Steve Irwin adverts

[4getmenot]

after his death today i was posting an answer on TV along with all the others saddened by his death and noticed all the adverts down the right hand side

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Film-and-TV/Que stion286657.html

I cannot believe you would let these people advertise like this making money so soon after this tragic accident.

[crete]

didnt notice really sick though .

[cameo]

OMG. i read your post earlier and never noticed them!!

that is awful and quite 'sick'.

[B00]

Not sure I get it- sorry. I clicked the link in your post and got one for a Hurricane Relief charity???

[unruliejulie]

they are only showing up because his name is mentioned. AB does that on most things if you watch it. I honestly dont think it is there to cash in on his death. if you put a question up about hair, for instance, hair products will come up.

[4getmenot]

They should really stop it somehow though. I mean they when we ask about drugs or abortions they dont start trying to sell them though. and Boo when I go on link they are selling steve irwin t-shirts, website for oz zoo and old series of crocodile hunter.

[B00]

Oh righty...........

I feel snubbed now, rofl. How come other folks see aT Shirt ad and I get a hurricane relief charity??? heh!

[crete]

boo you must be on a different wave length from us .

[B00]

Nowt new there then!!!

[4getmenot]

Have you been in a hurricane recently BOO??

[crete]

struck by lightening maybe !

[B00]

Actually now I feel scared.... the ads over there >>> are now for councelling, "cherish your loved ones" and "healing grief"

Are they trying to tell me summet? :-(

[4getmenot]

Oh dear Boo nothing to the right of my posts

[jno]

my ads offer me the chance to Buy Steve Irwin on eBay! It's just Google robots that do this, looking for keywords on the page and attaching ads that look as though they're selling something relevant. Don't take it personally.

Buy B00 on eBay!

[B00]

Hubby says' he'll also throw in a bag of crisps if anyone's willing to buy me :-(

[4getmenot]

what flavour are they?

[joko]

its an automated system - it just takes the words of the question and links them to the sites of regular ads that are of the same subject, it is not planned out by some individual.
the t-shirt one is unfortunate and someone is a bit quick off the mark with the 'remember the legend' stuff.
the rest are pretty general and what would come up if you put his name in google

[B00]

Says any flavour ya want, oh and he's upping the ante- he's also throwing in 50p....

I'm away now to go sneeze on his tea!

[AB Editor]

hi 4getmenot

They are automatically generated to match key words in the threads - called Google Adsense.

[4getmenot]

cool I'll have the 50p and the crisps :-) and thanks ED. It is still a shame though that they are making money out of it.

[B00]

Guess we should be grateful that the ads are there, if they weren't the Crystal Guides heavies might be beatin' on our doors with a baseball bat demanding money for our AB Usage Time....