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[lester]

Advertising on this forum, is provided by Google under the Google Adsense scheme.

Sorry, I really hate them too.

To continue to provide this service - Free of charge to the users. We need to raise revenue , enough to pay for the costs associated with the service provision. The Advertising level that is currently in use, is providing that income.

Though It will not cover Upgrading the system or replacement of system hardware :-)

Having said that, you DO have control over the ads that you see - one of the great benefits of googles system -

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Change the ads you see

• At the top right of an ad, select Remove Remove and then Stop seeing this ad.
• At the top right of an ad, select Remove Remove and then Report this ad.
• You can also let me know about ads that are offensive or inappropriate and i can block them via my google control panel.

Turn off personalized ads

1. Go to the Ad Settings page.
2. Choose where you want the change to apply:
   • On all devices where you’re signed in: If you aren't signed in, at the top right, select Sign in. Follow the steps.
   • On your current device or browser: Stay signed out.
3. Turn off Ad Personalisation.

You can also turn off personalisation for your browser by installing the Interest-Based Ads Opt Out extension.

Once you've turned off personalisation, Google will no longer use your info to personalize your ads. Ads can still be targeted with info like your general location or the content of the website you’re visiting.

Stop getting personalized ads on non-Google websites & apps

1. Go to the Ad Settings page.
2. Uncheck the box next to "Also use your activity & information from Google services to personalize ads on websites and apps that partner with Google to show ads."

What doesn't change

Blocking a Google ad or turning off ad personalisation will not..

• Stop all ads: If you turn off personalisation, Google ads will use info like your general location or the content of the website you’re visiting.
• Change other networks' ads: Your Google ad settings don’t change other ad networks.
• Update your settings on signed-out devices: Learn how to get your ad preferences on all your devices.
• Keep your signed-out preferences without cookies: If you delete your cookies or use a browser that blocks cookies, your ad settings won’t apply.
  • To clear your cookies without losing your settings, install the Protect My Choices extension.
  • Most mobile devices don't use cookies. On your phone or tablet, check for settings about interest-based ads, ads personalisation, or ad identifiers.
  
  
  

[lester]

Recently, the profile used to select advertising on this forum has been chnaged.

If you are seeing advertising that you feel is inappropriate, please report it here.

If you post the link that the advert carries I can BAN that link in the adsense interface, so it should never be used by Google on our forums in the future.

Else, post a screen shot and i'll try to locate the advert and ban it.

Remarketing

When I use Google to advertise accross our websites. There's a type of advert that follows the user; this is called remarketing and you'll have seen it all over the place. The goal is to personalise the advertising to the user, so they only get content relevant to them.


If you go looking for a new ToolBox, you're going to see adverts for ToolBoxes the next time you visit a site served with Google advertising.

Whether you're watching TV chefs or music videos, you'll see the same adverts; they're based on your browsing history as recorded by Google.
As a result, I (we) do not know what advertising you will see on this forum.

If you opt out of Gopogles personalised advertising , the result is that you'll see randomised ads in the categories that we have allowed for this foruma nd our web sites. Its possible that we missed a category that is not alinged with this forum. You therefore need to inform us, so that we can remove that category.

[Ioannis]

Although Lester provided the tools to disable the ads, personally I won't as these ads will keep our forum alive.

Hope this solution will pay for many years more. I hate to see this forum hit the off switch...

Ioannis

[peterdeco1]

NO! Don't hit the off switch. If it comes to that, ask for donations and count me in.

[richard]

the forum is bloody awful to read now , nearly not worth the effort
1 2 or 3 adds in every post ,its far better if you're not logged in

[Ioannis]

I cannot disagree to that. Maybe the ads can be made smaller in size. On my (Opera) browser they take more than half the screen! Too big but I tolerate them as it is important for the forum to be viable.



You can always block ads and make your pages free of ads.

Ioannis

P.S. Is the forum trying to kick us away with ads like this one???

[richard]

I tolerate them as it is important for the forum to be viable.

i understand but why penalise the logged in user ?
if you login then logout straight away the adds in posts virtually disappear yet you can still see all the content
i don't get it . expect minimal logins from now

[Ioannis]

You can activate ads blocking in your browser. It works fine and you won't be annoyed any more. Either not logging in or blocking them, for the forum it will be the same result.

Ioannis

[richard]

not with chrome that i can see.
blocking tracking content seems to work in firefox

[Ioannis]

I am using Opera which I think is most of it a Chrome. It even uses Chrome plug-ins. Blocking is working on all pages, including this forum, although as I stated earlier I set it to off.

I even enjoy ads free YouTube!!! It is amazing that video does not stop every few seconds now!

I think Chrome does not have this setting because it makes damage to Google Ads setting ads blocking to on...!!!

Ioannis

[sayzer]

Do you guys always see technical stuff on the ads, or is it just me? Is it something specific to the forum ad choice or google trace & pick thingie?

[Ioannis]

At the beginning of the ads I was seeing along with irrelevant stuff, hot stuff too!

Now that Lester has done some housekeeping, I am seeing what I usually search for on the internet. Technical things as you asked.

Only they are too big sized...

Ioannis

[sayzer]

... hot stuff too!

Only they are too big sized...

Ioannis

Big size and hot stuff ?
Like 250W soldering iron? or what?
I am confused here.

[Ioannis]

Hmmm. Someone here is spreading fake news!

Ioannis