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Savannahmann

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73. It may also be that you use terms that have double meanings.

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 04:28 PM

Jan 2014

An example. I was watching Top Gear (UK Version) when they were laughing about a car name. The car was called the Growler. Unbeknownst to me the term also referred to a style of grooming on lady parts.

There are literally thousands of such double meaning words. If you were at a hardware site, and searched for nails, you might have planted the seed for such advertisements.

Dogging. Stop dogging him/her out man. In that context it refers to picking on, or running someone down. Dogging also refers to public sex on someone's front lawn.

Those are but two examples off the top of my head, and I don't know that anyone has a complete list of such terms, and I don't know that I want to know if they do have such a list.

So there are many ways that you could see pornographic advertisements without viewing pornography. The porn sites use hundreds or even thousands of such keywords that the rest of us are often ignorant of their double meaning.

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Porn on DU [View all] tom_kelly Jan 2014 OP

Screenshot? Blue_Adept Jan 2014 #1

Google ads are determined by repeated words on the page. tblue37 Jan 2014 #76

So "woo" is a porn term to Google? DJ13 Jan 2014 #102

No, but a couple of weeks ago GD was rife with p**n threads, so the Google ads algorithm tblue37 Jan 2014 #105

Those pawn threads are always trouble DJ13 Jan 2014 #106

I just got pwned, didn't I? tblue37 Jan 2014 #107

No, I think I did! DJ13 Jan 2014 #108

Look Out Tom jehop61 Jan 2014 #2

That was because it wasn't your first time pintobean Jan 2014 #18

Can't hear you... pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #30

Why should they have to ask more than once? Renew Deal Jan 2014 #31

Is this the forum to ask? pintobean Jan 2014 #35

It was explained to the poster on 3 different locked threads on what to do. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #36

But the ads are not chosen by the site owner. They are tblue37 Jan 2014 #77

thank you so very much jehop61 Jan 2014 #43

Remembering back to Tuesday is not keeping tabs. pintobean Jan 2014 #45

I think you should have just agreed with him. grantcart Jan 2014 #64

DU isn't for everybody. Kaleva Jan 2014 #27

Maybe it's your browsing and search history. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #3

I get it too jehop61 Jan 2014 #4

No one knows how google data mines. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #7

It comes from the content of the website Renew Deal Jan 2014 #32

So, these threads just add to the problem. pintobean Jan 2014 #33

Whatever you do, don't mention "purple dildo" pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #37

I wouldn't dare pintobean Jan 2014 #38

DUzy! pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #39

Well done. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #82

purple dildo ??? In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #51

It was the handle of a gardening implement in an advertisement jberryhill Jan 2014 #83

So that's the story behind the purple dildo ads people were saying they saw! Kaleva Jan 2014 #88

So it was a hoe not a dildo? rug Jan 2014 #92

... pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #94

Precisely, which is why I edited my posts to use asterisks when tblue37 Jan 2014 #78

you must be lying or your husband/wife is looking at porn behind your back. Whisp Jan 2014 #42

Porn is offensive? TransitJohn Jan 2014 #68

Have you ordered male performance assistance medications online, or male bluestate10 Jan 2014 #70

I'm an old lady jehop61 Jan 2014 #72

Install Adblock Plus, problem solved. idwiyo Jan 2014 #5

Yeah, I was like... Shandris Jan 2014 #6

I can't imagine visiting any website without Adblock Plus. idwiyo Jan 2014 #9

Once you get the exceptions set up, the freedom and speed of commercial-free Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #11

WOAH! No, I've never heard of that one! Shandris Jan 2014 #12

You should also check BetterPrivacy too. It removes LSO cookies. idwiyo Jan 2014 #17

Yah I saw that in the FAQ for Destructing... Shandris Jan 2014 #19

You are very welcome! Hopefully others will see out posts and try these ad-ons too. idwiyo Jan 2014 #20

I use Cookie Monster now edhopper Jan 2014 #23

It is similar to Self-Destructing cookies add-on. I use SDC as it gives enough control idwiyo Jan 2014 #25

I use Better Privacy now edhopper Jan 2014 #28

You are welcome! :) idwiyo Jan 2014 #40

I don't think this person's problem is seeing the ads him/herself... Silent3 Jan 2014 #41

the adds he is seeing have nothing to do with DU and everything to do with idwiyo Jan 2014 #48

