TRS on Digg - Interesting Google ad...

[Ursos]

Just catching up on Digg stories and saw this post about TRS. Notice the Google ad on the right... I guess they didn't leave it behind in episode 3, eh? :)

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8874/trsvz0.jpg

[ste116]

Maybe google ads are trying to tell us something i see no woman on the totally rad show (not that i'm implying that thay are gay or anything);) ;) ;)

[tokenuser]

The ads are sent to you based on your interests ... what is this telling us about you? Anything you would like to get off your chest??

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BTW - You see ads on Digg? I have never seen an ad there ... ever.

[joeleeriepa]

BTW- Congrats to the TRS crew on the Wired write up!

[Casework]

The ads are sent to you based on your interests ... what is this telling us about you? Anything you would like to get off your chest??

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BTW - You see ads on Digg? I have never seen an ad there ... ever.

No, the current ad system crawls the page for the most popular keywords and displays ads based on those terms.

And, do you have an adblocker of some sort running? There are ads all over Digg now.

[GI_Josh]

Ok, that's just funny. Still can't get away from the homoerotica.

[tokenuser]

No, the current ad system crawls the page for the most popular keywords and displays ads based on those terms.

And, do you have an adblocker of some sort running? There are ads all over Digg now.I was being sarcastic, and feeding his paranoid delusions and sexual insecurity. I possibly know more about the technology behind the way Google's ads are targetted than most people here :)

... and yes. I use an ad blocker in Opera. I wont surf without one. The ads are actually pretty unobtrusive on Digg, but my blocker blocks them all anyway.

[Casework]

... and yes. I use an ad blocker in Opera. I wont surf without one. The ads are actually pretty unobtrusive on Digg, but my blocker blocks them all anyway.

Not anymore... actually just last night when you posted that, I was browsing Digg, and 2 of the 3 adspaces(when reading a story) are now pictures. ....sweet!

[masherscf]

Anyhow, you can have gay appeal without actually being gay. Just look at Justin Timberlake... Wait that's a bad example...

[Stopikingonme]

Brilliant find my friend.











I'm in yur adsense making you gay

[Professio]

I am pretty sure that ad is a result of all the idiots on digg who post comments along the lines of "you're gay" or "that's gay"

A lot of those kind of people on digg sadly.

[GI_Josh]

I am pretty sure that ad is a result of all the idiots on digg who post comments along the lines of "you're gay" or "that's gay"

A lot of those kind of people on digg sadly.

Are you kidding? A lot of those kind of people in the WORLD sadly.

[LiquidsDagron]

Are you kidding? A lot of those kind of people in the WORLD sadly.

and even sadder is that they start young....i cant tell you how many times a day i hear the kids i work with use those terms...annoys the geebas out of me really.

[Ursos]

And just to clear up any doubt, I am 100% secure in my sexuality. This didn't make me question anything about myself. I have no doubts in my mind at all.

Now if you'll all excuse me, I'm going to spoon with my man while we watch Steel Magnolias on DVD and have a good cry.

[Olpol]

I used to use Norton and wouldn't see a single ad on the internet - ever. However after the subscription expired, and after many comments from people on other forums that Norton was shit and therefore so was I, I decided to give AVG and Sygate Firewall a go. It was around this time I also changed to Firefox (a year or 2 ago). Anyway, I love them all but I see ads all over the internet now. Regardless of how much Norton supposedly eat of my system resources, it did a really good job of blocking ads (and a not-so-good job of blocking some flash media).

[Professio]

I used to use Norton and wouldn't see a single ad on the internet - ever. However after the subscription expired, and after many comments from people on other forums that Norton was shit and therefore so was I, I decided to give AVG and Sygate Firewall a go. It was around this time I also changed to Firefox (a year or 2 ago). Anyway, I love them all but I see ads all over the internet now. Regardless of how much Norton supposedly eat of my system resources, it did a really good job of blocking ads (and a not-so-good job of blocking some flash media).

You use firefox and see ads? You don't use adblock? i never see ads.

[Olpol]

You use firefox and see ads? You don't use adblock? i never see ads. Is adblock an extension or built into Firefox?

[Stopikingonme]

"I see ads, people"

[Professio]

Is adblock an extension or built into Firefox?

With the two following addons probably 99% of ads will be blocked from firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1136