, the way the bots scan my emails.
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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Robin Garr » Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:09 pm

Jenise wrote: the way the bots scan my emails.

For the record, the Google ads here work only from forum content, I think. I've noticed on occasion that if there's a hot forum topic, some of the ads will start to relate to it. :) They certainly don't have access to PMs.
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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Peter May » Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:06 pm

Robin Garr wrote: if you see an ad that looks sketchy, from weight-loss schemes to get-rich-quick schemes, please let me know in a PM, with the URL of the offending advertiser. .


I didn't think there's anything iffy about the ad - I was pointing out the misspelling
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by Thomas » Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:52 pm

Robin Garr wrote:For the record, the Google ads here work only from forum content, I think.


Two days ago I looked online for ideas for convection ovens. Since yetserday, those very same convection ovens--and one of the companies--appear on the left of the WLDG forum screen. Coincidence?
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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Thomas » Sun Jun 07, 2015 1:58 pm

In addition, An hour ago, I had to go to my PayPal account for some business. Just now when I signed on, a PayPal ad appeared above those convection ovens.
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by Robin Garr » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:27 pm

Thomas wrote:
Robin Garr wrote:For the record, the Google ads here work only from forum content, I think.


Two days ago I looked online for ideas for convection ovens. Since yetserday, those very same convection ovens--and one of the companies--appear on the left of the WLDG forum screen. Coincidence?

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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Robin Garr » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:28 pm

Peter May wrote:
Robin Garr wrote: if you see an ad that looks sketchy, from weight-loss schemes to get-rich-quick schemes, please let me know in a PM, with the URL of the offending advertiser. .


I didn't think there's anything iffy about the ad - I was pointing out the misspelling

I wasn't suggesting otherwise, Peter, only adding a bit of information to the topic. :)
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by David M. Bueker » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:33 pm

Robin-it's not forum traffic defined. Most of the ads I get relate to Adobe Lightroom applications and a website my wife buys clothes from. Neither of those relate to forum traffic.
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by Robin Garr » Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:09 pm

David M. Bueker wrote:Robin-it's not forum traffic defined. Most of the ads I get relate to Adobe Lightroom applications and a website my wife buys clothes from. Neither of those relate to forum traffic.

Okay, good point. I was reacting to a thought inspired by Jenise's post that somehow Google ads in the forum know what you've been looking up in Email. That, I think, is not so, UNLESS you're using Gmail. Gmail users make a simple bargain: They get an awesome Email program. Google gets to pull commercial interests out of their mail.

But yes, you're absolutely right: The Google gives us free stuff so it can amass data about our interests and sell it to advertisers. The Google, of course, recognizes us wherever we go, including this forum.

I don't really mind of Google knows I was looking at Kohler faucets, or watched a funny cartoon from Mercedes about the Smart Car. I don't really think anyone at Google is taking a personal interest in the contents of my Email. But if I were planning a crime, I probably wouldn't use Email or the Interwebz to do it. ;)
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by Brian K Miller » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:00 pm

Peter May wrote:
Robin Garr wrote: if you see an ad that looks sketchy, from weight-loss schemes to get-rich-quick schemes, please let me know in a PM, with the URL of the offending advertiser. .


I didn't think there's anything iffy about the ad - I was pointing out the misspelling


Just curious....I know you folks "across the pond" have unique spelling, but are your annoying marketers advertsing agencies?

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by Peter May » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:43 am

Ho ho Brian.

Pay me as much as the advertising agency received and I'll get my posts spell checked and edited by a professional

Always puzzled me why Noah Webster left advertise and surprise with an 's' rather than change it to a 'z' as he did when he tried to simplify written English by dropping the essential 'u' from colour, me from programme (& etc), and willy-nilly changing 's' to 'z'
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by Jeff Grossman » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:09 pm

I'm still spinkling over here. No spinkling restrictions in New York City. La dee la dee la!
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by David M. Bueker » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:54 am

Most browsers now come with spell check.
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by Robin Garr » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:30 am

David M. Bueker wrote:Most browsers now come with spell check.

And, I expect, a browser option that lets you choose Yank or Blighty?
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by Jenise » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:29 pm

Jeff Grossman/NYC wrote: No spinkling restrictions in New York City.


Well, surely if you did it in a public place you'd get arrested. That's why restrooms. ;)
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by Jeff Grossman » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:18 pm

Jenise wrote:
Jeff Grossman/NYC wrote: No spinkling restrictions in New York City.


Well, surely if you did it in a public place you'd get arrested. That's why restrooms. ;)


We do not rest in New York City. We downshift to fourth occasionally.
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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Fredrik L » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:56 am

My advertising side bar always comment on what I have done elsewhere on the net. Right now it´s trying to get me to book a room at the Radisson Martinique in NYC. Problem is I have already done that.

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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Jenise » Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:37 am

Today, my side bar is trying to sell me an NRA camoflauge tote bag! I promise you, I haven't been talking about or looking into those creeps anywhere!
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Re: WLDG advertsing side bar

by Robin Garr » Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:46 pm

Jenise wrote:Today, my side bar is trying to sell me an NRA camoflauge tote bag! I promise you, I haven't been talking about or looking into those creeps anywhere!

Maybe it's being ironic? :lol:

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