No--it is determined by words that appear often, so all those tblue37 Jan 2014 #79

very strange how it doesn't affect me whe I don't log in and use unmodified browser. idwiyo Jan 2014 #81

I'm not sure how much control a site using Google AdSense has. Silent3 Jan 2014 #95

Very limited and I doubt Skinner will click on "adult material ROCKS" option. :) idwiyo Jan 2014 #96

Ah, but is there a "adult material doesn't rock" option that can be clicked, but hasn't been? n/t Silent3 Jan 2014 #97

Damn, you have a point there! Didn't think about that one! idwiyo Jan 2014 #98

The adsense algorithms are based on an arcane science, from the original Sanskrit. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2014 #8

Stop going to porn sites long enough to clean windoze from your system and get a grownup OS, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #10

Linux doesn't like to run my WoW... Shandris Jan 2014 #13

Early morning sarcasm is just one of the many services we offer here at ET's House of Fun. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #15

boy are you wrong jehop61 Jan 2014 #71

See what happens when you use certain words? William769 Jan 2014 #74

Thank You for Your Advice tom_kelly Jan 2014 #84

Really hoping for a screenshot. Anyone? Blue_Adept Jan 2014 #14

I've got a screen shot of a porn site ad on DU Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #24

I have never seen such an add... Agschmid Jan 2014 #53

Oh, it's a porn site all right Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #85

I think you have malware... Agschmid Jan 2014 #86

I might have malware Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #87

Yes geolocation does likely matter quite a bit... Agschmid Jan 2014 #89

Get a DU Star. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #16

funnily enough i never see porn ads and i am on porn sites daily loli phabay Jan 2014 #109

Its weird how cross connections are made. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #110

Dear Tom, check your browser history intaglio Jan 2014 #21

Darn cat! pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #22

It's twue, it's twue pintobean Jan 2014 #26

Copy the URL from the Ad and go to "Ask the Administrators" mockmonkey Jan 2014 #29

Google and their ad partners are really sleazy. That becomes clear. nt Romulox Jan 2014 #34

I have a star. But I opened another browser and looked at the DU front page. hunter Jan 2014 #44

All I got was "5 foods you shouldn't eat" and a memory for a Mac ad hobbit709 Jan 2014 #46

Mine too. Something to do with some game. Is that what you are seeing? n/t Drew2510 Jan 2014 #47

That's What I See Too otohara Jan 2014 #80

Like another other business, DU is all about the $$$$ bigwillq Jan 2014 #49

If you BobUp Jan 2014 #50

Funny, I don't see any ads on DU, ever. I wonder why that is? notadmblnd Jan 2014 #52

it is a derivative benefit provided for the pure of heart. grantcart Jan 2014 #67

It's homeopathic herbal porn. Codeine Jan 2014 #54

I've never seen porn ads. You are probably being remarketed to NoOneMan Jan 2014 #55

Probably due to the discussions of porn on DU treestar Jan 2014 #56

Why is there WOO PORN ON DU??? L0oniX Jan 2014 #57

I blame it on that song... pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #59

No it dint! Steppenwolf: Porn to be Wild L0oniX Jan 2014 #60

You're right! I guess I'm just porn to lose... pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #65

Report it to the admins. Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #58

You miss the point of threads like this jberryhill Jan 2014 #61

Self-fulfilled prophecy? LAGC Jan 2014 #63

Correct jberryhill Jan 2014 #69

I find most sasquatch porn distasteful. hunter Jan 2014 #75

Perhaps. n/t Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #66

Interesting that NOBODY has pointed out the obvious solution... brooklynite Jan 2014 #100

Perhaps someone else viewed it on your PC? AgingAmerican Jan 2014 #62

It may also be that you use terms that have double meanings. Savannahmann Jan 2014 #73

Here's a screenshot I just took of a DU ad... Indi Guy Jan 2014 #90

Web studies show hentail porn is really popular in Kentucky Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #99

The Angels need clothes. It's 5 degrees outside and they are dressed in that? n/t Gore1FL Jan 2014 #104

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A couple more DU screenshots... Indi Guy Jan 2014 #93

Because The Google knows what you want. BlueStreak Jan 2014 #101

The important thing is, how reasonable are the offers? Gore1FL Jan 2014 #103