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I just spotted these too - I thought it was something to do with the Google toolbar I have installed, and I was about to remove it for that very reason. Is anyone else seeing them?
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Ah well I'm sure it will fund all the promised enhancements. might even allow a few more "far sale" forums. or maybe a decent search. or maybe so the BBS s/w doesnt fall over every few days. Prob be announced in the S'Net news cd
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There's an announcement from Simon in the General forum - apparently they're supposed to be relevant to the thread in which they're posted. Quite how ads for credit cards are relevant to any thread on SN is beyond me, though
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The way that it works is that once the page with Google ads have been viewed, Google sends a "bot" over to scan the page and serve up what it considers relevant ads.. Until Google has visited (anywhere between 1 minute and 1 hour) it'll serve default (and largely irrelevant) ads.
I think it spoils the appearance of the site, and makes reading harder (as your eye scans down the posts), but we may get used to them, and it may provide Scoobynet with a decent revenue stream.
I think it spoils the appearance of the site, and makes reading harder (as your eye scans down the posts), but we may get used to them, and it may provide Scoobynet with a decent revenue stream.
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How can they be relevant when every f**king one Ive seen is for B.A.S.T.A.R.D credit cards!!!!
Theyve been on here for mere minutes and everyone is pi$$ed off already!
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Theyve been on here for mere minutes and everyone is pi$$ed off already!
Gary