Say No to 0870

As many VOIP providers charge silly amounts for non-geographical
numbers it is useful to know the normal number as well.

www.saynoto0870.com

JPG wrote:
> As many VOIP providers charge silly amounts for non-geographical
> numbers it is useful to know the normal number as well.
>
> www.saynoto0870.com

*Everybody* charges silly rates for 0870 numbers..!

Ivor

In article <iu8if1tmvf5on4tmjkhqb6i7r29si6c3s7@4ax.com>,
JPG <me@privacy.net> writes:
> As many VOIP providers charge silly amounts for non-geographical
> numbers it is useful to know the normal number as well.
>
> www.saynoto0870.com

I said to my insurance company that I wouldn't continue using
them unless they gave me a geographic number to use to phone
them. They said they didn't have one, but gave me an 0800 number
instead !

More people should make it clear they won't deal with companies
using 0870 numbers. With just a small amount of momentum, the
effect could very quickly snowball, and we'd see 0870 numbers
disappearing as companies realised they put people off from
doing business with them.

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On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:47:46 +0100, JPG <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>www.saynotoO870.com

the site that advertises the provision of 0870 numbers on its home
page - bizarre !

Phil
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Thus spaketh Phil Thompson:
> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:47:46 +0100, JPG <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> www.saynotoO870.com
>
> the site that advertises the provision of 0870 numbers on its home
> page - bizarre !
>
> Phil

Google ads they are not able to block.

"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote >
> the site that advertises the provision of 0870 numbers on its home
> page - bizarre !
>
> Phil
> --

so what---that site is useful, very useful

Thus spaketh Al:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:40:03 +0100, {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
>
>> Thus spaketh Phil Thompson:
>>> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:47:46 +0100, JPG <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> www.saynotoO870.com
>>>
>>> the site that advertises the provision of 0870 numbers on its home
>>> page - bizarre !
>>>
>>> Phil
>>
>> Google ads they are not able to block.
>
> Nonsense. There are plenty of websites that do not have Google ads. My
> own websites to not carry Google ads. If they wanted to block them,
> they could.

You read my post wrong.

Yes they could block google ads completely - they won't do this as this is
their revenue stream, and why would they block something they are adding to
their site themselves to help pay their costs?

What they can't do is block individual ads, for example they can't block ads
that sell 0870 numbers, and allow other ads through.


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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
> Yes they could block google ads completely - they won't do this as
> this is their revenue stream, and why would they block something
> they are adding to their site themselves to help pay their costs?

Is it *really* costing that much to host the site? It may well be that
the ads are making such a mockery of the content of the site that the
revenue doesn't compensate.

> What they can't do is block individual ads, for example they can't
> block ads that sell 0870 numbers, and allow other ads through.

I believe you may ask Google not to offer particular types of ads that
are inappropriate to your site content.

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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:40:03 +0100, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
<bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Google ads they are not able to block.

but are not obliged to host, looks so stupid I would opt out.

"We are campaigning against X, here are 5 advertisements from
providers of X who can help you get it."

Phil
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Al wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:49:25 +0100, Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>>Probably a case of beggars cant be choosers maybe they are raking in
>>quite a lot of cash from that particular add .
>
> In that case I wonder how long these greedy money grabbers behind this
> website will be around. No doubt soon some of their sponsors will make
> them an offer they can't refuse and it will turn into a site dedicated
> to promoting premium rate services.

That's quite cynical, is it not?

Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:47:46 +0100, JPG <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>>www.saynotoO870.com
>
>
> the site that advertises the provision of 0870 numbers on its home
> page - bizarre !
>
> Phil

Google ads chooses "relevant" adverts to display based on the content of
the website. It's all done automatically from keywords in the web page.
In this case, Google sees "0870" all over the web site, so it isn't
surprising that it picks the adverts it does as the most relevant.

It's just a flaw in their algorithm, computers can't easily tell the
difference between a pro-0870 site and an anti-0870 site.

Steve.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:37:25 GMT, Steven Sumpter <ssumpter@gmail.com>
wrote:

>It's just a flaw in their algorithm, computers can't easily tell the
>difference between a pro-0870 site and an anti-0870 site.

so a pro-life site would get splattered with ads for abortion clinics.
ROFL.

Phil
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"Steven Sumpter" <ssumpter@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:FZ_Ke.4271$bf6.4135@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>
> Google ads chooses "relevant" adverts to display based on the content of
> the website. It's all done automatically from keywords in the web page.
> In this case, Google sees "0870" all over the web site, so it isn't
> surprising that it picks the adverts it does as the most relevant.
>
> It's just a flaw in their algorithm, computers can't easily tell the
> difference between a pro-0870 site and an anti-0870 site.

There is no flaw in the algorithm. There is a flaw in the management of the
links on the part of the site owner. A client of mine runs a travel site
relating to London, England and can explicitly exclude links related to
London, Ontario.

I understand that it is very simple when setting up the google ads to place
"-0870" as a negative keyword [i.e.: do not show "0870" related links]
however I imagine that, in this instance, Google would have very few related
ads to serve!

Never done it myself, though....