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Old 05-30-2010, 03:11 PM   #1  
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After seeing about the 1000th ad for them, I just have to ask this question. (It really bothers me for some reason.) I've read the sticky about HCG injections and how 3FC does not support it, I've seen numerous threads get locked when people ask about them, but there are ads all over 3FC selling them? Why is this? Why is it advertised to the extreme on this site, but not allowed to be discussed?

I'm not interested in the shots, I would not even concider them, but still seems weird to me that others can't discuss them when the site supports them through advertisement.

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Lucky for me, I don't see any ads but that is a valid question Lori and I am anxious to see the answer to it.
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That's a good question and hopefully I'll explain

The site is not intentionally or specifically accepting advertising from HCG products. The site uses "Google Adsense" ads which simply display ads based on keywords, at the discretion of Google - not 3FC or IB.

Unfortunately, Google does not allow a specific type of product to be blocked from advertising. However, it does allow domain blocking. What we do is when we see Google display an ad for an HCG product, we send the domain (listed under the ad) to our advertising manager and he enters it into the Google filter so that particular company is blocked from advertising through Google on this site again. We keep sending them, but unfortunately there are so many more HCG sellers out there in the Google ad system that they keep getting replaced. We don't give up though, and they will be thinned out.

The current ads you see will be removed Tuesday, after IB returns from holiday. Then whatever replaces them will be sent on.

If you ever see one that you want to report, please send me a PM and include the domain on the ad, not just the ad text.

I hope that helps!
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