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First let me make it clear that I'm not complaining about the introduction of Google ads one bit. In fact I would encourage everyone to click a few ads every day to help Jay pay for the running costs of the site.

That being said, I did find this funny so thought I'd share. One of the ads looks like this:



and takes you to a site called FetchFlix.com, which provides
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Unlimited 24/7 Downloads! No time limits, no bandwidth limits, no content limits! Download anything you want, any time you want. We even provide you with free movie download software!
Hmmm, lets take a look at the download software provided. That image looks familiar. Yup, right-click/properties shows the image filename as KLITEpg2_12.jpg!

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I noticed this also.

I don't think Google does a very good job of policing their ads. Or they don't care.

Please refrain from going click-crazy. Google supposedly has sophisticated algorithms (as well as actual people) that keep track of such things. If a forum with ~1800 members gets as many ad clicks in one day, it's going to look fishy. That would be an unheard-of click through rate and very suspicious.

If you see an ad for something that interests you, click it. If not, then don't. Simple enough.
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That's VERY ironic... Maybe Google did it on porpouse...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I think the ad should be removed. Jay has killed a thread with a link to a download of EpIII, he has threatened to ban people who post links to downloads of EpIII. How then, can you justified putting an ad on this site for a download of EpIII? no offense intended.
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Jay dosen't select the ads, Google does. Unfortunally, they don't seem to check out or even bother to read about who is buying ad space from them. But I don't think that ad will show up again.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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google does have a complaint form for bad advertisements.

I have filled it out already for that, I think that Jay can exclude certain ads from appearing.

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Dam Google!!!!
"A Jedi can feel the force flow through him".
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I just spotted one myself, but didn't get a chance to screenshot it.

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