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I have a adds panel on the middle of the main topic page. I have IE.

Sorry if the ads are annoying, that's not the intention...
First, yes, I'v added Google Adsense ads to the site. (only way I know to recoup some of the running costs)
I have noticed a slightly longer load time, but the ads are always the last to load, so unless you are staring at the swirling "load icon" you should not notice any difference.

Let me know here if you still see these things.

I am working on getting rid of the irrelevant ads. This will take some time as Google will ned to index all the pages with ads in order to find key words and then more relevant ads.

Recommendations:
"Nobody" recommends running IE as your browser...
Keep your brower (Firefox, Chrome, Opera) updated.
For ad-blocking, here is some interesting reading .

stingray-63 wrote:

I have a adds panel on the middle of the main topic page. I have IE.

That's where I've placed one of them, yes.

One more thing:
The "big" ads you see have content 100% selected by Google. Some of you will recognise the add content from your latest Google searches (I know I do) or from whatever info Google has collected on you, others will get content based on whoever Google thinks visits this site.

I have some means of limiting the add content, but nothing 100%, and it will take time to adjust.

pfewwww! I though that it was a pirat adds banner

larbut wrote:

yes, I'v added Google Adsense ads to the site. (only way I know to recoup some of the running costs)

I had a feeling when I noticed them that this was the case Fair enough to

larbut wrote:

One more thing:
The "big" ads you see have content 100% selected by Google. Some of you will recognise the add content from your latest Google searches (I know I do) or from whatever info Google has collected on you, others will get content based on whoever Google thinks visits this site.

I have some means of limiting the add content, but nothing 100%, and it will take time to adjust.

Well this explains the RC, Music & Motorcycle content But not the ads for Asian/Russian/where ever dating sites I have enough on my hands with a Spanish wife

larbut wrote:

andyaus wrote:

Hey Lars, When I'm looking at my profile the map with my location has no image?

Correct, I've removed Australia from the map...

No, no, I haven't, promise

I'll look into it.

So no joy with this? I wonder if it has something to do with the paid member and free member plan settings? Just a thought

andyaus wrote:

larbut wrote:

andyaus wrote:

Hey Lars, When I'm looking at my profile the map with my location has no image?

Correct, I've removed Australia from the map...

No, no, I haven't, promise

I'll look into it.

So no joy with this? I wonder if it has something to do with the paid member and free member plan settings? Just a thought

A little progress, but no solution.
It looks like the component I use for the map is outdated wrt Google Map updates, and a new one is not available...

I understood why the ads were showing up, nothing against trying to get some running cost back.

Just the way it's implemented shouldn't keep the browser busy indefinitely when it can't connect to the script. That would mean for myself to allow googlesyndication each time I land here - or globally altogether (which I'm really not planning on).

I'll always be getting the generic ads by the way because I've disabled tracking with Google itself as well.