Shiggaddi
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A very good point, and I can see your point precisely.
However, the ads for these companies are not run by this site. Google adwords run them. Google carefully choose the words, based on the words that appear on each webpage.
Since each topic is about 0870 numbers, then google pick up on it and automatically run those adverts.
These adverts may appear to be against the spirit of this site, but just clicking on them just shows how they market their 0870 and 0845 numbers, by encouraging businesses to sign up saying "0870 numbers can earn you money and make your business look big!!"
Also, each time someone clicks on the adverts, the advertisers pay per click. Many sites have a quota of clicks per day/week/month, therefore if we use up their quota on looking at what they have to offer, then google share the revenue with this site, and the companies have to pay google for clicks that don't gain sales!!
Look at it as getting some of the money back, that we spend on non geographic calls.
Another angle to look at is, perhaps residential customers should start getting 0870/0871 numbers, and giving them to their banks/insurance companies, and other businesses, and get some cashback every few months, so looking at these ads is a good place to start, to get a good deal!!
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