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justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 678

Jeez! Now it's bright bloody orange AND now in the right-hand column too!

marksfish · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:31 pm Post subject:

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M8TJT · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:45 am Post subject:

Be careful what you wish for. Rolling Eyes

Seems like they are here to stay with nothing that 'we' can do about it, so either put up with them or use your ad blocker to block the messages as well as the ads and stop banging on about it. Simples. Very Happy

sussamb · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:51 am Post subject:

Some of you are obviously privileged, I don't get any orange banners Laughing

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Anita · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:37 pm Post subject:

Presumably the idea is to make the banners more intrusive then the ads.

It hadn't occurred to me to turn AdBlock off for this site, but I did after MaFt's first post and I really don't notice the ads. I turned it on this morning to see the orange banners and they really caught my eye, so I quickly turned it off again.

So I say well done to the Team. Your plan worked with me and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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DennisN · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:57 pm Post subject:

I just ignore the ads (I think pgpsw get paid for having them, not for getting them clicked, but if they have to be clicked, I'm not generating any income cos I don't click them). My attitude is if I want to see something on tinternet, I google it and ignore the ads which appear on there too. I long ago concluded that I don't want other people telling me what I want or need, so I ignore them all.

It probably helps that I'm remarkably thick and don't notice stuff.

As for Mailwasher, my mail shows me the sender and the title and a line or two of content. So when it's from sexysoo, or getyourfreegalhere, or says Hi dennis, fourteen gorgeous gals want to see you, or says would you like to enhance your appeal or performance, or how would you like to win 4 million slinky virgins, or you have won 4 million Nigerian dollars click here to claim them, I delete them without opening them. Mailwasher sounds to me no better than that.
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M8TJT · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:15 pm Post subject:

Does the same thing

DennisN · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:43 pm Post subject:

Rick-uk · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:20 pm Post subject:

I can't see the problem, they are hardly in your face and don't interfere with the thread flow.

I have been on some forums where there is an add every two or three posts
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molerat · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:31 am Post subject:

No ads or orange banners here. I do have a small box on the right hand side with GPS Shopping in it and an empty white box at the top and bottom. Don't know what you are all on about.
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jackbarry · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:59 pm Post subject:

I've just seen an advert as I posted on another thread on PGPSW which I think is a bit sinister. It advertises a laptop computer that I was looking at in the John Lewis web site this morning. Anyone else experienced this phenonema?

jack.

Edit - PS It's still there!

marksfish · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:28 pm Post subject:

Google target ads to your browsing history. It is a regular thing on many sites, not just this one.
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Kremmen · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:37 pm Post subject:

Correct

I've had similar, even with Privacy Badger and AdBlock+ firing on all cylinders.
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