Benchmark "Ads" at the top of the forum

[+Klemmer]

Ever check out those "benchmark" or "benchmarking" banner ads at the top of this "Benchmark Hunting" forum?

 

I guess the Google add robot thinks we would be interested because of the same name, huh? Fooled it. Here are a couple that got my attention. They change often, and are hard to "catch":

 

http://www.probenchmark.com/?_kk=it%20benc...CFQU6awodtEYjXQ

 

http://www.industryweek.com/Benchmarking/B...CID=KNC-IWBPDB1

 

Maybe Berntsen should get one. At least that would be relevant....

 

Just got another one:

http://nqrinc.com/

 

And another.

http://www.redstonesoftware.com/home/Bench...CFRIUagodaij0WQ

 

Sheeeesh! I give up. You win, Google ad robot.

 

(BTW: I don't work for Berntsen or any of the other companies above).

Edited December 29, 2007 by Klemmer & TeddyBearMama

[Wintertime]

Thanks to Adblock Plus (an extension to Firefox), I wasn't even aware that there were ads on the forum pages. But I have encountered a similar problem when using Google to look for various topics related to survey marks. Even putting a space in "bench mark" doesn't prevent getting a bunch of results that pertain to software and product quality control rather than surveying.

 

Patty

[+t8r]

Google just does not get why i don't want them filtering anything, including advertising. This is why. Google, please give me the tools to do my own filtering.

[+Klemmer]

But Patty, look at all the neat ads you are missing!

 

(P.S. As I use Firefox also, maybe I better look into Adblock Plus also).

 

(P.P.S. Now that we have mentioned it, will we get banner ads from Adblock Plus? Hmmm...)

[Papa-Bear-NYC]

Ever check out those "benchmark" or "benchmarking" banner ads at the top of this "Benchmark Hunting" forum?

 

I guess the Google add robot thinks we would be interested because of the same name, huh? Fooled it. Here are a couple that got my attention. They change often, and are hard to "catch":

 

http://www.probenchmark.com/?_kk=it%20benc...CFQU6awodtEYjXQ

 

http://www.industryweek.com/Benchmarking/B...CID=KNC-IWBPDB1

 

Maybe Berntsen should get one. At least that would be relevant....

 

Just got another one:

http://nqrinc.com/

 

And another.

http://www.redstonesoftware.com/home/Bench...CFRIUagodaij0WQ

 

Sheeeesh! I give up. You win, Google ad robot.

 

(BTW: I don't work for Berntsen or any of the other companies above).

There is a Firefox special add on you can get just for Google issues. Check out "CustomizeGoogle".

 

CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).

http://www.customizegoogle.com/