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• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Sun, Aug 19 2012 6:46 PM

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  Congratulations!! You have won todays contest in San Bernardino Click Here to claim your prize of a: $1,000 VISA Gift Card! Sunday, August 19, 2012 | WesternBrands.net | This ad came up during game play, How do they know the area which I live? Whats next.....Hey babe you won a date with a........ ***? Your treading on a fine line here with my privacy. I understand you have the right to know my IP address, but I DID NOT give you permission to give 3rd parties that info! Perhaps you should consider Facebook's dilemma? Yes I'm pissed-off.

• Choppography 2,166 Posts

  Sun, Aug 19 2012 6:48 PM

  What an amazing way to get someone to want to jump to your aid.  Hope that works out for you.

• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Sun, Aug 19 2012 7:39 PM

  No disrespect.....was not my intention wanting a response from other members aid, thank-you.

   

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Aug 19 2012 8:38 PM

  It might be in the cookies, David. Some of them are tracking cookies and can discern that info. Other sites you visit can plant them without you knowing it. You might want to manage the cookie handling by not allowing them and setting WGT up as an exception. 

• Lisa03 5,910 Posts

  Sun, Aug 19 2012 9:02 PM

  It's cookies. I was online looking for Tire's for my car a month ago and now I get ads while playing from Tire Rack and Bridgestone whenever I play WGT. WHY? Because (if you haven't noticed) WGT sells ad space-not  to just certain products but in an ad pakage called bundles-Let CNET explain:

  Pop-ups, and the less common pop-unders, are advertisements that appear when a user uses a Web browser. These advertisements are considered a form of spam because they are unsolicited. Most users find them distracting and undesirable.
  
  David, have you not noticed that when you click "play now" you are told to turn off pop-up blocker?

  Have you also noticed that when  you play a game it says your game will begin in 9 seconds (while an ad appars) Guess what everyone gets different ads depending on where you have been on the "net".

  As far as the privacy issue goes-you forfeit that when you go on the internet--there are no rules in  the virtual world of advertising. So if you want to eliminate Most of the ads follow the above advice and manage your browser settings.

• alosso 21,087 Posts

  Sun, Aug 19 2012 11:28 PM

  Those pop-ups remain unpersonal here but the ones around the main window and sometimes on the game client (scorecard display) too reflect what I have been looking for in online shops lately.

  Right now there's a German advert for a DeLonghi coffee machine, alas too late - bought one last week.

• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Mon, Aug 20 2012 12:18 AM

  Thanx Jim and Lisa for your concerns and advice. Cookies, pop-up/under, spam, I am aware of. FWIW, I use Comodo Dragon exclusively for WGT, and delete all activity before I sign off. All other web activities are through IE, yahoo.

  I realize ads are a source of revenue for WGT. (even though cpu performance while playing is like a yo-yo) LOL......lets not even go there community!...;)

  Pop-ups, and the less common pop-unders, are advertisements that appear when a user uses a Web browser. These advertisements are considered a form of spam because they are unsolicited. Most users find them distracting and undesirable.  

  thanx again for the info, Lisa!

  
  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Oldbayrunner 1,774 Posts

  Mon, Aug 20 2012 6:49 AM

  oneputtdavid:

  Thanx Jim and Lisa for your concerns and advice. Cookies, pop-up/under, spam, I am aware of. FWIW, I use Comodo Dragon exclusively for WGT, and delete all activity before I sign off. All other web activities are through IE, yahoo.

  I realize ads are a source of revenue for WGT. (even though cpu performance while playing is like a yo-yo) LOL......lets not even go there community!...;)

  Pop-ups, and the less common pop-unders, are advertisements that appear when a user uses a Web browser. These advertisements are considered a form of spam because they are unsolicited. Most users find them distracting and undesirable.  

  thanx again for the info, Lisa!

  
  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  There is an Ad Blocker extension you can download for Chrome And Comodo that will prevent those ads. You will only see a black square during game loads but it doesn't stop the load time the ads use. Also don't know if you know to turn off the survey notification in the game options menu.

• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Mon, Aug 20 2012 7:57 AM

  Oldbayrunner:

  There is an Ad Blocker extension you can download for Chrome And Comodo that will prevent those ads. You will only see a black square during game loads but it doesn't stop the load time the ads use. Also don't know if you know to turn off the survey notification in the game options menu.

  wasn't aware of the Ad blocker extension.... turn off survey I did know......thanx