Dhaka - one of the beautiful city in the world.

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2011-06-27T23:39:00.001-07:00

I love Ice Cream. Bangladesh is producing different types of icecream.

Bengali/Bangladeshi New Year, 1418 .... ১ ৪ ১ ৮ সাল

2011-04-14T01:27:00.000-07:00

১ ৪ ১ ৮ সাল

Welcome to Bengali/Bangladeshi New Year, 1418. This new year is celebrated in Bangladesh from long years ago.Celebration of this Bangladeshi New has been started by Mu-gal Emperor Akbar. From that day, Akbar announced halkhata or new book of accounts should be introduced by land lords to get pay tax from farmers.
Please see more ....http://bangladeshtourism.blogspot.com/2011/04/bengali-new-year-or-poyela-boishakh-or.html

WORLD CUP FIESTA IN DHAKA!!!

2011-02-16T23:59:00.000-08:00

Dhaka and Chittagong are ready for world cup celebration 2011. It is an extremely important events to Bangladesh to show its natural and artificial beauty to the world. 16 cores people are ready to celebrate. With no doubt, Bangladesh will be the top most southeast country to show their historical and most richest event after British colonial rules in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. This will help country to change their life style faster than any country in Asia. Bangladesh has lots more important architectural design such as parliamentary house (best in the world), Historical Language and Independent movements, forts, world longest sea-beach, best airport in south-Asia and more than people think from abroad. Not only this, largest mangrove forests living endangered animals, birds, fishes etc. More than 400 Royal Bengal Tigers are present in this forest.

Tourism sector has improved a lot than ever before. I personally visited many tourist countries in the world. From that view, Bangladesh is faster improving tourists destination in the world. However, we are far behind about few developments like transport facilities, language problem, law and order etc. But I think fast development tourism sector in a country is not a problem like this as we have 16 cores brain to achieve it soon.

Bangladesh is famous for natural beauty.

I have found some videos for upcoming celebration Largest in Asia in Bangladesh.

Video source: youtube.com

Photo source: bdnews24.com

Welcome to all new Dhaka - world cup cricket 2011 opening ceremony soon.

2011-02-08T00:17:00.000-08:00

Dhaka Blog Welcoming you ....

World Cup 2011 cricket opening ceremony will be held in Bangladesh on February 17th, 2011. So, the city is now more upgrading than ever before. The roads are now decorated with cricket posters, decorated lights, bigger cricket-bat statue and so on. So, I will soon upload more up-coming photos soon.

keep visiting.

For cricket update log-on: http://cricketworldcup2011bd.blogspot.com/ .

Schedule for world-cup 2011.

#	Date & Time	Match	Venue	Result
1	19 Feb,2011 08:30 AM GMT	IND vs BAN	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
2	20 Feb,2011 04:00 AM GMT	NZ vs KEN	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	To be played
3	20 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SL vs CAN	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota	To be played
4	21 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	AUS vs ZIM	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera	To be played
5	22 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	ENG vs NED	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	To be played
6	23 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	PAK vs KEN	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota	To be played
7	24 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SA vs WI	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	To be played
8	25 Feb,2011 04:00 AM GMT	AUS vs NZ	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	To be played
9	25 Feb,2011 08:30 AM GMT	BAN vs IRE	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
10	26 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	PAK vs SL	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
11	27 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	IND vs ENG	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)	To be played
12	28 Feb,2011 04:00 AM GMT	ZIM vs CAN	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	To be played
13	28 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	WI vs NED	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	To be played
14	01 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SL vs KEN	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
15	02 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	ENG vs IRE	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)	To be played
16	03 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	SA vs NED	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	To be played
17	03 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	PAK vs CAN	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
18	04 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	NZ vs ZIM	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera	To be played
19	04 Mar,2011 08:30 AM GMT	BAN vs WI	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
20	05 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	AUS vs SL	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
21	06 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	SA vs ENG	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	To be played
22	06 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	IND vs IRE	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)	To be played
23	07 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	CAN vs KEN	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	To be played
24	08 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	PAK vs NZ	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	To be played
25	09 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	IND vs NED	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	To be played
26	10 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SL vs ZIM	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	To be played
27	11 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	WI vs IRE	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	To be played
28	11 Mar,2011 08:30 AM GMT	BAN vs ENG	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	To be played
29	12 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	IND vs SA	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	To be played
30	13 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	NZ vs CAN	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	To be played
31	13 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	AUS vs KEN	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)	To be played
32	14 Mar,2011 03:30 AM GMT	BAN vs NED	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	To be played
33	14 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	PAK vs ZIM	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	To be played
34	15 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SA vs IRE	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	To be played
35	16 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	AUS vs CAN	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore)	To be played
36	17 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	ENG vs WI	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	To be played
37	18 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	NED vs IRE	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	To be played
38	18 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	NZ vs SL	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	To be played
39	19 Mar,2011 03:30 AM GMT	BAN vs SA	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
40	19 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	AUS vs PAK	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
41	20 Mar,2011 04:00 AM GMT	ZIM vs KEN	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	To be played
42	20 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	IND vs WI	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	To be played
43	23 Mar,2011 08:30 AM GMT	A1 vs B4 (1st Quarter Final, C)	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
44	24 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	A2 vs B3 (2nd Quarter Final, D)	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera	To be played
45	25 Mar,2011 08:30 AM GMT	A3 vs B2 (3rd Quarter Final, E)	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
46	26 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	A4 vs B1 (4th Quarter Final, F)	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
47	29 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	Winner C vs Winner E (1st Semi Final)	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	To be played
48	30 Mar,2011 09:00 AM GMT	Winner D vs Winner F (2nd Semi Final)	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	To be played
49	02 Apr,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SF1 vs SF2 (Final)

