[serious] Off Topic Moderation Input - Part 2

[Nikolai]

Nor am I interested in loans with 16 percent rates either...

[The Mad Monk]

Don't click them, then.

[Aeson]

I mostly see ads for web hosting and stuff related to programming.

[Nikolai]

Don't click them, then.

I certainly don't. But hooker ads on a family site? Or have this site gone all adult now?

[Felch]

I see ads for lawyers.

[The Mad Monk]

Horrofic. Think of the children!

[Aeson]

The ads on the site are all served by mainstream ad servers (Google, SwitchAds) where advertisers bid on keywords, geographical location, ads you've clicked in the past, and whatever else they can track. So the ads should be topical for the page or to your viewing history. This is why all I see are web hosting and programming ads, because Google knows those are the offers I've clicked on many times in the past.

If you see an ad that you don't think should be on the site, get the URL and send it to me. I can probably block it. You can also run ad blockers if you want.

The other possibility is you have adware/spyware that is showing those ads. I don't think the ad services Apolyton uses allow hooker ads. Dating ads sure, but not hookers.

[Alexander's Horse]

The ads on the site are all served by mainstream ad servers (Google, SwitchAds) where advertisers bid on keywords, geographical location, ads you've clicked in the past, and whatever else they can track.

so in other words, a big own goal there by Nikolai

[Nikolai]

Choose to believe me or not, but it can't be true. I don't frequent sites like that. We're talking my iPhone too btw. On my desktop I use Adblock and have done for years. I get mainly two kinds of ads; those hookup apps(and the closest thing I get to that is I tried out a Christian dating site a year ago) and expensive loans ads(I don't do loans except my student loan atm, but have my bank app of course).

[Alexander's Horse]

Sure thing Nikolai

[Nikolai]

I really don't like when people accuse me of lying.

[rah]

I don't think teasing qualifies as accusing you of lying. What, did he need to add 20 additional smileys for you?

[Nikolai]

Hard to know online.

[DaShi]

I agree with Nikolai. Ben should be banned.

[Alexander's Horse]

I'm getting ads for Chinese women with big hooters - oh damn I shouldn't have posted that word string...