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Do you find it as ridiculous as I .....?

KatieLou1022
KatieLou1022 Posts: 102 Member
edited January 14 in Food and Nutrition
Do you find it as ridiculous as I that the ads at the top of my home page are for restaurants??? I guess the revenue is more important than the purpose!
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  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    Have you been searching for restaurants? Mine are usually trying to sell me a treadmill or meal replacement drinks.
  • JessHealthKick
    JessHealthKick Posts: 800 Member
    mine are for either makeup or weight loss tips. Depends on the cookies in your computer! (google what that is if needed)
  • farsteve
    farsteve Posts: 157 Member
    Right now mine is trying to sell me maxwell house coffee.
  • MrsSki
    MrsSki Posts: 196
    Yes, I had an add for an Arby's Red Robin, and Chik-Fil-A coupon. I mean really?? The worst part is there is an Arby's in the building I work in. Took everything in me not to rush down there for lunch.
  • KatieLou1022
    KatieLou1022 Posts: 102 Member
    Have you been searching for restaurants? Mine are usually trying to sell me a treadmill or meal replacement drinks.




    Only to find the nutritional counts ... and definitely not from any of those three places!
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    Have you been searching for restaurants? Mine are usually trying to sell me a treadmill or meal replacement drinks.




    Only to find the nutritional counts ... and definitely not from any of those three places!

    The ads are different depending on the person and their internet searches. It used "key words" from things you are looking at to figure out what might be appealing to you. It isn't MFP, it is a complex advertising matrix.
  • terri0527
    terri0527 Posts: 678 Member
    lol...mine is for a mattress...come to think of it, a new one would be fantastic!! :laugh:
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    The ads are different depending on the person and their internet searches. It used "key words" from things you are looking at to figure out what might be appealing to you. It isn't MFP, it is a complex advertising matrix.


    ^^This. MFP doesn't control what's advertised. It just sells the space to an ad company.
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    I always get a kick out of "targeted" advertising. Between using MFP, searching for calorie counts, workout info, etc, and changing my FB status to "single," most of my facebook ads are for dating services for men looking for BBW. Thanks, facebook. :grumble:
  • Wickedone1973
    Wickedone1973 Posts: 43 Member
    Ads like these are based on your search history / patterns. As the previous poster stated, the cookies on your computer play a huge roll in what ads you will see.
  • KatieLou1022
    KatieLou1022 Posts: 102 Member
    Now it has switch to Loreal hair products ... haven't searched on that either. I guess they haven't narrowed their demographic very well!
  • plumbobet
    plumbobet Posts: 30
    Mine was for furniture till I clicked reply now its coupons for red robin and arbys at the top and dole spring mix on the side
  • auzziecawth66
    auzziecawth66 Posts: 476 Member
    Mine are for banking and another one for diapers lol...
  • krisiepoo
    krisiepoo Posts: 710 Member
    Do you find it as ridiculous as I that the ads at the top of my home page are for restaurants??? I guess the revenue is more important than the purpose!

    the ads are user specific. Mine have been for hotels in areas I'm traveling to, garmins and beachbody. Maybe you should stop searching restaurants ;-)
  • Onaughmae
    Onaughmae Posts: 873 Member
    Ha! Mine is trying to sell me raspberry ketones!
  • Pablito66
    Pablito66 Posts: 24 Member
    Mine doesn't have any ads! Damn! I need to get a life!
  • deb2799
    deb2799 Posts: 45
    Mine is for Plastic Surgery LOL But, to be fair I have been researching breast reductions.
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    We all need to eat, and sometimes we end up eating out. You can't avoid it.

    And yeah your ads are based on what you search for. My ads are for Zappos and Bark Box
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    The ads keep this place free.

    You're not going to be able to eliminate advertising from your life.

    And if a banner ad for Pizza Hut is all it takes for you to completely ruin things for a person they aren't going to make it anyway.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    I've been planning a trip to Cancun, so my ads are about air fare, also weight loss products and/or supplements.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I have an Ad Block extension installed on my browser. No ads for me.
  • MereExtraordinaire
    MereExtraordinaire Posts: 143 Member
    Pretty sure itt's completely random. Mine is an advertisement for engagement rings.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I get all sorts of ads for all sorts of things. Honestly some are funny but really who cares.
    Usually the ads are based on what you search on your computer.

    Besides again who cares. You know you can eat at restauraunts and still eat healthy and lose weight, you know ?
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    Now it has switch to Loreal hair products ... haven't searched on that either. I guess they haven't narrowed their demographic very well!

    Maybe the algorithm has determined that you are a female who has hair?
  • cb83580
    cb83580 Posts: 136 Member
    I find it even more ridiculous that there are this many people not using ad blockers in their browsers! I see no ads :)
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    Pretty sure itt's completely random. Mine is an advertisement for engagement rings.


    Hmmm... Do you share a computer with your boyfriend? Maybe it wasn't you who was doing the searching. :)

    Congratulations?
  • KatieLou1022
    KatieLou1022 Posts: 102 Member
    The ads keep this place free.

    You're not going to be able to eliminate advertising from your life.

    And if a banner ad for Pizza Hut is all it takes for you to completely ruin things for a person they aren't going to make it anyway.



    Lighten up! No one said it ruined anything for anyone! It's just ridiculous! Do you think it's okay for there to be ads for porn sites on forums for sex addictions? Or ads for whiskey on sites for alcoholics? ETC. ETC. ETC.!!!
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    Ads like these are based on your search history / patterns. As the previous poster stated, the cookies on your computer play a huge roll in what ads you will see.

    I believe if there are cookies available, then the ads will be more specific. I think most of the time, at least for me, they are random. Other times I have seen them be somewhat related to whatever the topic of the thread is. Some people have mentioned make up in this thread, and when I first opened it, the ad was for olay or something like that.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    The ads keep this place free.

    You're not going to be able to eliminate advertising from your life.

    And if a banner ad for Pizza Hut is all it takes for you to completely ruin things for a person they aren't going to make it anyway.



    Lighten up! No one said it ruined anything for anyone! It's just ridiculous! Do you think it's okay for there to be ads for porn sites on forums for sex addictions? Or ads for whiskey on sites for alcoholics? ETC. ETC. ETC.!!!

    Not even close to the same thing. The main purpose of this website is to track food. Pizza is a food.
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
    Mine is for internet services, medifast weight loss, bras, vitamins, phones but no food yet.
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