Final Match: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

ODI RANKING 2011:

courtesy: cricket.yahoo

Pizza Hut ~ mouth watering pizzas.

2010-11-14T10:55:00.000-08:00

Pizza Hut is now upgrading their items to new delicious pizza and pasta. Cheesy Bites is totally new item and another 16 new items have been added just few days back. They have also included new appetizers, salad, toppings etc. Let’s look on appetizers; they added new appetizers such as potato shell with cheese/fillers, cheese tortilla, and fried potato wedges. Pasta mint Salad is a new one on salad items. Spicy Tomato is a special new item in pasta. Pizza Hut is offering three types of pizza such as stuffed crust, pan pizza and thin’n crispy pizza. Again, I like to focus on Cheesy Bites. Yes, these pizzas look very attractive however the cost is not much attractive due to its heavy decoration. However, I like their new delicious pizza at Pizza Hut. They have now three outlets in Dhaka city and one outlet in Chittagong, port city.

Bella Italia ~ a taste of heaven pizza.

2010-11-14T10:46:00.001-08:00

Bella Italia is the best pizza and pasta place in Dhaka city. They are much cost-effective compare to other pizza houses. Their pizza is really taste good. Your mouth will be watery when you just chew a bite of Pizza. They are offering variety of pizza including with blue and Mozilla cheeses. Their pizza is usually thin and crispy type with full of cheeses. Some of pizzas are also made of mixed mushrooms and cheeses. You can also take extra items to make your favorite pizza tastier. Their taste is great because they actually cook like Italian system. Most the items are imported from Italy and then processed and cooked here like Italian style. They have two outlets in Dhaka Zone; one is at posh area in Gulshan-1 and another one at Savar.

Yes, Pasta in Bella is really nice with red chili hot sauce and green sauce. They have pasta with different tastes like mushroom and chicken Pasta, Beef and Chicken Pasta etc.They have also wide range of appetizers from cold to hot.

Abacus and Abocus

2010-11-14T10:45:00.001-08:00

Abacus

Abacus is one of the best Thai and Chinese restaurant in Dhaka. They have now three restaurants in Dhaka city. The main advantage is that they are providing best service to customers. So, they have introduced baby theme park to provide new service. The waiters are very kind to all. They are offering wide range of Thai and Chinese cuisine. I am sure you will be amazed to see their desert items including especial ice-cream. The whole restaurant is decorated with lit-lights, LCD wide screen TV, photos etc. If you like to arrange brief meeting or party, then they have party center where you will get first class facilities however you must book the party center before one day. The restaurant is not much expensive like other same class restaurant and the quality of food is excellent. They offer especial food during Ramadan.

Abocus

Abocus is another restaurant in Dhaka. They are also good compare to others. Their food is also not expensive. However, their service is very good. The whole restaurant is covered by scenery to attract the food lovers. Their waiters are very friendly to customers. The restaurant has also party center for small family party. They have own car parking space. The food in that restaurant is really nice. You will get fine super before meal and excellent desert after meal. That is really fantastic. They offer especial food during Ramadan.

EID MUBARAK TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!!!!!

2010-09-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

EID MUBARAK TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!!!!!

