Adverts on Answerbank

[islasmum]

I notice that after looking for new boots a few days ago,( I went onto Ebay and then googled a search for "womens boots") all the sidebars on answerbank and other sites I visit are all related to boots, including the other websites I went on. Is this what's called Viral Marketing?

[boxtops]

I don't know what it's called, but it's to do with tailoring what you see on the screen to the sites you've been visiting.

[islasmum]

Is there any way of turning it off? If I have to see adverts, I'd rather see something new than the same old advert time and time again.

[pastafreak]

If you have Firefox,there is something you can download called Adblock-it blocks all advertising. If you type 'adblock' into the search bar here-a number of relevant posts will come up.

[seadogg]

Its worth using Firefox for Adblock alone IMO- tho' plenty of other reasons too.

[shiznit]

I use Adblock on Safari, works like a charm

[islasmum]

Oh, I'll go and have a look - there must be something similar for IE, don't you think?