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| Its not that funny! |
The other day I was helping Fern look up information for an
animal report.
I went to Google, typed
in the animal’s name, cougar, and scanned the search results for a reputable page.
I scanned until I came across a Scholastic
page and clicked on the link.
Scholastic
is the main company that local schools use to provide books and other learning
materials so I figured it was safe and wouldn’t pop up information about
being a cougar (you know, the older woman
who preys on younger men).
I didn’t pay
any attention to the ads running down the sides of the web page until I heard
Fern giggle and saw her point at the monitor.
Lo and behold there were several images and ads for “Busty Russian
Girls” who were sprawled in all sorts of questionable poses in just lacy bras and undies.
I couldn’t get the page closed fast
enough.
Oh, and the questions from that
little mouth!
I had a good mind to send
Scholastic a note about the ads but decided against it when I realized I’d have
to go back to the page.
No thanks!
I'm sure those Russian girls are nice and all, but one serving of them was enough
for me.
Funny! One would think that a company like Scholastic knows better than to run ads on their pages. I rarely come across adult ads, but they do pop up from time to time. Do you let your kids trawl the net on their own?
ReplyDeleteTrue, I'd think Scholastic would advertise their own stuff on their page!! I come across adult ads lots. It must be an American thing - all the men here are pigs. Just the other day I saw an adult ad on one of MY hubs! My husband said "Ooooh, whats all the *&^#@ about?" Yikes.
ReplyDeleteI never, ever let the kids play on the computer without my supervision. Even with parental controls you'd be amazed what comes through. And none of my kids have Facebook, email, or My Space.
All the men are pigs here too. But sure enough, I don't see the same ads as you, because they are geared towards the individual viewing it. I often see ads in my own language on hubs.
ReplyDeleteI can only agree with you that you should supervise your kids online activity. I know my cousins got online at a very early age. They also watched horror movies and pretty much whatever they wanted. They turned out fine so far, but I still think it was wrong of the parents to allow them that much freedom.
I thought the ads were geared towards the content on the page...at least thats the way it was way back when. So you're telling me I, or someone on my computer, like chesty busty ladies?? Great.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are very sheltered, very coddled, and very naive and I dont plan on changing that no matter who makes fun of me :)
I will certainly not make fun of you, because I would do the exact same thing. My kids will be so mollycoddled, you can't imagine. :)
ReplyDeleteSo, it looks like I insinuated what I didn't want to say. And I didn't want to do that either. It's a view held by many that G will give you ads based on the keywords on the page and your browsing history. For one thing this has not been proven, not that I know of. For another, there's such a thing as generic ads. So if a keyword doesn't have any advertisers bidding for it, G defaults to these and everyone gets them.
Btw, I have two Blogger profiles and both are called Belá. So if you click on this comment and get the message that profile not available, it doesn't mean I blocked you from viewing it. You're just viewing the wrong profile. Of course, you have no way of knowing which is which, so I will tell you that my first comment on this entry leads to my public profile. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, well. Either way my *&$@ ads are gone today :) Looks like I liked *&$@ yesterday and dont like them so much today :D
ReplyDeleteHow many blogs do you have? And is Bela your real name? My cat's name is Bella, is it said the same way? You dont have any good info on either profile if I must say so.
I'm pants at writing profiles. I have only one blog, which has one entry. I made my other profile viewable too, so you can see for yourself. I also have a website called Techniledge, which is meant to be an open publishing platform like HP. It did not really take off, so I'm kind of postponing the project.
ReplyDeleteBéla is my real name. It's spelled Béla, not Belá. If you paste it into Google translate complete with the diacritic and set it to English to Hungarian, it will pronounce the name right. Ardie is not your real name, is it? Lots of people don't give their real name online and I can totally understand why. :)
Pants? That must be slang for bad. You dont haaaaave to tell me about everything, Im just always very curious about all things I dont know. How neat that you came up with your own little publishing platform!! Aren't you creative in more than one way.
ReplyDeleteWhy is the accente (diacritic) over the e sometimes for your name and over the a other times? Ardie is not my real name :) But it's one I've used for about 10 years now. I only recently learned its typically a male Indian name. Oops! Im scared to give my real name because I had a bad experience where some weirdo found out where I lived and showed up at my door. Craaaaaaazy.
I don't talk about myself all that much except for answering questions. The accente is over the e, I just use it over the a, because I think it's funny. Ardie is from Arden, which is a male name. But at least it's a recognized name unlike mine, which doesn't exist outside of Hungary. And, wow, that must have been an embarrassing experience! I dislike it in general when someone who is not a close friend shows up uninvited.
ReplyDeleteArden, hmmm. No wonder people always thought I was a boy until I added my picture to HubPages! Hahah oops
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