2010-09-10T07:20:00.001-07:00

Nando's Restaurant View

2010-08-28T02:01:00.001-07:00

Nando’s View

Nando’s is a good chain restaurant in Dhaka. At this moment, they have two restaurants in the city. One is at Gulshan and another is at Dhanmondi. There are actually serving South African and Portugal dishes with original recipes.There food is very tasty. Nando’s actually focus on chicken items with different options such as flame-grilled, lemon and herb, hot and extra-hot.

It is true that the food at Nando’s is very expensive but if you can afford that much you will feel great taste. They have four storied building at Gulshan. The restaurant is neat and clean. The waiters are very helpful with good knowledge in English. They will serve you the best possible to make you satisfied. They also offer many types of deserts and cakes. You will be truly felt watery in your mouth to see their famous desserts. When you first take a piece of cake you will be overwhelmed that how come the cake dissolves in your mouth within seconds.

Cooking Hygienic: The cooking space is very neat and clean. You can also pack your desire food for home. They also offering different types of sauces that can be find in any local stores.

Shop: They sometimes offer to sell South African T-shirts. If you buy the T-Shirt, you will get variety of designs

Nando’s at Gulshan is truly a relaxing place with friends and family. Here, you can chat with your business colleagues. Nando’s has wide space available for all types of programs.

Nando's Restaurant

Note: Review Purpose Only.
Attention: Do not copy Photo from Here.
Photo by Salahuddin Ahmed. salvi@copyright.reserved.2010-2011.

Dhaka Shopping Spree!!!

2010-08-20T06:22:00.000-07:00

Yes, there are many shopping mall/center in Bangladesh.

These are the popular shops in Dhaka to buy local made products both western and local Dresses.

A. Shopping Malls :

Metro Shopping Mall
Bashundhara City
Jamuna Future Park

B. Shopping Complex/Plaza/centesr:

Twin City Concord Shopping Complex
Rapa Plaza
Eastern Plaza
Nahar Plaza
Eastern Mallika
Orchid Point
Alpona Plaza
Navana Shopping Center
Rajluxmi Complex
Royal Plaza
Mascot Plaza
DCC Market
Pink City
Karnafuly City Garden
Multiplan Center
Rajmoni Ishakha Shopping Complex
Capital Market
Mascot Plaza
North Tower

C. Boutique House and Shops:

Mayasir
Mantra
Arong
Kay Kraft
Kumudini
Banglar Mela
Rang
Shada Kala
She
Nagordola
OG
Jatra
Dressy Dala
Probortana
Shahrookh's
Lebasse
Aranya

D. Western and Local Dress Shops:

1. Cats Eye

2. Seal

3. Le Reeve

4. Infinity

5. Westecs

6. Apex Shoe Gallery

7. Bata House

E. Markets:

New Market
Mouchak Market
Baitul Mukarram Market
Palwel Super Market

Mega Shop/:

Nandan Mega Shop

F. IT MALL:

BCS Computer City

G. Electronic Shop:

Stadium Market

H. MISCELLANEOUS SHOP

1. Shanti Nagar Bazaar

2. Rampura Bazaar

I. Website Shopping Information or buy/Sell.

a. http://neatnfit.com
b. http://www.catseye.com.bd
c.

Note: No Responsible For What So Ever. New Shops Will Be Adding soon.

Dhaka - welcome you the best place!

2010-07-09T10:13:00.000-07:00

Welcome to New Dhaka with full of enthusiasm! Fantastic city!

Skyscrapers and Panorama View (1st Time in Blog)!
Photos by salvi@copyright reserved 2010.

World Cup 2010 fever in Dhaka. Life Style Changed! Now Dream!

2010-07-09T08:50:00.000-07:00

Dhaka is celebrating the world cup FIFA-2010 with lot of enthusiasm. Here, people are buying flags, T-Shirts, Trouser, and Jersey of different countries. Although there is no Bangladeshi are playing in this world cup however lots of teens are now dreaming that Bangladesh will play into the next world cup FIFA 2014.This is not joking actually Bangladeshi need good coach to train up the footballers as country has good population growth and has 8th position population rank in the world. So, they are now playing world cup cricket. Whoever stop Bangladeshi development are the failure, Bangladeshi success can never stopped. Actually god controls everything not human so I am amazed although there are lots of flood, storm; Bangladeshi development can never stopped. Now-a-days, all people accept western dresses and life. Yes, believe it or not. It is not funny but true dream reveals! Better than any Asian countries! Social life in Bangladesh has improved a lot.

