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a word about our ads

Published Jan. 21, 2009
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Hello GOLO:

We've seen your blogs and read some of the comments posted about two ads in particular, that have been rotating on the site: The weight loss ad and the Home Depot ad.

I want to let you all know personally, that they are being removed.

While it is important that we have ads, please know that it is not our goal to provide a bad experience or annoy you with them in any way.

We never want to put an ad before you that automatically plays any type of audio without you prompting it to do so. In fact, we are against that entirely.

So, keep the feedback coming, with the complete understanding that we can't always act.

But as we've shown you in the past and will continue to show you, your opinion matters to us a great deal.

Stay warm, and have a great day!

 

-Angela  


 

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And we are still seeing the belly stretch marks ads too ;-)

My Hubby has a complaint about one of the Ads I get...it ended up costing him money as he had to run out and buy me one *LOL* Nahhh he did not mind!!! Nor did I...and I get to see my GUYS YUMMY!!!

Since it was my Blog which complained about the belly with stretch marks, I'll be happy to say "thank you".

AdAware will get rid of the Double-click clients, but AdMuncher is the best for most of the sleezy fake product ads.

Oh, and Just an FYI - if the ads are being served by double click, they also track you all over the internet, and in some cases depending on the site you go to will also report the information to the site and/or to credit bureaus.

What Ads? I have an ad blocker on my system. It is really a nice item since I don't get pop-ups either!

Cruise on over to: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

And it takes care of those pesky fake scamming ads - even from Home Depot!

Thanks, Angelia - the Home Depot ad was okay (in my opinion), but that fake stomach loss plug with the bulging anatomy was really gross.

just an FYI. they are still on my page even after deleting cookies, history and resigning in:

http://www.wral.com/golo/profile/2396401/

lol @ Con

Thats my sis.

/*whispering*/

"you bad girl"

I did not see the sound screaming ad, but IN MY OPINION, the same ones who gripe on here are usually the same one who push the envelope on other matters that are posted. How in the world do you expect a company to sell a weight loss product if they don't show the before and the after pictures. As I said and I will say again, I have seen a lot worse posted on the golo blogs and it never amazes me how freedom of speech is such a sought after subject on golo, and yet a legit add such as losing weight is so offensive. The OBESE pictures that some posters put up on here, especially with the ones where their clothes are skimpy, seem to draw plenty of posters. THAT IS MY OPINION..everyone else is entitled to theirs. Thank you for not grumbling next time I start flagging the naked and obese gross pics ongolo..........................

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