Has the Cruise Critic I.T. dept flipped?

[wallie5446]

Whats up with the Cruise Critic I.T. dept puting a Carnival Ad Banner across the top of the Celebrity thread board? :eek:

[Wiltonian]

I'm seeing a Disney ad. It's all done automatically, not by some IT person's whim - and why shouldn't a board for company X have ads for company y? More point than X advertising on an X board.

[DebbieMacG]

I've got Cunard :D

[Wiltonian]

I've got Cunard :D

 

Oooo - obviously a better class of cruiser! ;-)

 

Stuart

[wpgcycler]

Hilton for me - they know I'm still a cruise virgin.;)

[Denny01]

Not only do they add 'ads' for other Lines, they have ads that compete with cruising - mine is for Sandals. Don't they know I have enough pairs already???

 

Den

[CathyCruises]

I have Trip Advisor!

[wallie5446]

The reason it caught my eye. I am in Retail, sat in on a presentation from a Internet Co trying to sell us on buying Ad space on a web page. We would only pay a fee when someone clicks on our Ad. So I assume it works the same way here. If we are looking for information about Celebrity, would I not be more likely to 'click' on an Ad for Celebrity vs someone else, thus generating a fee for the web site. Just found it interesting.

[jgnova]

I think the banner ads are based on sites you've visited in the past. There are varying levels of granularity and that's probably part of the charge base. So one company might want to have their ads if you ever visited a travel site. Or another company (Cunard) might request to have their banners for people who ever went to a Celebrity site. I think some of the ad companies pay per view - and more per click - and even more if you spend time on the site that you clicked to.

 

j

[Kellie Poodle]

I must have a really great browser with awesome settings. I never see any banners.:D

[Ex-Airbalancer]

I got an add about snow shovels

 

 

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[jackdiamond]

Whats up with the Cruise Critic I.T. dept puting a Carnival Ad Banner across the top of the Celebrity thread board? :eek:

What are you talking about?

[Andy]

I think it's all random. I've seen other cruise line ads on forums other than their own brand.

[shell15]

I think the banner ads are based on sites you've visited in the past. There are varying levels of granularity and that's probably part of the charge base. So one company might want to have their ads if you ever visited a travel site. Or another company (Cunard) might request to have their banners for people who ever went to a Celebrity site. I think some of the ad companies pay per view - and more per click - and even more if you spend time on the site that you clicked to.

 

j

 

This is exactly correct. Right now mine is Crate & Barrel, which I visited several times last week as well as some competing sites. It always freaks me out when I see them because I feel like someone is spying on me LOL. :D

[jgnova]

Cruise Critic uses Ad Choices - read about their services here. It's also possible that some ISPs and browser hacks could subvert this and insert other ads.

 

j

[wpgcycler]

I think it's all random.

 

Not on your life. it's based on information they collect from your Internet trail. I've now got Zenni optical - from whom I've ordered about 8 pairs of glasses.

[C 2 C]

adblocker works…

[Arusha]

Check your anti-virus software settings. Some (such as Kaspersky) have an anti-banner ad feature you can enable so that banner ads don't display in your web browser.

[Andy]

Not on your life. it's based on information they collect from your Internet trail. I've now got Zenni optical - from whom I've ordered about 8 pairs of glasses.

 

That's NOT what I meant. I meant that it's possible to view ads from other cruise lines on this forum, and vice-versa.

[wpgcycler]

That's NOT what I meant. I meant that it's possible to view ads from other cruise lines on this forum, and vice-versa.

 

Oh, I see. sorry.

[PTMary]

adblocker works…

 

Yes, quite well, in fact. I never see ads in banners nor along the right side of these pages with AdBlocker. One of the best, and most useful add-ons I've found. Works equally well on other sites, too. No more annoying ads trying to separate me from my money.

Edited January 17, 2014 by PTMary

[riclop]

Whats up with the Cruise Critic I.T. dept puting a Carnival Ad Banner across the top of the Celebrity thread board? :eek:

It changes all the time.

[jayoldschool]

I just can't believe that there are still people out there that don't use ad blocking software. Every now and then when I'm on a strange computer, and I see what websites actually look like these days I'm amazed (and not in a good way).

[K.T.B.]

Ah the joys of Ad Block on Google Chrome. :D I see no ads.

 

Oh, and if you're seeing a specific ad, that means you visited that site and downloaded their cookie. So you will see that ad in a lot of places.

[Denny01]

Ah the joys of Ad Block on Google Chrome. :D I see no ads.

 

Oh, and if you're seeing a specific ad, that means you visited that site and downloaded their cookie. So you will see that ad in a lot of places.

 

Sounds good but I've never looked at, gone to or have any connection with most of the ads I've seen role through. They may have some connection, but it looks random, from my experience.

 

Den