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Danmel

(4,915 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:02 AM Dec 2012

banner ad in this page is for concealed carry magazine

Wtf?

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banner ad in this page is for concealed carry magazine (Original Post) Danmel Dec 2012 OP

Let's hope there is a way for DU to block such ads. FarPoint Dec 2012 #1

Just the way Internet ads work. Atman Dec 2012 #2

There are ads on DU? Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #3

If you donate, you don't see ads. mucifer Dec 2012 #4

Great! n/t Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #7

If you have a star you don't see the ad wellstone dem Dec 2012 #5

How nice! Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #6

You can make the ads go away by donating. Kurska Dec 2012 #8

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)

1. Let's hope there is a way for DU to block such ads.

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:06 AM

Dec 2012

I'm sure there is....nothing is impossible.

Atman

(31,464 posts)

2. Just the way Internet ads work.

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:09 AM

Dec 2012

We're all talking about assault weapons. Google looks for keywords and feeds ads under the assumption we are "interested" in this subject. It is up to the admins to manually block these type of ads.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

3. There are ads on DU?

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:10 AM

Dec 2012

I never knew....I'm not kidding, I use Firefox and Ad Blocker Plus and never knew there were ads on this site....

mucifer

(23,547 posts)

4. If you donate, you don't see ads.

Reply to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:15 AM

Dec 2012

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

7. Great! n/t

Reply to mucifer (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:32 AM

Dec 2012

wellstone dem

(4,460 posts)

5. If you have a star you don't see the ad

Reply to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:15 AM

Dec 2012

We only hear the reports from people who don't have stars or who, if they have a star, aren't logged in to DU when they see the ad.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

6. How nice!

Reply to wellstone dem (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:31 AM

Dec 2012

Kurska

(5,739 posts)

8. You can make the ads go away by donating.

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:34 AM

Dec 2012

Either way websites rarely have any real control over what ads appear on them, that process is mostly automated and handled by keywords in text.

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