Why is this allowed ?
Posted 12/11/2009 - 16:21
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Could have been a typo I suppose,afteral,we`re all human...although some are more human than others...he he
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Posted 12/11/2009 - 17:16
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Actually those are Google Adsense contextual adverts. They are adverts which display based on the context. So if the text on the page is talking about blue handled widgets, the adverts will be about blue handled widgets (this is of course assuming that a BH widget company has already bid on the key phrase of 'blue handled widget').
Competitive words, like 'insurance', will get bid on by many hundreds of advertisers. The highest bids get displayed first, until the advertsiers monthly budget runs out. Then the next highest bids get displayed. etc etc. So you can see that it is almost impossible to predict which advert will display.
They aren't put there by the hosting company, the PentaxUser web team puts them there. Google pay out for every person who clicks on the ad. The amount ranges from a few pence up to several pounds per click. Words like 'insurance' and 'loans' etc pay out big time. Niche stuff pays a few pence. In this case UI would imagine the keyword is 'pentax'.
It is possible for the webmaster to block certain adverts (usually you would block your competitor's ads), so the web team could in theory block Simply Electronics. They have a pretty shabby reputation anyway from what I understand.
Edit: In summary ... every time you click on Simply Electronic's advert it costs Simply Electronics 10p or 20p or so. No, I'm not suggesting anything
Competitive words, like 'insurance', will get bid on by many hundreds of advertisers. The highest bids get displayed first, until the advertsiers monthly budget runs out. Then the next highest bids get displayed. etc etc. So you can see that it is almost impossible to predict which advert will display.
They aren't put there by the hosting company, the PentaxUser web team puts them there. Google pay out for every person who clicks on the ad. The amount ranges from a few pence up to several pounds per click. Words like 'insurance' and 'loans' etc pay out big time. Niche stuff pays a few pence. In this case UI would imagine the keyword is 'pentax'.
It is possible for the webmaster to block certain adverts (usually you would block your competitor's ads), so the web team could in theory block Simply Electronics. They have a pretty shabby reputation anyway from what I understand.
Edit: In summary ... every time you click on Simply Electronic's advert it costs Simply Electronics 10p or 20p or so. No, I'm not suggesting anything
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Posted 12/11/2009 - 17:22
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For instance while I was writing this I noticed that while most of the ads on this page are about pentax, one of the ads is for 'Cardiff Airport Parking'. That one is picking up Cardiff_gareth's name, no doubt the advertiser (NCP) has bid on the keyword 'cardiff'.
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Posted 12/11/2009 - 18:03
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Use Firefox and ABP... almost no ads at all
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Posted 12/11/2009 - 18:14
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thoughton wrote:
Edit: In summary ... every time you click on Simply Electronic's advert....
I suspect it says something about me that my mind completed this sentance with the phraise "God kills a kitten" as I was reading it
Edit: In summary ... every time you click on Simply Electronic's advert....
you don't have to be mad to post here
but it does help
but it does help
Posted 12/11/2009 - 18:18
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Grab a screen shot of the advert next time.
Call them up and record them refusing to sell to you at the advertised price. Then get the local trading standards office on to it. Maybe te ASA too.
It may take your time but they will be tied up having to explain why they make false advertising claims.
edit to add
Simply Electronics may be a Hong Kong Company, but they have a UK phone number and must have a UK base as they state the items are in stock an will be shipped from there so they cannot avoid local laws and authorities. The UK warehouse will probably be paying various customs and delivery charges and the cost of renting the UK facility.
Call them up and record them refusing to sell to you at the advertised price. Then get the local trading standards office on to it. Maybe te ASA too.
It may take your time but they will be tied up having to explain why they make false advertising claims.
edit to add
Simply Electronics may be a Hong Kong Company, but they have a UK phone number and must have a UK base as they state the items are in stock an will be shipped from there so they cannot avoid local laws and authorities. The UK warehouse will probably be paying various customs and delivery charges and the cost of renting the UK facility.
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Posted 12/11/2009 - 18:34
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Most of my ads are in Spanish the Google ones,
Posted 12/11/2009 - 22:51
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I have purchased twice from Simply Electronics, via Amazon, and there was no problem either time. Goods were sent promptly from within the UK.
Best regards, John
Posted 12/11/2009 - 22:52
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God bless Firefox!
Like Womble I have no adverts, so much ncer on the eyes without all those flashing images and misleading prices.
Like Womble I have no adverts, so much ncer on the eyes without all those flashing images and misleading prices.
Cheers, HG
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Pentax 43mm F1.9 £349
*Free Delivery! Shipped from UK* In Stock Now for Same Day Dispatch
SimplyElectronics.net/Pentax
The link was this.
I clicked, and . . . the lens is not only twice this price, but out of stock.
Haardly a high quality advert to be displaying here, is it?