Doesnt it bother you?

neverrgiveup

That we are on a health site, trying to loose weight and have a better life style.. and the next thing you know you are on a page on MFP and you see advertisements with 2 big hamburgers on their? I think its kinda strange.. and demotivating hehe.

karenjoy

I get ones for something called an exante diet, Hilton Honours Hotel Group, Disneyland Paris, bras and laser hair removal!

ickybella

My ads are for protein powder, travel, and running clothes. Those are the things I google on a regular basis, so I think it has to do with your internet searches.

karenjoy

I have never in my life googled that diet or laser hair removal lol

Mountain_woman

Oreo cookies, fiber snacks, Disney World Resorts and a Protein supplement.

Occasionally Groupon.

thetorontokid2

That's so strange!! Mine are usually for Nissan, Amex, some vitamins, Kelloggs and that ad you always see "5 foods you must not eat! Cut down that belly fat"...blah. lol

ramseyrose

I keep getting one for Whoopees and doughnuts!!

wmubuffettfan

HAHA!!! Yeah I always get pictures of Paula Dean cooking fabulous looking fating foods in my ads.

Toridactyl

That banana drives me crazy.

dthompson9405

yeah most of my ads are targeted towards what i look at on the internet now. so i think it is powered by goggled

polar5554

That banana drives me crazy.

I KNOW!!!!

The banana drives me insane!!!! Aren't bananas good for us???????? :huh:

petithamu

Haha, I keep getting Disney, M&S and Virgin Media?!

JennsLosing

mine is cinnabon creamof wheat, melatonin, and thats weird because i actually use that every once in a while. so maybe i should get that dollar off coupon!

sprinkies

my ads are for clothes.

stop googling hamburgers and you'll stop getting those ads

i'm totally kidding, but the ads are based off of what you search for online.

JennsLosing

mine is cinnabon creamof wheat, melatonin, and thats weird because i actually use that every once in a while. so maybe i should get that dollar off coupon!

but ive never googled either one of those

Meggie_pooh

When I first joined MFP, there was an ad for a big chocolate cupcake with a HUGE mound of blue frosting....pure EVIL!!! But I made it thru and concentrated on the ultimate goal! We can do this:bigsmile:

JulsDiane

It may be annoying but I look at it as they are paying for the site so we don't have to; i will gladly be annoyed any day to keep the site free

nph1960

I keep getting the ad for "Sonoma Diet", with the nice, big glass filling up with red wine. Hmmm..... Do you think it peeks at your food diary?!!

ohwhataday

I'm pretty sure the ads are Google ads, and google ads generally appear as it fits the content written on the page. It could be anything really. Whatever anyone writes about.

Pretty1one

I Googled Edamames in the morning and now the All-natural Estroven ad is here :laugh:
And I can save $3 yooohoooo. Like I need the Estroven already :sad: (maybe soon, not now) :laugh:

MsMouseMouse

I must say that I have not noticed any. Except that big banana. I must be so into what everyone has to say on here that my eyes are just on what I am reading and entering on my food list. However... Try and ignore it all if you can, because no matter how annoying or un-motivational it is... it's because of this that we are getting this site for FREE. I can hardly believe that something so good for us is free.. Most people would be making money off of this. So to the people who started this FREE site I thank you from the bottom of my heart. THANK YOU and ((((((BIG HUGS))))))

GypsyRoaddog

The cupcake W/Mount Shasta frosting is a hoot OK. HAHAHA it is just now to the right as I type this !!! My p.o.v. is that this 'tempting' (case-by-case of course) food is stuff we see all day every day in any given place :>) I totally agree with JulsDiane's comment:

It may be annoying but I look at it as they are paying for the site so we don't have to; i will gladly be annoyed any day to keep the site free

We will grow to the point at which food, the yummy, the gooey, the whatever-it-is-that-tempts-each given one of us will lose its power in/over us whether in a glossy pic or in the 3D. Been there! Just wandered off & lost my way back. Pickin' up again on a new highway home and sharing with other travelers on the way to their homes, too.

gyps

HeidiMightyRawr

I get huge burger adverts and walt disney world, none of which I've ever googled
It doesn't bother me though, I suppose it would do if I had a craving for the food being advertised but the burgers in the picture never look that tasty haha

NotAllWhoWanderAreLost

yes, the ads are google-powered ads and can be related to this site (health, weightloss, fitness, diet, etc), the subject of a particular convo thread (keywords pulled), sites you've recently visited, things you've done internet searches for, companies whose emails you've recently opened, etc... Google Ad Sense pulls this stuff so while you may see things tailored for you, there will be a tremendous overlap of all MFP users, since we all have this subject/site in common

I have been seeing a lot of ads recently for Campmor and i have to admit: i am now in the mood to blow some money on hiking gear hahahaha! Right now i have Smart Ones and Stouffer's Sautes for Two

I once saw a thread written by a (self-proclaimed) religious member who was disturbed and upset at the inappropriate ads that were coming up on her page (meet singles, semi-adult-subject things like that with bikini girls (nothing hardcore), etc) and she was so upset that these images were coming up where she and her husband would be viewing them that she was considering deactivating her account. Unfortunately for her, i think the problem was at least in part that someone was doing some internet surfing on her computer without her knowing what was going on.... Just saying..... if you have this sort of thing coming up on a shared computer, you might want to keep an eye on what your (husband, boyfriend, children, babysitter, etc) is viewing/doing online! Eeks!

sbwood888

It may be annoying but I look at it as they are paying for the site so we don't have to; i will gladly be annoyed any day to keep the site free

Agreed.

dlaplume2

Mine are banana and sun chips, Used to be Dominos pizza, which I didn't mind because we don't have one locally.

It is what makes the website free, so I don't mind. I just tune them out.

TaneeisFitforLife

I'm pretty sure the ads are Google ads, and google ads generally appear as it fits the content written on the page. It could be anything really. Whatever anyone writes about.

yeap, what she said! It's not only based on your searches. Any articles you read, posts you read or reply to, etc are also factored into google ads

velix

It may be annoying but I look at it as they are paying for the site so we don't have to; i will gladly be annoyed any day to keep the site free

/agree

sometimes, I will even randomly click on one of the links (usually that's how internet advertising revenue works - the link needs to be clicked for the host site to gain revenue from said advertising)

and I am happy to say, I have never seen any questionable advertisements - unless of course, you consider that massive cupcake or two greasy burgers "questionable"

mingermany

I didn't really notice it until I saw this post. I guess i'm just so used to ads being everywhere that I kind of tune out.

michellehorvath

It may be annoying but I look at it as they are paying for the site so we don't have to; i will gladly be annoyed any day to keep the site free

Great Point!! My ads are usually for Groupon which I love.....but I have seen the bluefrosted cupcake and the foods to fight belly fat! Two things I never google!! But I think your onto something because I LOVE THAT THIS SITE IS FREE!!! :laugh: