2 BigMacks for $5.00

BeckFair
BeckFair Posts: 35 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
Does anyone else think it's just wrong to have advertising from McDonalds scrolling across the screen while you're logging your food for the day? What could be less motivational than that? I understand the need for advertising on a free website, but shouldn't they be selective? Or is it just me?

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Your advertisements are based on links you've followed and search terms you've googled. That's how internet advertising works.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Your advertisements are based on links you've followed and search terms you've googled. That's how internet advertising works.

    Lol. OP: "Oops"
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Some people here can fit a Big Mac or even two into their calories for the day. Don't fall into the trap if thinking that everyone here uses the site with the same goals as you.
  • gobonas99
    gobonas99 Posts: 1,049 Member
    Ab-Block. No ads. Ever. :)
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I love these threads.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    bigmac_label.jpg

    I could make two fit.
  • jaqcan
    jaqcan Posts: 498 Member
    All the ads are based on your cookies and search history. :wink: Someone in your household has been searching McD's. Better than the guy that was complaining about getting porn ads. He was blaming MFP! lol
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    online advertisements are based on search history as well as other demographic information...MFP doesn't put the ads up.

    I just got done booking a hotel for a concert I'm going to...it was a Homewood Suites...I'm currently looking at a La Quinta Inns and Suites advert.
  • BeckFair
    BeckFair Posts: 35 Member
    Uh, no. I've never googled McDonalds. I posted this because I think it's ironic, that's all. I realize we are not all pursuing the same goals. I feel like I should apologize for asking the question. Thanks for your support.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    Get Adblock plus, it's free and reputable and works. I don't get any ads here on my PC.

    I do get ads in the app, though, but usually the stupid "you have 1 new message" banner ad, that apparently is malware if user complaints about it are valid. If it is malware, I think that's wrong that MFP hasn't done anything about it to remove it.

  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    BeckFair wrote: »
    Uh, no. I've never googled McDonalds. I posted this because I think it's ironic, that's all. I realize we are not all pursuing the same goals. I feel like I should apologize for asking the question. Thanks for your support.

    You may not have googled McDonald's but you may have read an article about it or a thread about it. You also may have looked at a website of something that is vaguely related to McDonald's. For example, you could have looked up nutrition info on a fast food website so now you are getting fast food ads. Here's a page that describes Google's Adsense: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/9713?hl=en
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    jaqcan wrote: »
    All the ads are based on your cookies and search history. :wink: Someone in your household has been searching McD's.
    This.
    Yesterday I googled the Guthrie Theater and now I'm looking at an ad for a play that they're putting on.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    jaqcan wrote: »
    All the ads are based on your cookies and search history. :wink: Someone in your household has been searching McD's.
    This.
    Yesterday I googled the Guthrie Theater and now I'm looking at an ad for a play that they're putting on.

    I lookup things for my 5-year-old niece all the time and now I'm getting ads here for "Disney's Frozen on Ice."

    I also get the occasional ad for at-home paternity tests.

    Goggle has a hard time figuring me out.
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    It doesn't have to be something you searched directly. it could have been something mentioned on one of the threads here, or something somewhat related to it. It could also be from something from weeks ago or something anyone using your computer searched.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    BeckFair wrote: »
    Uh, no. I've never googled McDonalds. I posted this because I think it's ironic, that's all. I realize we are not all pursuing the same goals. I feel like I should apologize for asking the question. Thanks for your support.

    No apologies. Not everyone understands how these ads work. It is ironic. I find it even more crazy that because I recently bought tickets to Disneyland that I keep getting ads for Disneyland. I'm already going! I don't need more convincing. Really.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    BeckFair wrote: »
    Uh, no. I've never googled McDonalds. I posted this because I think it's ironic, that's all. I realize we are not all pursuing the same goals. I feel like I should apologize for asking the question. Thanks for your support.

    You may not have googled McDonald's but you may have read an article about it or a thread about it. You also may have looked at a website of something that is vaguely related to McDonald's. For example, you could have looked up nutrition info on a fast food website so now you are getting fast food ads. Here's a page that describes Google's Adsense: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/9713?hl=en

    Yeah, now that I've clicked on this thread, I'm probably going to get some McD's advertising. :lol:
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  • momoharuno
    momoharuno Posts: 141 Member
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    jaqcan wrote: »
    All the ads are based on your cookies and search history. :wink: Someone in your household has been searching McD's.
    This.
    Yesterday I googled the Guthrie Theater and now I'm looking at an ad for a play that they're putting on.

    I lookup things for my 5-year-old niece all the time and now I'm getting ads here for "Disney's Frozen on Ice."

    I also get the occasional ad for at-home paternity tests.

    Goggle has a hard time figuring me out.

    I laughed so hard at this! Thanks! XD
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    BeckFair wrote: »
    Uh, no. I've never googled McDonalds. I posted this because I think it's ironic, that's all. I realize we are not all pursuing the same goals. I feel like I should apologize for asking the question. Thanks for your support.

    I've learned a lot from your question by the informative answers. Thanks for asking it. I forget how targeted the ads can be.

  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,197 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Your advertisements are based on links you've followed and search terms you've googled. That's how internet advertising works.

    Not necessarily. I see ads for Solar Power, Health Plans, Big Size Women fashion, window blinds and more. I already have solar, I don't need or ever looked for new Health Plans, and didn't google blinds, and I am a petite 2/4 size. And this is my personal PC.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    edited August 2015
    Gisel2015 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    Your advertisements are based on links you've followed and search terms you've googled. That's how internet advertising works.

    Not necessarily. I see ads for Solar Power, Health Plans, Big Size Women fashion, window blinds and more. I already have solar, I don't need or ever looked for new Health Plans, and didn't google blinds, and I am a petite 2/4 size. And this is my personal PC.

    Read the rest of the thread.

    ETA: You can't see how visiting a site like MFP might make advertisements for a health plan or Big Size Women fashions appear?
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