The Next Step

[GAcoaster]

Generally the ads are based on your locale or browsing history...

I know I'm visiting family in New Jersey right now and my computer is showing ads for local attractions along with the regular Universal, Disney, and SeaWorld ads I get from my browsing history.

 

[Jon84]

What is with all the trashy chinese girl dating ads showing up on this site? It feels like I am visiting some porn sex forum. Are penis enlargement ads next?

I thought the ads on the main site were like Google Ads, they look at your cookies?!

Mine is currently trying to sell my stuff on Amazon and At&T.

No ads on the forums for VIP now

 

[Teebin]

Thanks. I just looked at all my cookies and couldn't find anything that seemed to jive with chinese dating. Regardless, all cleared and google cookies blocked. :saywhat:

 

[anihilnation]

I can greatly suggest using extensions such as adblock plus and ghostery, the first blocks ads and the latter prevents trackers from operating.

 

[anihilnation]

Google does a lot of data mining, anything you look up is used to entice you There is a great movie called Ex Machina about a man building an AI, and his secret was that AI is discovered through what people search for.

 

[Brian G.]

I can greatly suggest using extensions such as adblock plus and ghostery, the first blocks ads and the latter prevents trackers from operating.

Yes, block the income that pays to keep the site up and operational.

Thanks for your support.

:wave:

 

[anihilnation]

Lol, hey that is just how I have my computer setup.

 

[anihilnation]

Do you actually really make money out of that? I often wonder about all these adds, do you get paid just because you show and add or when someone clicks on it? From what I understand Ad Block technically does not remove the advert, it just makes it invisible.

 

[Brian G.]

Do you actually really make money out of that? I often wonder about all these adds, do you get paid just because you show and add or when someone clicks on it? From what I understand Ad Block technically does not remove the advert, it just makes it invisible.

Well we're not leaving them up for our health.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I can greatly suggest using extensions such as adblock plus and ghostery, the first blocks ads and the latter prevents trackers from operating.

Or pay $30 for removal of ads for like 25 years and you still support the site.

 

[ThreePack Shagur]

What is with all the trashy chinese girl dating ads showing up on this site? It feels like I am visiting some porn sex forum. Are penis enlargement ads next?

Good to know it's not just me. The day Brazzers ads show up will be the day I can't look at OU at work any more.

 

[Frank Drackman]

What is with all the trashy chinese girl dating ads showing up on this site? It feels like I am visiting some porn sex forum. Are penis enlargement ads next?

I always get a good laugh when I read a thread where someone mentions pixy dust and then I start getting ads for rehab or when the Volcano Bay stuff started up, someone was trying to sell me water park slides...

 

[Teebin]

Following up, I cleaned out all cookies and then closed and relaunched my browser. Logged in to OU, checked my cookies and all that was there was OU. Clicked a thread, Chinese girls.

I think this website has been pegged as a large grouping of young single (or not) guys looking for love with destitute exotic girls. I guess I will have to just bite my knuckle and feel dirty. :stun:

 

[RonaldsModernLife]

From what I understand Ad Block technically does not remove the advert, it just makes it invisible.

Most sites make money when an ad is seen, not when you click. I don't know how this site does it, but the major sites do it this way. Think of it as ads in a magazine or ads on the subway. As long as it gets eyes, it makes money. If you're not seeing the ad, you're basically stealing content. AdBlock should be used on sites that have HUGE obnoxious ads or take over ads or something. UO barely as any ads as it is. If you want to support the site, whitelist it.

As far as Teebin's issue, I'm getting Allstate ads.

 

[Teebin]

Hmmm.... I thought it was a click industry.

I guess the far north of new england has a thing for chinese. Not to worry, I checked add-ons and I have none. So...

 

[RonaldsModernLife]

Hmmm.... I thought it was a click industry.

There are 3 ways ads make money online: Per click, per view, and per action. Per click means the user has to click the ad for the website to make money, per view means the site makes money depending on how many people view the ads. So say for every 500 views, they get some money. Per action means they don't make any money until you do something, like buy the product or sharing the product via social media. Most sites now use per click and per view, with more leading to per view these days because people have just gotten used to not clicking ads. I almost never click an ad, and websites and Google know that, so per view has become more popular. No clicks=no money. Only getting paid when an ad is viewed 500 times across all visitors is better, as long as the visitors are in fact seeing the ads and not using AdBlocker, and yes, it is easy to track down how many page requests there were as opposed to how many ads are displayed. *It's sad when you have a site and see that 2000 people viewed the page, but only 1000 viewed the ads.

*I totally made up those numbers, I don't have a website, just giving an example :thumbsup: