(Light-Hearted) Worst-Targetted Ads on This Forum & Elsewhere

[MotCO]

Thanks, I missed that.

Even that is pretty awful, I don't remember that shade of green being used in any of the London Country incarnations (and that includes the faded RMLs we had in the late '70s). At least Temu have used red!

LT2 has always been painted green for some reason. I think it has recently been refurbished / repainted, and is still green.

LT2

LT2 seen in Grosvenor Gardens having just left Victoria Station on its journey to Clapton Pond.

www.flickr.com

(Not my photo) Photo shows a picture of a green LT2 on route 38

 

[Typhoon]

LT2 has always been painted green for some reason. I think it has recently been refurbished / repainted, and is still green.

LT2

LT2 seen in Grosvenor Gardens having just left Victoria Station on its journey to Clapton Pond.

www.flickr.com

(Not my photo) Photo shows a picture of a green LT2 on route 38

Interesting. You learn something new everyday. Green - possibly trying to emphasise its 'green' credentials?

 

[MotCO]

Interesting. You learn something new everyday. Green - possibly trying to emphasise its 'green' credentials?

I think it was a demonstrator which visited Leeds in their colours (as an alternative to their proposed tramway), and it has stayed green ever since.

 

[Dai Corner]

Strangest one I've had so far.

On this forum, from the Royal College of Nursing urging me to vote on the latest Welsh Government pay offer.

I am in Wales but not a nurse, and I doubt there are many nurses on this forum.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Just shows how poorly-targetted most advertising is.

 

[najaB]

Just shows how poorly-targetted most advertising is.

Largely because people opt out of behaviour-tracking cookies.

Edit: Not sure if this is badly targeted or not...

 

[Kite159]

I dread to think what the product being advertised in the first photo is meant to be, as at first glance it's something a bit "S&M"

 

[Techniquest]

I've seen that ad before, strangely on this page right now I have no ads, and I think I've seen a similar product on a YouTube video years ago. I think it's something to do with strengthening facial muscles to make one's facial cheeks and smile better.

I might be wrong, of course!

 

[Pinza-C55]

The one at the bottom of my page is for Temu which I have never used or intend to use. It features women's clothing and a pair of kind of briefs with an artificial member - one thing I certainly don't need.

 

[Trainguy34]

The one at the bottom of my page is for Temu which I have never used or intend to use. It features women's clothing and a pair of kind of briefs with an artificial member - one thing I certainly don't need.

As I read your post, I looked and I had the same ad. How odd..

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I think my recent posts about buying a car, along with browsing Auto-Trader to that end, has confused the Google adsense algorithm a little- I've just had an ad for Kawasaki motorcycles.

 

[Purple Train]

I've had an advert from Northern for the "rewarding" job of being a train cleaner at Bradford.

1) I don't live anywhere near Bradford
2) I would be ostracised by much of my family if I moved to West Yorkshire

 

[GusB]

I've only seen it once, but yesterday an advert for milking machines appeared on this site. I'm all for a bit of self-sufficiency when it comes to producing food, but that's a wee bit over the top!

 

[najaB]

Am I the only one who has absolutely no idea what this is advertising?


Edit: Turns out it's for a hotel - Five Palm Jumeirah.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

This one is a little baffling...

 

[Techniquest]

Baffling indeed! Mind you, I'm also looking at the notification icons and wondering which app they represent

 

[Farigiraf]

One ad from Etsy I got on here:



Notable features:
Lionel Rishi 2024 Calendar
Women's Clothing
'Pooing Cats calendar'
a model boat/submarine

I've also seen the Kim Jong Un calendars advertised that @61653 HTAFC has gotten. I have never searched for 2024 calendars.

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[Merle Haggard]

Some time ago I searched the web for shedplate information. I then got targeted for ads about a)sheds and b)plates - particularly those naff 'limited edition' ones..
And, if your friend is someone who is self employed looking after horses, don't EVER ask her anything about grooming...

 

[Ediswan]

a model boat/submarine

Not just any submarine. But maybe that is one for the "You know you are getting old when ..." thread.

 

[JD2168]

Currently seeing advertisements for Vueling for London to Paris for £24.99 & Barcelona to London for £8.58.

 

[Farigiraf]

Currently seeing advertisements for Vueling for London to Paris for £24.99 & Barcelona to London for £8.58.

For those prices they will have you fly 2 years later, with 1 rucksack and sit on the floor

 

[Andy317345]

I keep getting this for some reason...

 

[DM352]

Any advert where they sell a mystery coloured powder added to water with a speeded up spoon action backed by an Etonian voice advertising instant weight loss.

 

[najaB]

This really is niche advertising, though not on the forum:



(Image shows an advert for trailer mounted de-icing equipment "especially designed for military operation").

 

[High Dyke]

I was just posting on the 'In other news' thread. The previous posting were relating to a story about Tsingtao beer. This advert was at the bottom of the page.



Image shows an advert for Homebrew beer kits.

 

[Ediswan]

Showing in the 'blast furnance' thread. I know what an HPLC column is, but I am not looking to buy any.

 

[najaB]

Don't know if this is classed as badly targeted, or just badly selected: the two items adjacent to each other on an Alibaba composite ad:



For those playing along at home, it's frozen frogs legs and green yoga shorts.

 

[infobleep]

Don't know if this is classed as badly targeted, or just badly selected: the two items adjacent to each other on an Alibaba composite ad:

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For those playing along at home, it's frozen frogs legs and green yoga shorts.

That reminds me of the back pain ads I was getting on Facebook.

As someone who has ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis, I will stick to seeing my rheumatologist and the drugs I am on. Eventually I got bored of the ads to had them hidden.

A friend had a badly targes tampax advert on YouTube. They are a man and couldn't possibly use such a product.

Still I guess they can't convert them to use their product so maybe that's good.

Would you rather adverts that aren't relevant or ones that are?

 

[najaB]

Would you rather adverts that aren't relevant or ones that are?

I've struggled with that one for a while.

On the one hand, I'm not a huge fan of companies tracking me across the Internet. But on the other hand, ads keep sites free, and if I'm going to see ads they might as well be for something I might actually want.

On balance, I'm very slightly in the relevant ads camp.

On that topic, did you know you can see who Google thinks you are in ad preferences? Link: https://myadcenter.google.com/home?sasb=true&ref=ad-settings

 

[Typhoon]

Would you rather adverts that aren't relevant or ones that are?

Ones that aren't. On days like today, I need something to cheer me up and rubbish ads usually do. To be honest, ones that are can be just as irrelevant. I have a few loyalty supermarket cards but they still suggest the completely irrelevant.