Some advertisers here are IDIOTS!
 

Check out my thread " Going to INCREDIBLE lengths" about me being buzzed by idiots with a locomotive horn. It is now FULL of adverts for super loud horns INCLUDING TRAIN HORNS! So I guess the NEXT step is that on threads discussing bike locks, the advertisers will sell power saws and huge bolt cutters that defeat bike locks!

Its a brave new world isn't it?

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=144095

The advertisements are triggered automatically by key words.

I think you are angry at a computer program.

It may also be angry at you. If it is, be afraid.

Its key word triggered advertisements or membership. Internet is not free.

VOLKSWAGEN

What ads? Red Star and Firefox ad block enabled.

Since I work in advertising, I'd be hypocritical to have the ads blocked, wouldn't you say?

Nah, on the contrary. It would be extremely awesome.

Here, we'll test your assumption.

Power saws

Bolt cutters

Power saws

Bolt cutters

Power saws

Bolt cutters

That should bring those ad robots scrambling.

Nope, but it did bring out some ads for air horns. ;)

Too late, dude. There's a thread about locking techniques, and I posted a screen cap of the keyword served advert at the top of the screen for a lockpicking equipment website.

Not if you paid for a membership.

Almost makes me want to turn off adblock. I get sick of those lame "couger life" ads. So yeah, no adverts for me.

Advertisement = Free speech
Free speech = Freedom
Freedom = US Military

Why do you hate the US Military?

;)

In general, I'd say no. I know a few bloggers (who are successful enough to earn a decent secondary income) whose essential attitude towards adblock is this:
- cost-per-impression ads don't pay off very quickly, the good money is in pay-per-click
- adblock users wouldn't click on ads anyway, but are actually interested in your content
- indeed regular readers don't really click on ads much at all
- both groups increase site traffic, which leads to more exposure, which leads to higher google rank
- the sheep that google brings in click on ads
- PROFIT!

Regardless, I work for an oilfield services company, yet consume very little oil. I don't feel hypocritical...I'm just profiting off of other peoples' addiction.

This is why I use AdBlock Plus! I don't see any ads at all!!

I can't imagine why. As much as many of us would like to take many advertising people, particularly the ones who are the really scary ones that do some pretty crafty psychological tricks on people, and make them eat their own dogfood 24/7, I can't imagine people not trying to avoid the crap as much as possible even if they do work in it. Unless you are looking at it out of personal interest, anyway.

That's strange; I get ads for Ad Block Plus on this thread.

Me too. I know it's bad for the sites we visit but I can't stomach idiotic, automatic ads or anything animated. It's either block the ads or not visit the site at all.

I don't block them. I never click on them either. Matter of fact, they have to be really obnoxious for me to even notice them.

I'll pay my dues letting them show up. Some are quite entertaining.

Here here! I mean, right now, I've got an add on this thread reading "Many Sounds of Truck Horns". That's comedy gold, right there, and I get it for free!

Frankly ive never even paid any attention to the adds. Dont even notice them actually. If i want something, i Google for it,until then im not interested. But now op has mentioned it, thats unbelievable they do that. Doesnt that PO people so they dont buy? Guess i still dont understand or know much about the internet.

+1 on the membership. Bikeforumness is much better without the ads.

Yes, computers are indeed stupid. :)

Fixed. :D

A gramme is better than a damn...

No, I actually like advertisements. How else would I know about the lastest in *****-enhancing methodology?

Oh, this thing blocks the slang for "erection". My mistake.

chilled monkey brains

Also, in before this gets moved to Foo. Where I will likely rejoin it. :)

But going back to the original post: yeah, whoever runs this ad campaign isn't doing it right. The ads should be more targeted towards the audience. When I'm on computer sites I don't see ads for bicycles, horns and truck. It's mainly, you know: computer stuff. Showing this kind of ads on a bike forum is a complete waste of their advertising dollars.

Lol, I used to work at a company that put up news articles.

I'm making this one up, but it was like this -
Article Title "Toyota Camry Accelerates out of control, killing 5"
Ad "Toyota Camry V6 - Great Acceleration!"

What the others said about it being a computer program picking key words out of the text to base the ads on. They're not perfect by any means, and I think that the words in Heading tags rank higher than words in standard text. Which is why it latches on to the titles of threads more than the body of messages. Also, let's not get the forum black listed by anyone while trying to trick the ad generating code please. I'm sure there are some filters on what sort of ads will be served regardless of what text is in the title or body of the thread.

-- leaving this thread here for now. But the decision to move it to Foo or another forum may be made in the future. A redirect will be left here if that move is made. just fyi. :thumb: