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CrispyQ

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9. What I've noticed about ads, is that they appear random until

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:46 PM

Apr 2015

you go to a site & look at something. I went to a vitamin site & the next thing I know the DU ads are showing me vitamin ads. If you are concerned about the random ads, try viewing some mundane items at some retail site, like Amazon, & see if the types of ads you see change.

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One of the DU ads that frequently pops up on my workplace computer... [View all] Orrex Apr 2015 OP

Star membership=no advertisements mountain grammy Apr 2015 #1

i so feel for the younger generations. our generation, in our behavior, has so set them up seabeyond Apr 2015 #2

How so? nt F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #3

in so many many ways. i have spent two decades discussing with my sons, when it is our generation seabeyond Apr 2015 #5

It is a challenge to be young at this point in time. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #6

i was interupted by a call from my son who is at university.... seabeyond Apr 2015 #7

you are right on. very insightful, perceptive. this. all of this. this is what i am talking. seabeyond Apr 2015 #8

Yeah, there's a whole host of those types of ads pretty much anywhere online. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #4

What I've noticed about ads, is that they appear random until CrispyQ Apr 2015 #9

That's a good suggestion. I'll give it a try! Orrex Apr 2015 #10

thank you. yes. i noticed that. but i didnt let it sink in. seabeyond Apr 2015 #11

I think the reson you have to "work" to get less offensive ads CrispyQ Apr 2015 #12