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Red Bull ads
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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- Simon E 56 min 33 sec ago
Which is what? Or perhaps it's you that have chosen to miss my point....
- chrisonabike 50 min 14 sec ago
EDIT - I wonder if this is coming from the realisation of "we can't drive through quickly now - because of those *other drivers*"? If so is it...
- chrisonabike 1 hour 18 min ago
This is more true than you may think - apparently several acquaintances now define the quickest route between two points in the universe not as the...
- chrisonabike 1 hour 31 min ago
Probably right though that public (not cycling) is going to think what they think - and the media will "merely reflect popular understanding"....
- David9694 3 hours 13 min ago
Another rallying imitator ...
- RayG 6 hours 24 min ago
I've got the 900 lumen version of the front light. Even when the cam lever is closed properly, it doesn't grip the light well. The first one let...
- Freddy56 12 hours 17 min ago
the Rapha's Excess Collection is bullshite. MAAP did the exact same. It is sold like there is a left arm of a jacket lying on the floor, We will...
- Mr Blackbird 15 hours 52 min ago
I suspect you are right. But no harm in hoping.
- Jack Sexty 16 hours 9 min ago
Apologies for the oversight there, it's been corrected. Obviously it should have said 97ft🤦♂️
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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.
even i dint notice any red bull ads.
I usually get only bike related ads..
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?).
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.
IMHO, if the ads spoil the site, you are justified in blocking them.
@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).
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.
You are lucky, I'm bounce to gambling sites or app downloads almost every time. Therefore the ads I see are for gambling sites.