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advertising fails
Sunday, March 17th, 2013 12:06 pmMost of the time when I click on an internet ad, the page that opens does NOT display the item that was advertised in the link. Often, I am forced to enable JavaScript for the domain, in order to see anything at all. But even when I do that and re-open the page, most of the time, it shows a "sorry, page not found" message, or simply a top-level page with no mention of the specific item I was looking for. Or it shows a page full of various items, which may or may not contain an item like the one I was looking for.
What's the point of these companies even paying for advertisements, when their links don't work?
Even Amazon! I searched on a computer model, and the ads at the top of the Google page have a link to: http://www.amazon.com/Computers (not even specific to the model I was looking for), and yet the page at that link displays: "Looking for something? We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site "
Update: Part of the problem must be related to my browser security settings. The Google search results show the same Amazon link in IE. But when I click the link in IE, it opens up a different URL including the specific search string. Google must be manipulating the URL behind the scenes. Oh well, too bad. I don't care to change my security settings just to make some ads work.
What's the point of these companies even paying for advertisements, when their links don't work?
Even Amazon! I searched on a computer model, and the ads at the top of the Google page have a link to: http://www.amazon.com/Computers (not even specific to the model I was looking for), and yet the page at that link displays: "Looking for something? We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site "
Update: Part of the problem must be related to my browser security settings. The Google search results show the same Amazon link in IE. But when I click the link in IE, it opens up a different URL including the specific search string. Google must be manipulating the URL behind the scenes. Oh well, too bad. I don't care to change my security settings just to make some ads work.