Article by me. Note Review Purpose Only.

Photo source: shafiur.i-edit.net

Gift Clicker - one of the best arcade game. Republished!

2010-05-01T04:45:00.000-07:00

Gift Clicker

Gift clicker is one of the best arcade type games that I ever played. The game is very easy to play. You only need to click the gift and score easily. You will only lose when gift reach on top of the screen. The graphic design of the game is excellent. The sound system is very nice. I love this game to play again and again. You must guess faster to click the gifts. I have rated the game 5/5 and placed a good comment. Please play this game.

PLAY THIS GAME NOW: Gift Clicker !

Note: Review Purpose Only.

Ramadan Food Offer !

2009-09-01T23:32:00.000-07:00

?Ramadan Special Offers?

Yes, it is the perfect time to visit here. As, you will get many get discount offer in different chain first-food restaurants. Like, Pizza Hut offers to eat as much as you can. KFC offers BDT 910 12pieces chicken bucket with 1 bottle Pepsi free only during Ramadan Days .

Watch these screen shots:

Source: KFC AND PIZZA HUT Bangladesh.

Note: Only Review Purpose.

Food Chain Shop

2009-08-27T04:52:00.000-07:00

This is a video about a pizza hut Dhaka outlet that uploaded by a foreigner while visiting in this country.

Disclaimer: This is only review purpose.

Wide Screen Snap-shots

2009-07-31T03:05:00.000-07:00

Figure: Inside city view. Copyright reserved 2009. Photo by salvi.

Hotels in Dhaka

2009-05-22T10:48:00.001-07:00

High quality accommodations are adding in the hotels directory day by day. Despite global recessions, most of the hotels in this country do not feel any effect. Instead, it is very difficult to find a room for booking. There are lots of star hotels in the city such as 5*, 4*, 3*, etc. Most of the 5 star hotels have lots of facilities such as GYM, Fitness Center, Laundry Service, ATM card service,Gift Shop, Saloon for male/female,Sauna, baby sitting service,gift shops,Indoor and Outdoor Pool,all type of computer using facilities with fiber optic back-bone internet,Travel and Tour Desk, mini-library, Limousine Service, business centers,Spa message, Steam Bath/Room and 24-hrs room service and so on. There are many 5 Star hotels in Dhaka such as

Dhaka-mega city.

2009-05-10T03:37:00.001-07:00

SKY-SCRAPERS OFFICE.

DHAKA

Dhaka is one of the world busiest and mega cities. In denial, Dhaka is like a line of ants as developing is in few seconds. Last five years, selling of cars is 30% increased. Not only this, anyone can find world newest to oldest cars. Rickshaw is the best way to loitering in Dhaka. Viewing DHAKA from the sky-scrapers can give any one a glowing ray of light. Its population is very high compare to any other city. As days pass, high rise buildings are increasing like bees. It looks very attractive to the city sky-scrapers. More than 1 million people live here. Still, you will see many historical places in old and new cities. In old city, you will find thousands of years back mosques, buildings, castle, parks, museums, heritages sites, archaeological palace, and so on. Old style food is very popular because this food is prepared with the same menu from the mogul time. Obviously, there are many fast foods, Deshi food (Bangladeshi cuisine), local and home made food available in whole city. There are also many posh and luxury restaurants such ad Chinese, Korean, Thai, Mexican, American, Japanese, Indian, Pakistani and so on. Opus! I have just forgotten about Chain restaurants and Bakeries such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Kings, and so on. In addition, there are many pool clubs, tennis courts, and other entertainment facilities. There are many taxi cabs, luxury city and outer city buses that run on the smooth roads.So, enjoy your city tour.It is very enjoyable to take a long drive that will give you more entertainments.There are many 5 star hotels with full facilities like developed countries.
Skyscrapers are increasing with full acceleration and future modern facilities.Dhaka is connected to all outer-city either by bus or steamer.
source: salvi

Pôhela Boishakh

2009-05-10T03:34:00.001-07:00

April 14th is the new year of Bangladesh. The day is called Pôhela Boishakh. In mugal time, the farmer did not able to follow Islamic calendar due to weather change. So the scholar make a new calendar.This because to boost harvesting and paying tax. Hislsha and panta (a water containing rice) is the best to eat on the first day of boishakhi. Esho, he Boishakh, Esho Esho (Come, O Boishakh, Come, Come) is popular song in this day.

About Us / FAQ.

2009-05-10T03:33:00.005-07:00

New Policy

About US: This site is introduced for tourists and other foreign people to Know Bangladesh up to International Standard with positive view.

