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Reload this Page I don't know if they are random but (underlined ads)
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Old 04-09-2008   #1 (permalink)
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I don't know if they are random but (underlined ads)
All the underlined text ads for the word software are going to Microsoft.
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Hmm... that's interesting. I'm going to move this to the Comments/Suggestions section. I don't usually see the IntelliTXT scripts (since I have a script blocker).
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I think the ads actually come from Google, but it might be that Core Wizard has some control over which ads show up on this website. I suppose Microsoft might be hoping to sway any users already running Linux (or those just thinking about it) back to Microsoft.
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i personally can't stand those scripts that convert text to links, one of the reasons I have ad block plus installed for my firefox
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