Re: Alta Vista

[Mark Reis <reis@ncal.verio.com>]

On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Phil Payne wrote:

> I've had another play on Alta Vista, and it really is quite persistent.  I did 
> around a dozen searches for various things, and noticed nothing untoward- the 
> ads were random and US-biased as always. Then I did a search on 'audi quattro' 
> like before - and BANG! After that point, every ad was for ovloV all-wheel 
> drive. I couldn't find any search commands that would turn it off.
>  

If I'm understanding you correctly, the issue is not the ads themselves,
but that they're not Audi ads (?)

What's happening here is that Volvo has paid for context-sensitive
bannering, using 'audi quattro' as a buzzword.  Wouldn't surprise me to
find that a Volvo ad pops up on a Subaru query.

I suppose you'll have to get Audi to ante up in similar fashion before you
see their ads instead of Volvo's.





> I can't, unfortunately, spend much time online ($$).  Does anyone have a 
> permanent link and some time to play with the envelope?  To see if anything 
> turns this behaviour off? 
> 
> -- 
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
>