What was with all the testosterone adds Friday at Bikeforums?
07-29-06, 09:47 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: arlington, VA
Posts: 1,764
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
What was with all the testosterone adds Friday at Bikeforums?
It sure seemed bizarre seeing all those adds for testosterone here Friday given the publicity over Floyd on testosterone. Did something think the publicity involving Floyd would help sell testosterone on the internet?
07-29-06, 10:11 AM
#2
Guest
Posts: n/a
Mentioned: Post(s)
Tagged: Thread(s)
Quoted: Post(s)
No. The google ads will reflect whatever the subject is being discussed. If you talked about ice cream throughout this thread, then you'd be getting google ads for Mr. Goodbar, Dove bars, Edy's Grand Ice Cream, etc.
It depends on the topic. Of course, you could stop these ads with a simple upgrade to your account...
Koffee
It depends on the topic. Of course, you could stop these ads with a simple upgrade to your account...
Koffee
07-29-06, 10:11 AM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 675
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I think that the marketing company's computer picked up on the repeated use of testosterone, and decided to put in context appropriate adds.
It probably wasn't a human decision.
It probably wasn't a human decision.
07-29-06, 11:21 AM
#4
Custom User TItle
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 137
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by koffee brown
Of course, you could stop these ads with a simple upgrade to your account...
Koffee
Koffee
07-29-06, 11:47 AM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 94
Bikes: specialized roubaix comp dbl Gerolsteiner
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by a_fire_inside
Or you could just use firefox with the ad-block extension.
07-29-06, 11:50 AM
#6
Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Posts: 29
Bikes: 2005 Giant OCR 2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by a_fire_inside
Or you could just use firefox with the ad-block extension.
07-29-06, 01:22 PM
#7
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: arlington, VA
Posts: 1,764
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
Originally Posted by a_fire_inside
Or you could just use firefox with the ad-block extension.
07-29-06, 08:05 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 5,250
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
7 Posts
I went to some websites that had articles on FIGHTING the use of testosterone in sports. And, one of those sites had lots of ads, with links, for where I could buy the stuff.
It was like going to the website for AA, and discovering the page being sponsored by Miller Beer.
It was like going to the website for AA, and discovering the page being sponsored by Miller Beer.
07-30-06, 01:08 AM
#9
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: arlington, VA
Posts: 1,764
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
I went to some websites that had articles on FIGHTING the use of testosterone in sports. And, one of those sites had lots of ads, with links, for where I could buy the stuff.
It was like going to the website for AA, and discovering the page being sponsored by Miller Beer.
It was like going to the website for AA, and discovering the page being sponsored by Miller Beer.
While they have disappeared here today, I'm noticing today the testosterone adds are dominant over at Cyclingforms.
07-30-06, 01:22 AM
#10
Meow!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Riverside, California
Posts: 6,019
Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Get a star and see no ads anymore!
__________________
Just your average club rider... :)
Just your average club rider... :)
