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badrobot14 said:
u r right... ads r location based.. but I was thinking about the 1s on papers page, they are different than that on XPC...
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oh yeah, u were right. Sorry I didn't notice them, cuz I didn't open that page lately as had all the papers downloaded...
but I checked...and I got like pornographic videos, at the bottom....
 
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-7 domination- said:
and u ppl were against me wen I talked about no ad's o_O
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who me?
Well, I never supported the idea of 'bad ads'. What I suggested was either 'text' ads, or 'only' education related stuff!
Cuz we've to agree with the admins, that ads not to be removed!
 
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XPFMember said:
who me?
Well, I never supported the idea of 'bad ads'. What I suggested was either 'text' ads, or 'only' education related stuff!
Cuz we've to agree with the admins, that ads not to be removed!
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thts difficult, cause wen ad's are allowed they could be of any type and not neccessarily those one's
 
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By the way the ads on XPC are ones by google; go here:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences
and customize the ads it shows you....

it hardly shows me any bad ads, and most of my ads are link units coz these are my ares of interest, I've selected on google:

Computers & Electronics - Computer Hardware - Computer Peripherals - Input Devices
Computers & Electronics - Electronics & Electrical - Power Supplies
Games - Computer & Video Games
Jobs & Education - Education - Standardized & Admissions Tests
People & Society - Social Sciences - Economics
Reference - Language Resources

(so the kind of ads I get r: give this aptiude test, study in australia blah blah.. :) )
 
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-7 domination- said:
i read the above posts MR :cautious: dnt u be a goodie goodie user :p
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I TROLL and LOL... but never LIE :)
But whatever keeps you happy.

badrobot14 said:
By the way the ads on XPC are ones by google; go here:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences
and customize the ads it shows you....

it hardly shows me any bad ads, and most of my ads are link units coz these are my ares of interest, I've selected on google:

Computers & Electronics - Computer Hardware - Computer Peripherals - Input Devices
Computers & Electronics - Electronics & Electrical - Power Supplies
Games - Computer & Video Games
Jobs & Education - Education - Standardized & Admissions Tests
People & Society - Social Sciences - Economics
Reference - Language Resources

(so the kind of ads I get r: give this aptiude test, study in australia blah blah.. :) )
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:LOL: Are we allowed to choose? :p
 
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badrobot14 said:
By the way the ads on XPC are ones by google; go here:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences
and customize the ads it shows you....

it hardly shows me any bad ads, and most of my ads are link units coz these are my ares of interest, I've selected on google:

Computers & Electronics - Computer Hardware - Computer Peripherals - Input Devices
Computers & Electronics - Electronics & Electrical - Power Supplies
Games - Computer & Video Games
Jobs & Education - Education - Standardized & Admissions Tests
People & Society - Social Sciences - Economics
Reference - Language Resources

(so the kind of ads I get r: give this aptiude test, study in australia blah blah.. :) )
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JazakAllah khairen!
That was helpful....I didn't know about that!
 
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GetSomeLife said:
I TROLL and LOL... but never LIE :)
But whatever keeps you happy.


:LOL: Are we allowed to choose? :p
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JazakAllah khairen!
That was helpful....I didn't know about that!
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yeah.. I did this long ago... only just realized that most ppl won't be as geeky as I am. :D so mentioned this.
it works on all sites using google ads...
 
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on this page:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences

scroll to this:
Your categories
Below you can review a summary of the interests and inferred demographics that Google has associated with your cookie. You can remove or edit your categories at any time.
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and click remove or edit
then on next page select sensible categories (like I did)... select 5-10 of them so it has ads to show you... otherwise I don't know - it might go back to showing stupid ads... (that's my speculation, haven't checked)
 
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i tried it but it's no use, got another pathetic text add. (n).. not even worth posting here...
hence, srry but i'll have to use ad-block
 
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@everyone above:

Apologies for the delay!

I would start by requesting not to use http://www.google.com/ads/preferences!
The changed preferences might work for you but that doesn't solve the issue for others!

This is an educational site and there's no way we can allow inappropriate ads.
Unfortunately we can't remove ads altogether!

The ads on 'XPC' and our 'Revision' section are contextual. What that means is that the bot scans the page you're on, and shows ads related relevant to the context.
The Google's bot is so advanced, it can even show ads relevant to your previous searches (on Google).
That's actually very genius and reduces chances of inappropriate adverts from appearing.
But no bot is perfect! You might occasionally see inappropriate adverts (specially a week or two after the ads are integrated).
If you do so (changes are <1% here), simply send the landing URL or a screenshot of the ad to one of the admins.
You'll never see that advert again! That's a promise!

Moving on.. The ads in our 'Papers' section are CPM based. They might not be as relevant as contextual but they match our site's category.
For the past week or so we were experimenting with different networks. Some of the displayed adverts were unsuitable for our audience (I apologize for that!!) but now we've finalized our network.
We now have more control over the ads. Forget the previous ads, but if you still encounter an inappropriate advert, do the same as instructed in the above paragraph i.e send the landing URL or a screenshot of the ad to one of the admins.
You'll never see that advert again! That's a promise again!

Apologies for the inconvenience this might have caused!

Warm regards,
Admin
www.XtremePapers.com
 
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Shaikathaque said:
Is anyone else here seeing slightly obscene advertisements on the page where we select the pdf files or am I the only one? The add directs me to a link where they ask me to enter my phone nunber -_- of course its a fraud, but I never expected anything like this from xtremepapers.
I don't want my parents to think wrong of me whereas im actually studying =P
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aww that is so bad. PG should be written at this site.:p well why don't you close your eyes and look somewhere else when those adds pops on, as i understand that ignoring them is very hard.:D sometimes things don't go the way you expect so hope for the best. :D
 
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