[BrianR]

I occasionally browse PentaxForums on a mobile device while not logged in so I get to see the ads delivered by whatever ad service you're using. Many are camera related or at least in the ball park for photographers (e.g. audio equipment or travel ads) some are irrelevant (furniture) but some are pretty gross and I'm guessing you'd rather not have associated with PF i.e. "Do you have a slack sausage" or "My lover %*$( me for 4hours" but without the swear filter*.

I'm assuming you'd rather not have these types of ads, and if so, is there something that can be done? A way users can report poor ones?


*NOTE "%*$(" is NOT short for "...browses the bandh catalogue with..." , nor was the other ad alluding to BBQ failures.

[BigMackCam]

Brian, I'm sure Adam will be interested in your feedback.

Personally, I use the uBlock Origin add-in for my browser, and it blocks all ads very effectively. Of course, this doesn't resolve the issue for the website in general, but I recommend it as a means of ensuring you don't see ads like these, or any at all for that matter

[BrianR]

I don't do a ton of browsing on mobile devices, so haven't been annoyed enough to bother with an adblocker. I do use uBlock on my PC though.

[BigMackCam]

I don't do a ton of browsing on mobile devices, so haven't been annoyed enough to bother with an adblocker. I do use uBlock on my PC though.

I can't abide ads, Brian. I know they're part of any website's revenue stream, and in fairness to Adam the precise ads shown aren't usually (if ever) under the owner's control. But I don't like any ads at all. I have uBlock Origin on my laptops, tablet and phone. I only wish I could have them on my TV, my newspapers, magazines and on the letter box of my front door too Actually, I don't mind the ads in the photography magazines I occasionally buy... but that's about it...

[BrianR]

I can't abide ads, Brian. I know they're part of any website's revenue stream, and in fairness to Adam the precise ads shown aren't usually (if ever) under the owner's control. But I don't like any ads at all. I have uBlock Origin on my laptops, tablet and phone. I only wish I could have them on my TV, my newspapers, magazines and on the letter box of my front door too Actually, I don't mind the ads in the photography magazines I occasionally buy... but that's about it...

Inspired by the Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses, I built a pair of glasses to counter subliminal advertising. My tech level is low, so the aren't as selective as their inspiration from Hitchhikers Guide, but they do successfully block all visual forms of advertising.

I should write a DIY guide on making a set, but I'm sure you can figure it out:

[BigMackCam]

Inspired by the Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses, I built a pair of glasses to counter subliminal advertising. My tech level is low, so the aren't as selective as their inspiration from Hitchhikers Guide, but they do successfully block all visual forms of advertising.

I should write a DIY guide on making a set, but I'm sure you can figure it out:

Ha ha Brilliant... I wish I could add multiple likes to this, but one will have to do...

Do you have the anti-mind-control hat to go with it??!

[Adam]

If you believe an advertisement is inappropriate, you can report it to google and also stop it from being displayed, by clicking on the info link within the ad. Ads are generally chosen based on what Google knows about your browsing history. Ads that do not fall within Google's content policies will be removed from the platform.


Please look under "On websites & apps that partner with Google to show ads":

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[clackers]

Ads are generally chosen based on what Google knows about your browsing history.

Brian's in real trouble, then!

There'll be dwarfs, olive oil, latex, etc.

[rawr]

On the subject of in-appropriate ads, or in-appropriate content more generally, can someone pls take a look at the footer of Ricoh Imaging Europes pages, like

https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk
https://www.ricoh-imaging.fr

and confirm that it is not just me getting 'ahem' risque redirects whenever I click on the Ricoh 'Surveillance Business Department' link at the bottom right of the page.

I get redirected to 'adult dating' sites, so it seems that someone has taken control of that Ricoh page or domain. Just need to check that it is not just something amiss in my browser before I attempt to report this to Ricoh Europe.

[BigMackCam]

On the subject of in-appropriate ads, or in-appropriate content more generally, can someone pls take a look at the footer of Ricoh Imaging Europes pages, like

Home - RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S
RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S

and confirm that it is not just me getting 'ahem' risque redirects whenever I click on the Ricoh 'Surveillance Business Department' link at the bottom right of the page.

I get redirected to 'adult dating' sites, so it seems that someone has taken control of that Ricoh page or domain. Just need to check that it is not just something amiss in my browser before I attempt to report this to Ricoh Europe.

Good catch. I'm getting that too. Maybe one for Adam to bring up at CP+

[BrianR]

If you believe an advertisement is inappropriate, you can report it to google and also stop it from being displayed, by clicking on the info link within the ad. Ads are generally chosen based on what Google knows about your browsing history. Ads that do not fall within Google's content policies will be removed from the platform.

Thanks Adam! For some reason I had thought you had a bit of control over the ads, i.e. able to exclude certain categories and so on. It was on a device that has has almost no browsing history and no linked accounts (it's an old iphone used for music, podcasts, camera, etc). The ads were pretty terrible, I will attempt to report the objectionable ones.

Brian's in real trouble, then!

There'll be dwarfs, olive oil, latex, etc.

True story - someone used my gmail to sign up for an "AussieCupid" dating site. My email account is secure - it looked like an accidental mistyping of a real account that's close to mine. I had almost a dozen guys aged 36-50 in the New South Wales area wanting to meet up in the first day.

So add "Australians" to the list of things google thinks I'm into

[clackers]

I had almost a dozen guys aged 36-50 in the New South Wales area wanting to meet up in the first day.

It's like The Bachelor … the one you didn't give a Red Rose to at the end of the episode was devastated!

[southlander]

Something I've noticed at different times is I get 'Asian/Russian bride' type of ads visiting Pentax Forums but not elsewhere so the ad selection being served up is related at least in part to this site. I've simply presumed that camera forum users are stereotyped by ad algorithms as older men clearly lonely coz they they have nothing better to do than play with their lenses and bragging about how big their apertures are.

[stevebrot]

On the subject of in-appropriate ads, or in-appropriate content more generally, can someone pls take a look at the footer of Ricoh Imaging Europes pages, like

Home - RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S
RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S

and confirm that it is not just me getting 'ahem' risque redirects whenever I click on the Ricoh 'Surveillance Business Department' link at the bottom right of the page.

I get redirected to 'adult dating' sites, so it seems that someone has taken control of that Ricoh page or domain. Just need to check that it is not just something amiss in my browser before I attempt to report this to Ricoh Europe.

This truly made my day...
...or not...


Steve

[tokyoscape]

On the subject of in-appropriate ads, or in-appropriate content more generally, can someone pls take a look at the footer of Ricoh Imaging Europes pages, like

Home - RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S
RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S

and confirm that it is not just me getting 'ahem' risque redirects whenever I click on the Ricoh 'Surveillance Business Department' link at the bottom right of the page.

I get redirected to 'adult dating' sites, so it seems that someone has taken control of that Ricoh page or domain. Just need to check that it is not just something amiss in my browser before I attempt to report this to Ricoh Europe.

Just go to Pentax’s FB page, the official one and report it. Last time It was a missspelling on Pentax name on their site. A user here post it and a few days passed the misspelling was still there. So I contact them on FB and and they fixed it pretty fast with a return thank you message. SO.. don’t wait, just private message them on FB and they will find someone to fix it.