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Old 05 February 2005, 08:36 PM
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Was viewing this page:

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When i noticed the "usual adverts" at the top, WEREN'T that usual - in the fact that it said "Find someone in Kidderminster blah blah."

How the fekker did it know I'm in kiddy ?

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Old 05 February 2005, 08:52 PM
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At a guess, they are going off where your ISP is based and from where you IP address blocks are registered to. I use Plusnet, and got a load of ads from around Sheffield, which is where Plusnet are based. Some pages though manage to mention Blackburn, which is betting a bit closer.

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ps - I could be way off with that, and they might just use magic
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Hmmm... just an afterthought. Very tempting though... one of the ad's looked rather tasty

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I think they do use magic cos a whois etc reveals my ip is registered to Bromsgrove i think it was..

Yes one of the ads for me was nice
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