Do people actually click on ridiculous on-screen ads?

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I'm sure we have all seen the ads...
"Mom discovers treatment that took 20 years off her face! Click here to learn about this revolutionary new treatment!"
"New car insurance that the cops don't want you to know about! $9 a month!"

Seriously, who the hell clicks on this stuff?

And of course the sexy ads for RPGs, whose characters and graphics look absolutely nothing like the advertised woman with the big boobies.

Does anyone here actually look into these random internet ads?

Yes	6
No	114
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flutterhigh

11 years ago | pl

You're telling me my penis isn't going to grow nineteen inches in three days? :(

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- anti-hero
  
  11 years ago
  
  Mine did. I am up to 19 and 1/2.
  
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- Corleone
  
  11 years ago
  
  I can grow mine in a couple of seconds. Just think about Mila Kunis! Works every time :D
  
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jondoerandom

11 years ago | pl

if nobody was stupid enough to click them, they wouldn't be there!

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- lukeuser
  
  11 years ago
  
  They prey on old and impressionable people. Shameful!
  
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NoraBaker

11 years ago

No. I sometimes click on ridiculous poll titles.

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wigsplitz

11 years ago

Believe it or not, the internet is new to some people. My mom has been using a computer for a little while now and still doesn't know you can type whatever the fuck you want into google. She still thinks you have to type in www.(whatever).com to get to a website, and if you don't know the name of the website you want then you're fucked. She also has no clue how to avoid scams (she doesn't necessarily fall for them, she just doesn't know how to discern scam link from good link). I'm sure she probably clicks on dumb ads and I do know if she does google something, she clicks on scam or sponsored links.

She seems to think you have to use proper and exact terminology to google something. She can't comprehend that you can type something as ridiculous as 'why do black people like watermelon' and get results.

My dad is slightly more internet retarded, but he very rarely uses it. He doesn't even know how to shut the computer down, he just unplugs it when he's done.

So, yeah, that's who's clicking on ads. People like that and stupid horny men.....mostly.

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- flutterhigh
  
  11 years ago
  
  A few years ago, my mom was checking her email when she suddenly started freaking out about a virus. Turned out AOL had just released an update, and there were information bubbles on the screen describing the new features.
  
  "Flutterhigh! Flutterhiiigh! Where did all these viruses come from?!"
  
  "What? What viruses?"
  
  *points at screen with tears in her eyes*
  
  "......"
  
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  - wigsplitz
    
    11 years ago
    
    To quote the great DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince...."parents just don't understand"
    
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  - myboyfriendsbitch
    
    11 years ago
    
    Your mom actually calls you "Flutterhigh"?... Strange...
    
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    - NeuroNeptunian
      
      11 years ago
      
      You thought these weren't our real names? My name is Neuro Neptunian. That's what's listed on my birth certificate!
      
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      - myboyfriendsbitch
        
        11 years ago
        
        Your mom must be a nerd. :P
        
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crazogirl

11 years ago

Those target the drunk, children, almost legally retarded, and the elderly.

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- NeuroNeptunian
  
  11 years ago
  
  Are you serious?
  
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  - crazogirl
    
    11 years ago
    
    Yeah...
    
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    - NeuroNeptunian
      
      11 years ago
      
      Damn I had no clue.
      
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Justsomejerk

11 years ago

Ridiculous? I could win a motherfucking iPad!

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VioletTrees

11 years ago

Aaaaaaaaaaaadblock.

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KeddersPrincess

11 years ago

I one time clicked on one of those "You could win an ipad" ads just to see where it would lead...it only lead to more ads.

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SoSad

11 years ago

No, do I look like an old lady?

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FruityGoofyFaggot

11 years ago

I enjoy clicking the adds because its good to support honesf businesses. I esoecially enjoy when they rape my poor defenseless wallet.

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nightmare28

11 years ago

I just saw one with a pair of huge knockers asking me to take a quick IQ test, I couldn't resist, I love IQ tests.

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little_freak

11 years ago

http://xkcd.com/570/

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otsego

11 years ago

I use adblock plus

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Boo!

11 years ago

I used to when I was a few years younger, they asked for my credit card and I never did again. I learned they were a bunch of cons. Bloody cons. (I just wanted to say bloody. Yay.)

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MissyLeyneous

11 years ago

I wanna know how these ads know which state I live in. O_O;

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- NeuroNeptunian
  
  11 years ago
  
  Your IP address and possibly from data that tracking cookies take from your computer.
  
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  - MissyLeyneous
    
    11 years ago
    
    Ah. I remember the cookies. I kept trying to get rid of them but they'd always come back.
    
    Nasty buggers. =__=;
    
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Squambly+

11 years ago

If I ever click on an ad its only by accident.

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dappled

11 years ago

Not unless I can derive some humour from them. My favourite ever was one that appeared to offer equipment to allow you to perform stomach surgery. On yourself. At home.

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- NeuroNeptunian
  
  11 years ago
  
  Are you serious?
  
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  - dappled
    
    11 years ago
    
    Absolutely. It said "Have a tummy-tuck at home". Knowing the pernicious nature of advertising, it was most likely some breakfast cereal that offered to give the appearance of a tummy-tuck, but that's not what the ad was implying. It was implying abdominoplasty you carry out on yourself.
    
    Just when you think you've seen it all, eh?
    
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    - NeuroNeptunian
      
      11 years ago
      
      Well damn. Maybe it was from the same lady that got busted selling suicide kits online.
      
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ValleyofVung

11 years ago

I like to click on the ones that say 'hit/shoot this 3 times to win a ____'. I'll click twice and then move on.

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Aleks85

11 years ago

I always click one the ones that say i've won X amount of dollars. turns out they are all just scams though, dang.

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Avant-Garde

11 years ago

No, I often get exasperated with people that do. Don't they know that it's a scam?!
There have been a few rare occasions where I did it on blogs so the the owners could make money.

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thepickler

11 years ago

I use NoScript on my Firefox and almost never see them anymore.

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dirtybirdy

11 years ago

Its usually just stuff related to sites I've gone to. I will not mention what the ads are for. :)

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Oblivion

11 years ago

I sometimes click on them - not because I actually care about what it's advertising.. It's obviously a scam. But I don't know, I'm just curious I suppose to see exactly what's behind these ads we get everywhere.

Like you, I wonder how they actually generate profit and nobody would be stupid enough to seriously fall for it.

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- NeuroNeptunian
  
  11 years ago
  
  Yeah, I am wondering myself. Because there is no way that there is a large enough amount of people that see that you can invest in a once in a lifetime opportunity to become a millionaire or something like that for them to make any money off of it.
  
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Do people actually click on ridiculous on-screen ads?