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Post in 'The Inglenook' started by Danno77, Nov 11, 2011.

  1. Danno77 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2008
    4,751 posts
    Hamilton, IL
    Just saw a Stihl banner ad at the top of the page! NICE! You know you are doing something right with one of the big saw brands is paying for space! I mean, when I saw Lee's ad up there, I knew hearth.com had really taken it to the next level, but this is even a level above that, lol.
    Danno77, Nov 11, 2011
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  2. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    11,035 posts
    Western Mass.
    I do notice the quality of ads have been going up - but that is less about us, and more about the companies learning about the internet and therefore placing properly targeted ads on google adsense (which then puts them here)...

    Another part of it is that ads now follow YOU around. If you were on other sites looking at chain saws or anything related, you'll see the same ads showing up when you surf to other sites. Google follows you based on what you look at.
    webbie, Nov 12, 2011
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  3. Danno77 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2008
    4,751 posts
    Hamilton, IL
    AHHHHHH, google Adsense. I think I knew that's what you used instead of direct paid ads.

    There ARE several ads I see rolling through for companies I do business with.
    Danno77, Nov 12, 2011
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  4. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,165 posts
    Northern Virginia
    Why are all the ads I see for porn sites? :red:
    BrotherBart, Nov 12, 2011
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  5. webbie Administrator

    joined: Nov 17, 2005
    11,035 posts
    Western Mass.
    YES.

    We make a few cents if you click on ads as opposed to typing the name in your address bar.....
    webbie, Nov 12, 2011
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  6. yooperdave Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 26, 2010
    874 posts
    u.p.
    good one! a buddy of mine always says he got sent to a porn site and it took about 4 hours to get out of it!
    yooperdave, Nov 12, 2011
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  7. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,165 posts
    Northern Virginia
    I was working late one night not too long after we got Internet access at the office. Back when Lycos was the king of search. I had heard about chat rooms and did a search. Just clicked on the first one that came along. It took a minute or two to figure out that it was a gay chat room. It actually took me a while to figure out how to try to quietly get the hell out of the thing.
    BrotherBart, Nov 12, 2011
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  8. Danno77 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2008
    4,751 posts
    Hamilton, IL
    Right. I believe the end goes more like this: "and 12 years later I'm a moderator of that chat room"
    Danno77, Nov 12, 2011
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  9. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,165 posts
    Northern Virginia
    I am soooo busted. :lol:
    BrotherBart, Nov 12, 2011
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  10. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 17, 2009
    4,686 posts
    Croton-on-Hudson, suburbs of NYC
    File - Close. I don't think you were trying very hard. ;-)
    Flatbedford, Nov 12, 2011
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  11. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,165 posts
    Northern Virginia
    Didn't work that way on OS/2 with Netscape Navigator in 1993. :roll:
    BrotherBart, Nov 13, 2011
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  12. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,433 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    Right, it was File -> Close -> Hang or Crash back then.
    begreen, Nov 13, 2011
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  13. MasterMech Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 2, 2011
    4,970 posts
    Hudson Valley NY
    O/S What?! lol. Those were the days.
    MasterMech, Nov 14, 2011
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  14. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,524 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    I noticed that about the ads . . . I may be at other sites and have noticed targeted ads involving woodstoves or wood cutting equipment.

    Speaking of porn and computers . . . a few years back I was still an idiot when it came to the internet . . . I would often do a search and just click on the first hit that came up instead of taking a good look at it . . . in any case, Great White played at The Station night club in Rhode Island and a lot of folks died . . . a day later someone said they thought the band had played and lit off fireworks at a local club in town so I figured I would go on-line and see if Great White had posted their tour dates and locations . . . typed in "Great White" and hit the first link . . . only to find myself at a website dedicated to obese naked white women . . . I quickly tried to click out of there only to have more pop-ups . . . meanwhile my female co-worker was wondering why I was frantically moving my mouse around to click out of all the sites . . . I ended up telling her to just stay where she was on the opposite side of the room. True story.
    firefighterjake, Nov 14, 2011
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  15. Danno77 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2008
    4,751 posts
    Hamilton, IL
    Similar story on thanksgiving. Told mom about great new website for Black Friday ads... "Come here and we'll look at all the deals, mom"... I didn't do a search, I just typed in what I thought I remembered. I was wrong.
    Danno77, Nov 14, 2011
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