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  • June 18, 2017 at 8:37 am #27237
    brooksby

    When I’ve been reading road.cc on my phone, the last few days, every story has an ad for Red Bull (that well known cycling recovery drink?). Is everyone else getting this or is something odd going on with targeted advertising?

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  • July 20, 2018 at 8:15 am #895347
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    CygnusX1
    brooksby wrote:
    CygnusX1 wrote:
    You do realise that this thread is a year old and that ad campaigns are very ephemeral?

    They probably didn’t.  On the other hand, I still get a *lot* of Red Bull ads…

    I don’t, so its probably down to tracking cookies and your past browsing history – at least its not ads for porn sites – that would have been embarassing.  

    July 20, 2018 at 7:45 am #895345
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    brooksby

    CygnusX1 wrote:

    CygnusX1 wrote:
    You do realise that this thread is a year old and that ad campaigns are very ephemeral?

    They probably didn’t.  On the other hand, I still get a *lot* of Red Bull ads…

    July 20, 2018 at 7:39 am #895343
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    CygnusX1

    You do realise that this
    You do realise that this thread is a year old and that ad campaigns are very ephemeral?

    July 20, 2018 at 6:17 am #895341
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    chrismartin12

    even i dint notice any red

    even i dint notice any red bull ads.

    May 29, 2018 at 11:56 am #895339
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    Kristina29

    I usually get only bike

    I usually get only bike related ads..

    June 20, 2017 at 9:11 am #895337
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    CygnusX1

    I hadn’t noticed any RB

    I hadn’t noticed any RB adverts until I read this forum post – there’s one on this page for me well below the fold (just above the footer).

    Recently been seeing ads for thermal imaging sensors (presumably linked to reading hidden motor articles from a year or so back?).

    June 19, 2017 at 10:28 am #895335
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    SingleSpeed

    I am a huge fan of editing

    I am a huge fan of editing your localhosts folder.

    I’ve been doing it for years and have a completely Advert free internet browsing experience, I now avoid paywall sites and sites like Singletrackworld which actively go about banning forum members for using adblockers, ultimately they will lose revenue from such tactics.

     

    June 19, 2017 at 9:47 am #895333
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    srchar

    IMHO, if the ads spoil the

    IMHO, if the ads spoil the site, you are justified in blocking them.

    June 18, 2017 at 3:26 pm #895331
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    brooksby

    ktache: I don’t use an

    ktache: I don’t use an adblocker for the same reasons, but on my iPhone they *do* auto play (which is really f-ing annoying).

    June 18, 2017 at 11:14 am #895329
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    ktache

    At least the red bull ad I

    At least the red bull ad I get features a bicycle, and doesn’t force me to watch it.  There are some that pop up in a tiny box , mostly at the bottom of the page that will not let me move the page away from it, so making the article and comments impossible to read.

    I do not want to use an ad blocker as I realise that ads are the way this wonderful site gains enough revenue to operate.

    June 18, 2017 at 11:06 am #895327
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    Yorkshie Whippet

    You are lucky, I’m bounce to

    You are lucky, I’m bounce to gambling sites or app downloads almost every time. Therefore  the ads I see are for gambling sites.

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