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Thread ID: 110880 2010-07-05 10:48:00 Google Ads icow (15313) PC World Chat
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1116234 2010-07-05 15:29:00 i hate political correctness. it damaged The Benny Hill Show goodiesguy (15316)
1116235 2010-07-05 19:56:00 Ads what ads I see no ads gary67 (56)
1116236 2010-07-05 21:06:00 Perhaps google is snooping on your web or search history? Dont know where they get that idea from, Dont know where they get the gay crap from. From that link Kahawai Chaser posted Real variety eh! (www.imagef1.net.nz) wainuitech (129)
1116237 2010-07-05 22:09:00 Dont know where they get that idea from, Dont know where they get the gay crap from. From that link Kahawai Chaser posted Real variety eh! (www.imagef1.net.nz)

Me nether, I also recently saw this ad. No clue why though. I'll test this I'll spam google with UR MUM and see if I get relevant ads.
icow (15313)
1116238 2010-07-05 22:19:00 As I was searching "UR MUM" this came up. :horrified icow (15313)
1116239 2010-07-06 00:19:00 Checked out kahawai's link this is what I got:

Animals - Pets
Arts & Humanities - Visual Arts
Automotive - Trucks & SUVs
Beauty & Personal Care - Face & Body Care - Hygiene & Toiletries
Business - Human Resources
Computers & Electronics - Software - Business & Productivity
Entertainment
Entertainment - Comics & Animation - Anime & Manga
Entertainment - Comics & Animation - Cartoons
Entertainment - Music
Entertainment - Music - Dance & Electronica
Entertainment - Music - Lyrics & Tabs
Games - Video Games
Home & Garden
Home & Garden - Gardening
Industries - Aerospace & Defense - Space Technology
Industries - Transportation & Logistics
News & Current Events - Magazines
Reference - Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Science - Astronomy
Science - Mathematics
Shopping
Shopping - Apparel - Clothing Retailers
Social Networks & Online Communities - Social Networks
Society - Education - Colleges & Universities


All I can say to some of them is: WTF?! I guess that's what you get when someone else uses your computer every now and then.
ubergeek85 (131)
1116240 2010-07-06 03:46:00 the funny things Google throws at you, suggestions, sponsored links, 30% (150 hits) to my site are from google, displayed over analytics, by google! I heard that google collected user history to build a database to target ad's based on your IP to what you commonly search for. even if they do that I get some preeeeety wierd stuff come up, especially when using Tor, google I do NOT live in Germany I am not looking for free gambling and i'm not interested in a gay relationship with your Russian/German catalog models The Error Guy (14052)
1116241 2010-07-06 23:15:00 I was on fail blog and got this. I don't know how they didn't get done for copyright :lol: icow (15313)
1116242 2010-07-07 00:21:00 They probably will pretty soon... Agent_24 (57)
1116243 2010-07-07 03:01:00 Well the advertiser's are to blame as well as some sites. I mentioned earlier in the thread they are likely using a broad set of keywords for their ad campaigns. This increases supposedly relevant ads triggering off - i.e. to attempt to increases impressions and generally click through rates/conversions. This would cost them more and are likely to get less chance of their ad display if not strictly relevant. But some advertiser's would get around by having dozens of keyword (e.g. based on relevancy/phrase types) ad campaigns - with thousands of keywords, to trigger at set times, and other techniques to target unsuspecting searchers.

If you Google PC World Chat (as some members may be doing to get here) - some sponsored ads will display relating to dating including same sex - depending if advertisers are set/optimized to trigger them at that time. Those ads (or similar) will carry on once members reach here. Like - I trigger my hotel site sponsored ads at set times in set countries for set "excat" keywords. Cause it's far cheaper than to go broadly too wide for too many keywords - which many big name/budget advertisers can afford to do.

But sites using adsense have to have a adsense "privacy policy" to describe adsense cookie behavior and the option for visitors/users to opt out.
kahawai chaser (3545)
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