October 10th, 2018 at 9:11 AM ^
yes, you're not the first, sweetheart.
October 10th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
AdBlock for Chrome FTW.
October 10th, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
Doesn't that hurt the blog's income? I always thought it did so I kept it off here, but if they get paid just to have the ad up rather than by how many views the ad gets then I'll have to turn it back on.
October 10th, 2018 at 1:53 PM ^
It does hurt their income. I use adblock but whitelist websites that keep their ads reasonable and I want to support.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:40 PM ^
That's what I thought. People should really consider disabling it on here given that the ads aren't exactly intrusive.
October 10th, 2018 at 9:14 AM ^
why shouldn’t Brian be able to make a buck off of the bucknuts?
October 10th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
....pretty bold statement.
October 10th, 2018 at 9:14 AM ^
Well - I hope U of M is advertising on Eleven Warriors!!
I guess that wouldn't be so successful. I don't know that U of M has on line degrees and I don't think their readers could get into our program if we had one. Never mind.
October 10th, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
U of M has online classes, I got my masters in engineering entirely through online classes over 3 years.
October 10th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
It would need to be all pictures as the cooler-pooping mouth-breathers don't read well.
October 10th, 2018 at 9:16 AM ^
As I have told people before if you see that little blue triangle in the upper right corner the ad was served by Google based off of your interests and search history. If you have been searching for sex toys to be shipped to your office, or how to delete text messages that are subject to FOIA, Google is going to assume this is the kind of thing you want.
Now we all know you're a sicko.
October 10th, 2018 at 9:19 AM ^
You're right - it now is Notre Dame. I've been outed. Except, I am way too old to go back to school.
BBA '77
But - no blue triangle.
October 10th, 2018 at 9:22 AM ^
Were you googling how to kill student assistants in high wind situations or a cure for purple face?
October 10th, 2018 at 9:39 AM ^
I've been trying to close the ad for 20 minutes. It's not working!
October 10th, 2018 at 9:36 AM ^
I'm getting Stanford Business. I guess I have a higher class search history.
October 10th, 2018 at 9:47 AM ^
I'm actually getting a lot of ads that relate to my job, so it actually seems to be working. Haven't seen a Russian/Ukranian/Vietnamese/Local date/bride/companion ad in over a week!
Also, I get ads for Northwestern, maybe b/c I'm in Chicago?
October 10th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
old people trying to use the googles..smh
October 10th, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^
As has been mentioned on this site before, the advertising on this site (or nearly any other site) is not controlled by the site itself, but instead, by a large network for of advertising partners that auction off the ad slot to the highest bidder in an autonomous system that takes into account things like your browsing history, keywords, locations, previous ad clicks, etc.
So if you're seeing an ad, there's probably a reason you were targeted for it.
That said, this website does have some control over the ad content, primarily a keyword block where they can put in a list of offensive words they do not want to appear in ads, like "Ohio", or various other four letter words.
October 10th, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
Legitimately surprised how often this topic comes up on this board alone.
October 10th, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^
....but it is entertaining to see all the replies, denials, and faux outrage.
October 10th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
Not the same but one thing I'm getting on mobile only is ads in the middle of user comments. I don't mean between 2 posts. Instead, there are ads popping up in the line spacing breaks in a single post. It's pretty annoying, especially the first one when I didn't even know it was an ad and was wondering why someone is posting a photo of a teenager playing guitar.
October 10th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
Right now we're running a test through Google where they place ads in spots they find on our site and report back how well they're doing. Obviously ads inside comments are not something we'll keep regardless of what numbers they generate.
October 10th, 2018 at 1:14 PM ^
Please add a meta post when they're gone. I don't normally block ads, but when I do, they're ads in the middle of content instead of around it / between pieces of it / etc.
October 10th, 2018 at 10:43 AM ^
who cares
October 10th, 2018 at 10:49 AM ^
I'd post some of the ads I'm seeing, but I don't want to be banned from the site.
I'm kind of a pervert.
October 10th, 2018 at 11:59 AM ^
Pervert to some, role models to others.
October 10th, 2018 at 11:18 AM ^
At this point I'd actually rather see that ad, ugly as it is, than the nipple shoes ad I keep seeing. Why a shoe company thinks I want to wear shoes with tiny nipples all over them, let alone see a zoomed-in up close and personal view of them all the time, is baffling.
October 10th, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
So you have been visiting foot and nipple fetish websites - NTTAWWT.
October 10th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Click the X on the top right and choose to not see that ad anymore. Say that you found it inappropriate. You shouldn't see the ad again.
October 10th, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
Mine is buxom, scantily-clad, pregnant Second Life avatars. Two out of those five things make sense with my browsing history. Guess the ad bot filled in the rest by its wistful lonesome.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
Does this really disrupt anyone’s day in the slightest? This comes up at least once a month. I don’t even notice the ads.
October 10th, 2018 at 4:44 PM ^
I do the beveled guilt so I don't feel bad about adblocking the ads. Holy shit please stop trying to get me to marry a stock image lady of rotating ethnic backgrounds, Bri-Bri.
October 11th, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
I'm being told how I can obtain a free kit on becoming an author. The ad folks must think I'm writing a SuperGuide.