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Google Ads being introduced on the forum

  • Splinter
  • August 4, 2020 at 11:48 AM

There are 156 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 40,669 times. The latest Post (August 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM) was by Splinter.

  • Splinter
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    • August 14, 2020 at 7:39 AM
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    Ads are appearing within actual posts, as pointed out by Rice and obscuring parts of the posts.

    I'm looking into this.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • August 14, 2020 at 8:42 AM
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    Quote from Splinter

    Ads are appearing within actual posts, as pointed out by Rice and obscuring parts of the posts.

    I'm looking into this.

    Certainly more ads appearing but I'm not experiencing that problem. I wonder if it depends on your setup? Now have two busty girls showing on the ''Second Life'' add.

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    • August 14, 2020 at 9:01 AM
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    Now I'm getting a picture of a well endowed girl in a kilt!!

    I gave you the perfect avatar so that only hot bunnies would be shown, but you wanted them in a kilt! :D

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    • August 14, 2020 at 9:21 AM
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    I gave you the perfect avatar so that only hot bunnies would be shown, but you wanted them in a kilt! :D

    :P

    At least they're dressed. The wife would definitely have something to say if they were naked!!

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    • August 14, 2020 at 9:21 AM
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    I've made some adjustments so that ads shouldn't appear within the body of a post. This will take an hour or so to take effect, so please keep up the feedback.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:08 AM
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    Just chipping in with what I see:

    Banner ad at the top

    In a thread, an ad between the thread title and page numbers. The same ad between the page numbers and the first post on that page. Then two of the same ads seperating posts within the page.

    The home page is less obtrusive, just the banner ad and sidebar ads. And sometimes I need to dismiss an ad to enter a thread.

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:53 AM
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    I don't like the banner at the top on the home page, mainly because it's the first thing a visitor will see.

    Fortunately the positions can be edited, so I've removed that banner and ads appearing inside posts.

    The changes take at least an hour, apparently.


    Quote from Rice

    Ugh. If it means no one has to pay, I’m ok with ads. But will they fully cover the costs?

    I don't believe it will fully cover the costs because we don't yet have enough traffic. That would be wildly optimistic.

    On the other hand, the ads need to run for at least three months in order to gauge the financial benefits.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

    Edited once, last by Splinter: Merged a post created by Splinter into this post. (August 14, 2020 at 10:57 AM).

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    • August 14, 2020 at 11:13 AM
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    I see a huge banner on top of the forum and a smaller one at the bottom of the thread. Mine are about apostilles. UK Man - it's targeted advertising. You get what you google! ^^

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    • August 14, 2020 at 11:30 AM
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    I see a huge banner on top of the forum and a smaller one at the bottom of the thread. Mine are about apostilles. UK Man - it's targeted advertising. You get what you google! ^^

    Once in a while I might glance at the odd busty brunette while walking in the street but I can assure you I do not Google them. :P Most of my search content is about tobacco/pipes/booze/how to escape Argentina.

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    • August 14, 2020 at 11:46 AM
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    Once in a while I might glance at the odd busty brunette while walking in the street but I can assure you I do not Google them. :P Most of my search content is about tobacco/pipes/booze/how to escape Argentina.

    I can relate to some. ^^

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    • August 14, 2020 at 1:35 PM
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    I thought that the well endowed kilted lady was the police lady that was accosting UK Man


    For some strange reason I am getting ads for private banking in Andorra.

    I googled this morning for the address of a whisky retailer in the Principality.....

    Edited once, last by GlasgowJohn: Merged a post created by GlasgowJohn into this post. (August 14, 2020 at 1:36 PM).

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    • August 14, 2020 at 1:47 PM
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    I googled this morning for the address of a whisky retailer in the Principality.....

    And I thought my Google searches were weird. ^^

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    • August 14, 2020 at 3:10 PM
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    Quote from GlasgowJohn

    I thought that the well endowed kilted lady was the police lady that was accosting UK Man


    For some strange reason I am getting ads for private banking in Andorra.

    I googled this morning for the address of a whisky retailer in the Principality.....

    Sounds like a dream after a night with too much food and booze...

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    • August 14, 2020 at 4:02 PM
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    OK. This is the limit.

    My newest popup is a voting one, with a photo of the orange “leader“ who has killed 170,000 of his own people.

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:01 PM
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    A different young lady with nice tits is currently showing her charms to me.

    2415614621127179586.png

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:14 PM
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    UK Man....

    Yes beautiful eyes....

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:17 PM
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    Am I the forum's nun?

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:22 PM
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    Am I the forum's nun?

    What have you been Googling today? ^^

    I don't mind the ads but I'd like to think I at least deserve ads with a touch of class. After all, I'm happily married and not on the look out for a bit on the side. I feel dirty.

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    • August 14, 2020 at 10:42 PM
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    Although my ads can’t compete in content, I do find it annoying to have to swat my way through a battalion of mosquitoes in order to read a post without an ad inserted into the middle.

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    • August 14, 2020 at 11:04 PM
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    If we keep talking dirty, this is the ad I am getting! I guess Chrome stands for Catholic Rome

    Or maybe it's Alby's speech of today? Eat it up!

    ^^


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