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jjsk8r85

join:2005-02-17
Belleville, MI		reply to Siryak
Re: How are they gonna know?

they can see in their logs what IPs are and aren't being served the advertisements. your browser actually requests them when you go to pages with ads, and if it's not requesting them (ad blockers) they can see it.
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DataDoc
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Greenville, NC		 So all it has to do is request the ad, but not show it.

They'll like that MUCH better.
to forum · permalink · · 2007-09-15 21:04:39 · Reply to this
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