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12-10-2009, 05:34 AM

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BellaBoo

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That's odd. I don't get any ads at all on the forum page. I use Google Chrome for my browser so you'd think Google ads would show up.

12-10-2009, 08:41 AM

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LucyInTheSky

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I have Ad Block Plus on my Firefox. No ads for me! I heart ABP

12-10-2009, 07:16 PM

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I just installed it and the accessory program with it and it is so nice now!!

I have the fastest internet available on the market today and it just made it faster!!!!

Billy

12-10-2009, 08:20 PM

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CRH

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Uh-oh!! The ad I get all the time is the fat lady in a bikini advertising "Lose Belly-Fat". She actuallly looks a lot like me. HOW DO THEY KNOW???????? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

P.S. Is there a charge for the ABP program??

12-10-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CRH

Completely free. Another reason I switched to Firefox. They have tons of cool add ons and they're free.

12-10-2009, 09:10 PM

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Firefox is way safer than IE anyday! My daughter used to chew viruses constantly until I loaded FF on her laptop and it stopped a lot of the issues she was having.

Billy

12-11-2009, 12:56 AM

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k3n

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Originally Posted by CRH

I get that one too! Sometimes in English, sometimes in French - suppose they want to be SURE that I understand it!

:shock: :lol:

12-11-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Lostn51

Firefox is way safer than IE anyday! My daughter used to chew viruses constantly until I loaded FF on her laptop and it stopped a lot of the issues she was having.

Billy

I thankfully wasn't dealing with viruses when I had IE, but both my friend and boyfriend, who are computer programmers/IT/whatever were very insistent I switch from IE to Firefox.

12-11-2009, 08:30 AM

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bearisgray

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Admin

There is so much personalization in the online ad industry now that it's impossible to replicate what you are seeing.

Aside from the content of the page, they factor in the pages you've seen before, your location, other sites you visited, demographic information and so on.

So two people could be looking at the same page and see different ads.

In any case, I blocked that particular domain so we shouldn't have any ads from them any more.

WHOA! The book 1984 might have been a bit off in the year - but not in the idea that someone somewhere can access almost anything and everything about a person.

I appreciate your mentioning how much info can be gathered from little bits posted here and there.