When I worked at eBay, I actually scheduled those banner ads at the top of the pages. Most of us ignore them nowadays, but they created quite a stir when we first added them to the pages of the eBay site. At that time the internet was a new world for advertising, compared to television advertising in the early 1950s. Advertisers wondered what the real value was to them, how could we really figure out if they were working?
Well now we know there are cookies, pop-ups, pop-unders, spyware, and lots of other ways to get 'targeted' advertising in front of us. Which brings me to the [tag]annoying[/tag] dancing people on [tag]eBay's latest ads[/tag]. I cannot ignore them any longer. I hate them. So I found a simple way to stop them. Here are the steps for anyone running Windows:
- From your Start menu, click "My Computer"
- Click on the drive where you can access "Windows" (usually the C: drive)
- Double-click "Windows" then "System32"
- Double-click "drivers" then "etc"
- Look for a file called "hosts" and double-click the file. A window may open which asks you to choose a program to open this file - you can use Notepad to open it.
- Once open, you'll see several lines of text with # signs in front of them. Those don't really do anything...
- ...at the bottom of the text you'll see something like: 127.0.0.1 localhost
- Under that paste this line: 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
- SAVE the file, and close your way out of any windows you opened.
- THE DANCE IS OVER.
I hope you find this helpful. I found the information at: http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/news/3085/cant-stop-dance-edit-your-hosts-file
I think my instructions are a little clearer for the novice. I also hope you'll now enjoy eBay again...
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