What?s with these inappropriate adds?

[Chezza]

First I like to mention adds in general are fine. So much free entertainment in a quality site such as the escapist only asking you to view an add before every video or so is very reasonable considering what we are getting.

However recently I have constantly received these BFF fashion clothing for girls, shampoo or some sort of skin cream adds over and over. If a company is paying you to host these adds then what sort of poor research suggests the ideal target market for female dresses and such will be found regularly viewing content around Yahtzee or even the Jim-bloody-Inquisiation?

I could understand the deal could be broad and the way it works is every state within every country may have their own selected adds to be aired. I am from Australia Melbourne/Victoria so I doubt not too many people receive such irrelevant and out-of-place commercials.

I suppose this doesn't bother many people. However my friends and I are constantly questioning it.

 

[Mr Thin]

Because The Escapist doesn't get to choose their ads, because they are poor, so they get all the shitty ones.

That's the assumption I've been operating under, and it seems to be the general consensus.

There was a thread made a few days agothat sort of relates to this.Here it is. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.313743-Do-people-seriously-not-understand-why-the-Escapist-protects-their-ads-Warning-Ranty-text-wall?page=1]

 

[Queen Michael]

First I like to mention adds in general are fine. So much free entertainment in a quality site such as the escapist only asking you to view an add before every video or so is very reasonable considering what we are getting.

However recently I have constantly received these BFF fashion clothing for girls, shampoo or some sort of skin cream adds over and over. If a company is paying you to host these adds then what sort of poor research suggests the ideal target market for female dresses and such will be found regularly viewing content around Yahtzee or even the Jim-bloody-Inquisiation?

I could understand the deal could be broad and the way it works is every state within every country may have their own selected adds to be aired. I am from Australia Melbourne/Victoria so I doubt not too many people receive such irrelevant and out-of-place commercials.

I suppose this doesn't bother many people. However my friends and I are constantly questioning it.

I get the other ones, but you think you're not the target group for shampoo ads? As long as you wash your hair, how aren't you the target group?

 

[Lukeje]

Aren't ads based somewhat on your own recent browsing history?

 

[Spambot 3000]

Meh, it's just the companies putting their ads in the wrong place that are suffering.

 

[TimTamChimchar]

I completely agree. I'm from Australia Melbourne as well, and I think that people should think more carefully about where they place their commercials. It's not just ok to put them on every website you see.
I've also seen other things like playboy-style ads on Bulbapedia, and I know lots of kids go on that site. People just don't seem to care where they post their ads.

 

[Chezza]

First I like to mention adds in general are fine. So much free entertainment in a quality site such as the escapist only asking you to view an add before every video or so is very reasonable considering what we are getting.

However recently I have constantly received these BFF fashion clothing for girls, shampoo or some sort of skin cream adds over and over. If a company is paying you to host these adds then what sort of poor research suggests the ideal target market for female dresses and such will be found regularly viewing content around Yahtzee or even the Jim-bloody-Inquisiation?

I could understand the deal could be broad and the way it works is every state within every country may have their own selected adds to be aired. I am from Australia Melbourne/Victoria so I doubt not too many people receive such irrelevant and out-of-place commercials.

I suppose this doesn't bother many people. However my friends and I are constantly questioning it.

I get the other ones, but you think you're not the target group for shampoo ads? As long as you wash your hair, how aren't you the target group?

Haha yeah but investing in such a medium for effective exposure should be the goal of the brands. I highly doubt this is an efficient channel.

 

[sapphireofthesea]

Had a similar issue but was for a very graphic sounding murder 'thing'. Freaked me out every time to the point of me silencing it every time. Considering the audience here would likely make up under 16's (UK), why the age restricted adds on humourous content
I am slowly becoming worried about this site

 

[BlueMage]

Only slowly? I imagine shortly the big drawcard will be hosting his vids elsewhere (let's face it, there's not much else to draw one to this place)

 

[Jonluw]

Yeah, I'm consistently getting ads for Venus women's razors.
I don't even...
Um...
I...
Huh?

 

[BabyRaptor]

Anybody else suddenly reminded of Straight White Male Gamer complaining to BioWare?

 

[LookingGlass]

They still scare me much less than what's been showing up on IGN lately. They own Askmen apparently, and now the ads I get at the bottom of their articles are, and these are the exact titles that appeared on three I opened just now to prove my point here:

- "Fingering tips video"
- "G spot and female ejaculation video"
- "Real breasts video"


Seriously, WTF? How are they appropriate ads for a video games website?

 

[LongAndShort]

Anybody else suddenly reminded of Straight White Male Gamer complaining to BioWare?

In his defense, some of the commercials being played I think really aren't aimed at the correct audience. You know, like commercials, in which two teenagers give badly worded 'fashion tips', that my thirteen year old - surprisingly fashion conscious - sister finds extremely patronizing are probably not going to appeal to the broadly mature viewers of much of what is on this site.

 

[WarBossTilt]

i hate those BFF adds. tho i tend to use them as an example of how girls shouldnt dress.

 

[gertmenkel]

Adds?
What adds?
I only see adds about the Publishers Club at the end of every video.
Maybe I'm lucky because I live in the Netherlands, but I don't think the Escapist would allow some countries to watch videos without adds.

(Just to be sure: I checked Adblock and Ghostery and the Escapist is whitelisted in both)

 

[smearyllama]

Had a similar issue but was for a very graphic sounding murder 'thing'. Freaked me out every time to the point of me silencing it every time. Considering the audience here would likely make up under 16's (UK), why the age restricted adds on humourous content
I am slowly becoming worried about this site

That?
I think that was just the ad for that one kinda crappy Kinect game.
The one where you fight monsters in first-person.
I think, though, that a lot of the minors here are mature enough to view slightly mature content (15 here)

 

[sapphireofthesea]

Had a similar issue but was for a very graphic sounding murder 'thing'. Freaked me out every time to the point of me silencing it every time. Considering the audience here would likely make up under 16's (UK), why the age restricted adds on humourous content
I am slowly becoming worried about this site

That?
I think that was just the ad for that one kinda crappy Kinect game.
The one where you fight monsters in first-person.
I think, though, that a lot of the minors here are mature enough to view slightly mature content (15 here)

No it was for some murder tv thing. Just the sound freaked me out.

 

[Henkie36]

Well, I've seen ads for gay dating sites and condoms on sites for kids, so there is little you can do to top that. Like you said, ads are fine (on the side, please note, because there are only a handful of things more annoying then having to wait for your video) but this is just... weird. And a pointless waste of money.

 

[genericusername64]

No offense, but I don't think a gaming site like this one will be interested in trojan condoms.