Gamespot ads - look what showed up

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#1 whipassmt
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So you know how there are ads at the bottom of the threads on Gamespot for various things?

Well apparently some of those ads are a bit dated. Including this ad, that I just saw and clicked on today.

Don't you find it a bit strange that they would have such an ad, an ad for an article about "12/12/12".

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#2 ferrari2001
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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever.
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#3 II_Seraphim_II
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Adblock homie slice. Aint seen a GS ad in ages :P
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#4 whipassmt
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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001
Is adblock an option on Gamespot, or is it something you download from some other website?

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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. whipassmt

Is adblock an option on Gamespot, or is it something you download from some other website?

It's an app that works in both chrome and firefox. It'll block every ad on every website, I haven't seen ads in ages. It can also replace ads with pictures of kittens if you'd prefer that.
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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001

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[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001

Is adblock an option on Gamespot, or is it something you download from some other website?

It's an app that works in both chrome and firefox. It'll block every ad on every website, I haven't seen ads in ages. It can also replace ads with pictures of kittens if you'd prefer that.

olay. Yeah years ago, I used to think Adblock was something on GS, but recently I figured it was a program, not a GS option. I don't normally use chrome for GS, though I have it on my computer, and I don't have Firefox.

Edit: Olay is a typo. I meant to put okay.

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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001

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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001

Adblock is anti-capitalist and, therefore, un-American.

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#10 theycallmeRP
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I must have been living under a rock not to have ad block. Just DL and it's awesome. Thanks guys. :D

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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. whipassmt

Is adblock an option on Gamespot, or is it something you download from some other website?

it's an add-on to Chrome/Firefox
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I think those ads are based off your Google searches, so if you read a lot of conspiracy bullshit that's probably the ads you're gonna get as those same circles overlap with Nibiru freaks and interdimensional reptilian overload hokum.
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#13 RadecSupreme
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Adblock

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I get a lot of health ads since I sometimes overworry about my own health lol

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#15 whipassmt
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[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. nomsayin

Is adblock an option on Gamespot, or is it something you download from some other website?

it's an add-on to Chrome/Firefox

Yeah. I was at school today and I was walking through the student center on the way to buy a textbook, as I passed by the little radio station they got in there, I noticed a GTA 5 poster in the wall of the radio station room that had the lady in your avatar on it.

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#16 whipassmt
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For more details, the "Ad" (maybe it's not really an ad, it's basically a link to an article) appeared at the bottom of the site under the bottom of the thread, under the headline "From around the web".

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#17 TAMKFan
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I'm still getting them, even though I have adblock. Lately, ad about cancer and heart attacks have been showing up, for some reason.

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#18 PsychoLemons
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It's called adblock.

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#19 lamprey263  Online
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People keep mentioning Ad Block, that's nothing to do with what TC is talking about, he's talking about the how strange the link was that popped up. But again a lot of these ads are based of what you search for on web browsers, if you're getting ads linking you to 12-12-12 and the article is about numerology, my guess is you've been visiting some New Age sites and the ad is a consequence of that. Maybe you were searching about magic crystal, tarot card fortune telling, palm reading, astral projection, astrology, "magick" with a -ck, whatever falls under that entire New Age umbrella, stuff like this probably popped up in the ads as a result.
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#20 sukraj
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I blocked it.

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I'm still getting them, even though I have adblock. Lately, ad about cancer and heart attacks have been showing up, for some reason.

TAMKFan
I keep getting those too.
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#22 johnd13
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[QUOTE="TAMKFan"]

I'm still getting them, even though I have adblock. Lately, ad about cancer and heart attacks have been showing up, for some reason.

Postmortem123

I keep getting those too.

Yeah. Not the most pleasant thing to see every time. :?

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#23 SolidSnake35
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How do you manually block those stories at the bottom of each page? I can only block the images.
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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001
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#25 Netherscourge
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Uh... I have Chrome and Ad-Block installed and I still see "From Around the Web" Ads with pics at the very bottom of the forums.

Do I need Ad-Block PLUS to get rid of those too?

 

Like, theres a pic of some dude wearing a cowboy hat and another pic of the Breaking Bad actor.

I don't know why they are showing up when everything else is blocked.

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#26 konvikt_17
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try adding the filter:

www.gamespot.com##.nrelate

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#27 Kats_RK
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I always see those ads.I'm too lazy to block them.

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#28 CptJSparrow
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what are ads
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I blocked them with Ad block, haven't seen those things in forever. ferrari2001