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slo356
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 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: Political ADS on theSamba? |
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TheSamba is definitely the BEST site on the WWW as far as I am concerned.
HOWEVER, unless it is absolutely necessary for financial reasons, I would really prefer not to see political advertisements for people running for/from office and propositions.
I enjoy my air-cooled cars/buses to get away from the hate that is out there...
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Are you referring to Google ads? If so the site has little control over that. It's controlled by the cookies on your machine and the sites you visit.
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blankmange
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: Re: Political ADS on theSamba? |
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| slo356 wrote: |
TheSamba is definitely the BEST site on the WWW as far as I am concerned.
HOWEVER, unless it is absolutely necessary for financial reasons, I would really prefer not to see political advertisements for people running for/from office and propositions.
I enjoy my air-cooled cars/buses to get away from the hate that is out there...
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my browser has a very nice option to turn banner ads off...
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EverettB
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Those are Google ads and I can't control much of what appears, although I can and have blocked anything that is offensive. This is rare though.
If it is necessary to block something, I need the web address of where the banner you see goes to when you click on it.
Example: http://www.politicalcandidatewhoisacrook.com
They are shown by location as well as what is mentioned above so I often don't see what you see since I am not in CA.
The Google ads do contribute toward the site costs.
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Bruce
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Political ADS on theSamba? |
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| blankmange wrote: |
| my browser has a very nice option to turn banner ads off... |
Let us know.
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blankmange
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: Political ADS on theSamba? |
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| Bruce wrote: |
| blankmange wrote: |
| my browser has a very nice option to turn banner ads off... |
Let us know. |
let you know what? I use Camino as my internet browser...
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bdkw1
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| Are you referring to Google ads? If so the site has little control over that. It's controlled by the cookies on your machine and the sites you visit. |
In that case, can the google ads. I see no reason to give space to someone that can randomly advertise almost anything on YOUR website, Especially things that go against your sport/profession. |
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Russ Wolfe
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| bdkw1 wrote: |
| Glenn wrote: |
| Are you referring to Google ads? If so the site has little control over that. It's controlled by the cookies on your machine and the sites you visit. |
In that case, can the google ads. I see no reason to give space to someone that can randomly advertise almost anything on YOUR website, Especially things that go against your sport/profession. |
Those ads help pay for this site. Do you?
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Jennepher
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| The Google ads do contribute toward the site costs. |
The site is free to all users, partially because of banner ads and voluntary upgrades like featured ads and premium memberships. I'm guessing the 98% of members who elect not to contribute wouldn't appreciate being forced to pay.
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EverettB
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The political ads are annoying since they are popular right now but according to Google they are 0.8% of the ads being shown so it's a very low percentage. Of course you will probably see them more depending on where you are located.
Google does allow you to block ads by category and one of those categories is "political". I haven't seen anything that is offensive that would justify a block.
I'm mostly seeing Mountain Dew ads at the moment.
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