Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Adsense... a bit too sensible?

  • 23-04-2007 8:20pm
    #1
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,844 ✭✭✭✭


    Hmm.. at first when I saw a big LEONARD COHEN adsense banner on my myspace message page, I thought it was just a coincidence but now I see a smaller one with Leonard Cohen, Smashing Pumpkins and REM. Leonard Cohen and Smashing Pumpkins are two of my favourite artists of all time and it's not the first time I've seen either band mentioned in an adsense ad. Nothing on the page I'm viewing contains anything relating to either band so I'm really curious as to how it's returning them ads:confused:

    Is anyone else getting the same ads on these pages or are they ads relating to stuff you like personally?

    Strange...


Comments

  • #2
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    This is what Google does! They are no longer an internet browser; they gather information based on your searches and use that info to tailor ads to you. Adsense accounts for something like 90% of Google's revenue each year, so it pays them to profile you as accurately as possible.

    Indeed, Google was getting so much flack for their assertion that all information they gathered (i.e. search info) would be kept in perpetuity, they recently felt the need to announce that all information would be destroyed after an 18 month period. After all, Google is a organisation that likes to perpetuate it's 'company that cares' image. Read up on it. They'll know you did, though... :eek:

    P.S. Thanks to Adblock (firefox extension) I'm no longer bothered by such annoyances.


  • #3
    thehomeofDob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭thehomeofDob


    Fanny Cradock wrote:
    P.S. Thanks to Adblock (firefox extension) I'm no longer bothered by such annoyances.

    QFT! Adblock is the bees knees!


Advertisement