Contact US: bangladeshtourism@yahoo.com ( all time available but wait for response ).

FAQ:

1. Are we using any security system like IP tracing or anything from you?
ANS: Off-course, We are using good I.P.and mapping security to detect visitors.

2.Can I copy/paste any of articles or photos?
ANS: No, you are not allow to copy/paste/use it to your site. However, you must take permission or link my site before use articles but not photos. If you will detect about this matter I will take all necessary steps by international Web Law.

3.Can I know updates in my e-mail box ?
ANS: Off-course, You are allowed by send a request by E-mail. Then, follow the next steps.

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2009-05-10T03:33:00.003-07:00

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2009-05-10T03:33:00.001-07:00

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2009-05-10T01:22:00.000-07:00

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What are Web beacons?

Web beacons are small strings of HTML code that are placed in a Web page. They are sometimes called “clear GIFs” (Graphics Interchange Format) or “pixel tags.” Web beacons are most often used in conjunction with cookies. DoubleClick uses Web beacons in connection with its products and services, including ad serving and paid search listings (“DART Search”). Because a Web beacon is only 1 pixel high by 1 pixel wide, it appears invisible on your computer screen. If Web beacons were made larger (e.g., 100 pixels high by 100 pixels wide), it would take much longer for your Web page to load and would clutter up the page that you have requested.

In 2002, working with a broad spectrum of companies, including other technology companies, seal providers and websites, DoubleClick helped draft “Best Practice” guidelines for disclosing the use of Web beacons. Please click here to see these guidelines – and a list of the companies that participated in developing them.

What is “personally identifiable information” (“PII")?

“Personally identifiable information” is any information that can identify or locate a particular person, including but not limited to name, address, telephone number, email address, social security number, bank account number or credit card number.

What is “non personally identifiable information” (“non-PII”)?

“Non-personally identifiable information” is information that cannot identify a particular person. This type of information includes a user’s Internet Service Provider, a computer’s operating system and browser type, and a unique DoubleClick DART cookie ID.

DoubleClick’s ad-serving and search products utilize non-PII. Some of our clients may associate PII that you have given them (for example, a customer number, if you have registered at or purchased from their websites), with their advertising campaigns. Although this customer number may be passed from the client to DoubleClick’s ad servers during the ad delivery process, DoubleClick cannot recognize this information as PII and cannot link it to any person.

What is “sensitive information?”

To DoubleClick, “sensitive information” categorically includes but is not limited to data related to an individual's health or medical condition, sexual behavior or orientation, or detailed personal finances, information that appears to relate to children under the age of 13 at the time of data collection; and PII otherwise protected under federal or state law (for example, cable subscriber information or video rental records). DoubleClick does not use any “sensitive information” to target Internet advertisements.

What is ad serving?

In order to support their content without charging visitors, websites sell advertising space on their Web pages. Companies like DoubleClick provide technology for the websites and advertisers to use to display ads on the websites. DoubleClick’s ad servers work at the direction – and on behalf – of our clients.

When you visit a website, your computer’s Internet browser transmits a “request” to that website’s server, “asking” that server to send you the Web page that you are seeking. Most Web pages contain components that are pulled from different sources. For example, a Web page at a news site may get its weather section from one provider, its sports results from a different source, and advertisements from other servers.

If the website is using DoubleClick’s technology to display ads on its site, the Web page will contain coding that directs your browser to fill the ad space on the Web page with content from one of DoubleClick’s ad servers. DoubleClick’s clients select the format, content, and location of the ads, as well as the criteria for controlling which ads to show and when to show them. DoubleClick’s ad-serving technology uses a cookie to help clients determine what ads to display. When a “call” is received by DoubleClick’s ad servers, the server checks to see if the “calling” browser has sent a cookie with the request for advertising. If the server doesn’t “see” either a unique DoubleClick cookie or an opt-out cookie, after “testing” to see whether the browser will accept cookies, the server sets a unique DoubleClick ad cookie. If the browser already has a unique DoubleClick ad cookie, the server “recognizes” the cookie and uses the unique ID for targeting and reporting purposes as specified by the DoubleClick client. If the browser has an opt-out DoubleClick cookie, the server uses only the non-cookie related information that is automatically transmitted in the Internet environment (e.g., browser type, Internet service provider, and information about the general content of the site or page displayed on your browser) to determine which ad to show. Sometimes Web beacons are used in conjunction with the DART cookie when clients want more versatile targeting or reporting capabilities.

