Ed You Will Have To

[elliemay1]

...get rid of that flashing ad, you know the one I mean, as it completely freezes the screen. Is there no way you can get rid of it?

[vakayu]

As long as the answer is not too convoluted and technical or I am stumped!

[elliemay1]

I give up! It's just frozen again! Surprised I was able to type this. Awaiting an answer, Ed.

[aelmpvw]

i've never seen the troublesome pizza advert, that's probably because i have never googled pizza

[elliemay1]

I have NEVER googled pizza either!

[Gromit]

The ads seem to be targetted from your browsing history or cookies. So not everyone sees the same adverts.

It works like this. (this is just an example). You might have used Google maps to find a bar or restaurant. That info is collected. Then when Google wants to place a food advert, it targets people who have searched for restaurants. So you get delivered the advert. If I have not looked up restaurants but instead looked at German Washing Machines, then I will be sent a completely different advert to you.

There will be some adverts that are targetted at everyone, but those with a more niche demographic will be selected more carefully.

[elliemay1]

Thanks for that explanation, Gromit, but why is it ONLY on this site??

[Gromit]

Elliemay1

You could try deleting your browser history, and cache. And Cookies, but that would delete some things you might want like AB automatic login.

[Baldric]

This from the ED, 2 weeks ago, ref the Ad.

///Part of the issue is that we've added a couple of networks recently - ideally to get better ads - so they might be passing these through,
13:24 Wed 11th Jun 2014///

[Gromit]

// why is it ONLY on this site //

Because AB must be part of the demographic they want. Google (or whichever ad company AB takes adverts from) will monitor how many hits the adverts get. So they will build up a profile of AB users. If a just-eat.co.uk advert gets lots of hits, then next time they have a similar advert to place they will send it here. If your history suggests you like food, you will see it.

Clever stuff, which is how Google make their £billions.

[AB Editor]

Morning all, sorry to hear you are having trouble.
elliemay1 please could you give us some more information such as what browser you are using, links to the pages the adverts are on and if possible links to where the adverts lead?

[Baldric]

Ed, there are links to the Ads in my 'What's Going On, (Cot'd)' thread, they freeze everything, you can't even take a screen shot of them, or lift any other information from them. I transferred the links to this thread earlier and the *** Ads had gone when I looked. the original links still work though.

[Svejk]

I was wondering why all those call-girls advertised on here. ;-/

[elliemay1]

Ed, Am now accessing AB from Google Chrome instead of Internet Explorer and so far things are ok. Hope it continues. Thank you and thanks to all for your advice.

[jno]

elliemay, I have my brower (Firefox) set to delete my browsing history and cookies as soon as I leave the internet. That may be why I don't get these ads.

If you do this, however, as Gromit says, you may lose some cookies you actually want like instant access to AB or emails. I have to log in every time for these, but I think it's worth it.

[elliemay1]

Thanks for that, jno. At least I now understand what is happening.

[shoota]

I got pee'ed off and went elsewhere.......

I did once say that I disliked pizza, maybe it is getting it's own back?

[shoota]

I think all 'moving' ads should be banished to the dark side.

[cupid04]

It's happening to me now ed...there must be a curse...

[cupid04]

shoota, 13.33 - for best answer ;-)