Posted by Jost on October 9, 2006, at 10:56:14
In reply to Re: trialing, posted by alexandra_k on October 9, 2006, at 5:22:12
I'd be surprised if the ads are randomly generated. If they're like google or gmail ads, they're targeted to content. For example, when I get emails from people the ads are clearly on-point to the content of the email. Last night, eg, someone sent me an invitation to a dance performance, and there were five or six (or more?) dance-related ads on that. If it's about the tour de france-- there are bike or other sports ads, etc.
Possibly all the lawyers ads are cause we're crazy. Crazy people tend to get into trouble-- notably, recently, for example, for sexual abuse-- so the ad-generators coughs up lawyer ads.
The slowness? This week, on two days, for hours, I could hardly get on, or couldn't wait for pages to load after a while. I have a highspeed connection, and this wasn't happening anywhere else. But maybe it's cluster of something.
Certainly the ads are easy to ignore. Which makes them a lot more palatable-- the flash ads, etc-- are another case. and if I do need a lawyer--- well actually, I probably would do better on my own.
Jost
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