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Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by smurfy
It's a wee bit more than that, although what you say is true, but my ISP is in England. What I mean is that all your internet preferences are tracked, and the automation spits out the relevant crap. This is probably why the OP is getting these religious type ads, and I don't
So that's why I get ads with poodles in skirts. I really have to clean my cookies and cache.
Originally posted by smurfy
Or how about typing something in here at ATS,
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by smurfy
It's a wee bit more than that, although what you say is true, but my ISP is in England. What I mean is that all your internet preferences are tracked, and the automation spits out the relevant crap. This is probably why the OP is getting these religious type ads, and I don't
So that's why I get ads with poodles in skirts. I really have to clean my cookies and cache.
Originally posted by yeahright
Originally posted by smurfy
Or how about typing something in here at ATS,
I don't think it's influenced much by what you might type as participation. The targeted ads are determined more by your general location, what you've searched for, and your browsing habits. Not all ads are targeted, but some most definitely are. Advertisers like to get their info in front of potential/likely customers. That's why you'll see a lot of investment-type ads on golf tournaments and beer ads for football.
I've never seen that particular ad in question.
Personally, I have no problem with targeted ads. If I'm going to see advertising, it might as well be for something I'd find interesting. I've clicked on a few, not just here but from other sites as well and actually made a purchase or two as a result.
Originally posted by EequalsMC3
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by smurfy
It's a wee bit more than that, although what you say is true, but my ISP is in England. What I mean is that all your internet preferences are tracked, and the automation spits out the relevant crap. This is probably why the OP is getting these religious type ads, and I don't
So that's why I get ads with poodles in skirts. I really have to clean my cookies and cache.
Type SHELL:COOKIES into search from the START MENU - bottom left - and you will see all stored and hidden cookies - most of which will be ATS COOKIES - delete all of them then go to browser "PREFERENCES" and clear all browser history.
When I block cookies ATS prevents me from entering the site. I find this to be somewhat troublesome.
ATS is actually the worst offender I have come across on the web for sneaking cookies onto your hard drive.When I come onto the site and then look in my COOKIES folder there are as many as TWENTY of them in there. Aghhhhhhh
BTW - I just opened the site a minute ago after having been offline for a short time - there were about 6 religion/bible ads. These ads are coming because ATS sends them the information of what Forum I am in - THE RELIGION conspiracy forum, and NOT because of my own searches on the web - I have NOT been on a religion bible/website in about three months, so I think most here are actually misinformed about these ads and their manner of appearance on a particular persons ATS page.edit on 18-2-2013 by EequalsMC3 because: ADD
Originally posted by AshleyD
Nope.
I've seen ads that are pro-Christian, anti-Christian. Pro-Israel, anti-Israel. Pro-Islam, anti-Islam. Pro-New Age, etc. Christian singles, Muslim singles. Conspiracy website ads targeting religions, religious ads endorsing a specific religion, etc.
They're just 3rd party ads.