How does an ad-serving client use DoubleClick’s technology to target or select which ad to deliver?

Our clients store their ads on DoubleClick’s ad servers. When you visit a Web page on which a client is using DoubleClick technology to deliver ads, coding that the website publisher placed in the Web page tells your computer’s browser to send a request for an ad to the DoubleClick ad server. When the DoubleClick ad server receives a request, it will select an ad based on the criteria that the client has chosen together with any information logged against the unique cookie id.

For example, a client’s website may attract an audience of mainly men, aged between 18 and 45, who are interested in sports, fashion and electronic gadgets. The client will therefore approach sports, fashion and electronic gadget retailers to see if they would like to advertise on the site. Those retailers will provide the client with ads, which the client will store on the DoubleClick ad servers. The client will assign those ads specific codes, such as sports = 1, fashion = 2, and electronic gadgets = 3. On the pages where the website publisher wants to show all three categories of ads, the website will install an ad tag that contains all three codes. On pages of the website that the client thinks attracts only men interested in sports, an ad tag that contains only the code for sports, code 1, may be installed.

DoubleClick does not tell clients which criteria to select or which advertisements to target against those criteria. Clients choose the categories they wish to attach to the advertising that they have contracted to show, what code(s) they wish to attach to those categories, and which code(s) they wish to include in each of their ad request tags. In their contracts with DoubleClick, DoubleClick’s ad-serving clients promise not to use information that DoubleClick could recognize as either “sensitive” or “personally identifiable” to target ads.

What information is collected by a client using DoubleClick’s ad serving technology?

Each time one of DoubleClick's ad servers receives a request for an ad or for a Web beacon, information about the request received and the ad or Web beacon served – for example, the date, the time, the website to which the ad or image was delivered, the cookie ID to which the ad was shown, the operating system which the browser was using – will be recorded.

Does DoubleClick itself do anything with this ad-serving information?

No. The information that is recorded on the DoubleClick servers by our clients’ use of our technology belongs to our clients. Although that information may be logged on a DoubleClick server, DoubleClick's relationship with the client is that of an agent or processor. Consequently, DoubleClick does not own that information and cannot, therefore, use that information for its own business purposes or in any way not authorized by the relevant client. DoubleClick clients do, however, give us permission to use statistical or aggregate information derived from their use of the technology – e.g., statistics about the number of ads served through the technology per month or analyses about, for example, what time of day is the best time to target certain types of ads.

Does DoubleClick sell the ad serving information to other companies?

No. The data that DoubleClick’s servers record during ad serving belong to DoubleClick’s clients, and DoubleClick cannot and does not sell that information to other companies. DoubleClick can, however, use its aggregate analyses about the effectiveness of ad campaigns to help clients develop more efficient and successful campaigns.

What are pop-ups and why do I see pop up advertising?

A pop-up is basically the opening of a new window in your browser.

DoubleClick provides its ad-serving clients with a means of choosing and reporting on ads. It is the website owners or the advertisers with whom they contract that make the decisions about the format of the ads. The advertisers choose whether they want to have banner ads or pop ups delivered, and they use our technology to make it happen. The website owners and advertisers choose the size and frequency of pop-up ads. DoubleClick has no control over which ad format website publishers or their advertisers choose.

Generally, there are a couple of different ways that you might receive pop up advertising:

The site you are currently visiting has sold an advertising opportunity to a marketer and that marketer has chosen to create an advertisement that opens a new browser window. This is a form of “traditional” Internet advertising.
You have some kind of ad-delivery software installed (intentionally or unintentionally, knowingly or unknowingly) on your computer. This type of software often comes bundled with freeware such as P2P (Peer-to-Peer) music sharing applications. It may track the sites you visit and scan their contents looking for triggers that match criteria identified by advertisers that purchased space from the software manufacturer. The software program will then display advertisements on your monitor.

What is spyware?

This term has been applied to a very broad range of technologies and activities -- from the mere setting of a cookie to the surreptitious installation of key-logging software on consumers’ computers. There are many anti-spyware programs on the market and they each have their own definition of “spyware”. For example, some programs identify cookies as “spyware”, while others do not. Some software programs that monitor the websites that consumers visit in order to deliver context-based advertisements have been categorized as “adware.” Many of these adware programs are responsible for the pop-up advertisements that you see.

DoubleClick does not consider its products either “spyware” or “adware.” We believe that consumers should be provided meaningful notice and choice with respect to information collected and used about them.