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cab



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:03 pm    Post subject: Ad from ethical junction... Reply with quote
    

Is this site still gettng ads from Ethical Junction? Is it just me or is it throwing up some quite bizarre ads at the moment?

Things like:

https://www.thefinchleyclinic.com/shop/

Some of the products there, like:
https://www.thefinchleyclinic.co.uk/nojavascript/products/ule/hopit_h.html

https://www.thefinchleyclinic.co.uk/nojavascript/products/ule/energy_t.html

I've previously been quite a fan of ethical junction, its thrown up a couple of slightly wobbly things for sale on some of the sites linked to, but if this is the kind of thing is has then I'm rapidly going off it.

Edit: Although since posting this, naturally I've not had the same ad appeared again. Sods law?

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There are some technical issues we (in fact, They) are aware of. Don't panic.

 
sean
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We asked them to remove that one from the rotation (which they did) quite a while ago. They've just had some sort of server glitch though and presumably lost our settings or something.
Thanks for pointing it out, I'm sure that jema or Jamanda who mostly deal with EJ will be on to them about it.

 
resistance is fertile



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Im never sure how the ads work here. I've read the explanation, and sometimes its really obvious that the ad is from a Downsizer, but other times its not clear at all.

If they are, I think it would help them sell stuff if the personal link was more pronounced.

As for those items you have shown, not sure how ethical it is to take money of folks to clean their homes subtle energies with a naff picture? (gives me worse vibes than one of Nick's avatars)

 
sean
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There should be a little bit of text below the ad saying 'ethical junction' or 'downsizer trader'. that seems to have been lost from the EJ ones in the computer excitement.
As I pointed out before the finchley clinic ads were barred from showing here but they seem to have lost our settings. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

 
jema
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well I won't be on to them till Monday, away from PC till then.

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If it's a DS trader they will be on this page, which is linked to from the text under any DS trader's banner ad saying DS trader.

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
Well I won't be on to them till Monday, away from PC till then.


Who posted that?

 
jema
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

no one, it was a faint echo.

 
sean
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There it goes again. It's like the Grand Canyon in here.

 
resistance is fertile



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
If it's a DS trader they will be on this page, which is linked to from the text under any DS trader's banner ad saying DS trader.


I see so some aren't DSers.

Do they just apply to the vetting committee for space in return for a bit of revenue?

 
bagpuss



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

anyone who has a downsizer banner is a member you can't have a banner without being a member

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 4:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Ad from ethical junction... Reply with quote
    

cab wrote:
Is this site still gettng ads from Ethical Junction? Is it just me or is it throwing up some quite bizarre ads at the moment?

Things like:

https://www.thefinchleyclinic.com/shop/

Some of the products there, like:
https://www.thefinchleyclinic.co.uk/nojavascript/products/ule/hopit_h.html

https://www.thefinchleyclinic.co.uk/nojavascript/products/ule/energy_t.html

I've previously been quite a fan of ethical junction, its thrown up a couple of slightly wobbly things for sale on some of the sites linked to, but if this is the kind of thing is has then I'm rapidly going off it.

Edit: Although since posting this, naturally I've not had the same ad appeared again. Sods law?


I've emailed EJ asking them to remove that company again. They did it pretty quickly last time so hopefully it will stop appearing soon.
Thanks for pointing it out.

 
cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 4:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Ad from ethical junction... Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:

I've emailed EJ asking them to remove that company again. They did it pretty quickly last time so hopefully it will stop appearing soon.
Thanks for pointing it out.


Cool, glad it'll disappear. I didn't realise the site was operating a filtered form of what EJ offers. I'm unsure now why EJ is a better option than the alternatives if that is the case.

 
sean
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 09 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Because it doesn't take half as much filtering. Filtering google ads until we were happy with them would be pretty much a full time job for someone.

 
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