# Discourse Hosting Ads are out there

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-ads-are-out-there/19848
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [10 Septiembre, 2014 07:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-ads-are-out-there/19848 "2014-09-10T07:51:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![mouseball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mouseball/32/34303_2.png) [@mouseball](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mouseball)
#### Post date: [10 Septiembre, 2014 07:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-ads-are-out-there/19848/1 "2014-09-10T07:51:03Z")

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I spotted a Discourse Hosting ad… just thought you might like to know its actually working 😄 Or is it serving me Discourse Hosting ads becuase google knows I’m looking at Discourse atm?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/3/f396e97034718e00faf92f6da1da0d7e82807ee5.JPG)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [10 Septiembre, 2014 07:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-ads-are-out-there/19848/2 "2014-09-10T07:52:53Z")

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That’s not from us, of course, [Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting) is a third party.

But every Discourse instance is a good Discourse instance! 🙇‍♂️

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### Author: ![Webinsane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/webinsane/32/160268_2.png) [@Webinsane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Webinsane)
#### Post date: [10 Septiembre, 2014 08:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-ads-are-out-there/19848/3 "2014-09-10T08:12:41Z")

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I call this phantom advertising. Google calls it remarketing campaigns:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/c/0c67db470294de8aa3f0e22d4c6fae379077d792.jpg)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2 Mayo, 2015 10:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-ads-are-out-there/19848/4 "2015-05-02T10:05:03Z")

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