Why is it...

TelePaul

..that when I'm in a thread in P.I, I'm confronted by banner ads offering me "Gay Military Men"? What happened to 'don't ask don't tell'?

eVeNtInE

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Overheal

Does Ad Sense know something about you that we dont?

edit: Now this one was just priceless

http://www.underjams.com/bedwetting-children/free_sample.php?utm_source=ggl&utm_term=bedwetting%2Bmessage%2Bboard&utm_campaign=UnderJams%2BContent%2BNetwork&utm_medium=cpc

EKRIUQ

The Ads correspond with the content in the page, was it a thread about a Ghey Solider?

Overheal

how does that explain bed wetting?

brianthebard

Namesco wrote: »

The Ads correspond with the content in the page, was it a thread about a Ghey Solider?

Sometimes they do, but this thread mentions gay soldiers and I don't see any ad's for them?

Gordon

Ads currently relate to the keywords derived from your hard drive. The more keywords, the more chance of an ad relating to the keyword. Don't shoot the messenger.

Gummy Panda

brianthebard wrote: »

Sometimes they do, but this thread mentions gay soldiers and I don't see any ad's for them?

yes it does. Some gay military dating site and then something about israeli combat training.

Either google knows something is up with the Israeli army or thats code for something gay.

Krieg

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Now lets see what kind of ad we get for this page

Edit: bah, fail

TelePaul

Gordon wrote: »

Ads currently relate to the keywords derived from your hard drive. The more keywords, the more chance of an ad relating to the keyword. Don't shoot the messenger.

So boards is facilitating the invasion of my privacy? Seems to really contreadict this

TelePaul

Krieg wrote: »

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Now lets see what kind of ad we get for this page

I get Wii remote and Wii play.....

Steve

TelePaul wrote: »

So boards is facilitating the invasion of my privacy? Seems to really contreadict this

AFAIK Google ads are based on the page keywords.

e.g. keywords for this page are:
"Why is it..., ireland,irish,chat,forum,forums,bbs,discussion,bulletin board,ask,share,information"

They only take data from your hard drive if you allow cookies in your security settings - and at that there should be no personally identifiable information. At most they can read recent browsing history and send you an ad based on that.

Stay off the ghey military sites and you won't have a problem .

TelePaul

SteveC wrote: »

Stay off the ghey military sites and you won't have a problem .

But I like them!!!

Steve

TelePaul wrote: »

But I like them!!!

ooooh kay....:D

Dord

It's based on the content of the pages. If you have gmail, you would notice that ads above that relate to the content of your emails on that page.

Doctor DooM

Gordon wrote: »

Ads currently relate to the keywords derived from your hard drive. The more keywords, the more chance of an ad relating to the keyword. Don't shoot the messenger.

I don't think so dude... I'm seeing it and I am on my (completely clean) work laptop.

Just FYI!

Overheal

Dord wrote: »

It's based on the content of the pages. If you have gmail, you would notice that ads above that relate to the content of your emails on that page.

which means spam is the most advertised meat by product in email history

brianthebard

Gummy Panda wrote: »

yes it does. Some gay military dating site and then something about israeli combat training.

Either google knows something is up with the Israeli army or thats code for something gay.

Well I'm not getting them but you are, maybe google is trying to get you to come out?

karlr42

It's a bit scary that no-one here a (relatively internet-savvy bunch of guys)knows how Google generate their ads, considering how prolific those ads are on today's internet.

Overheal

karlr42 wrote: »

It's a bit scary that no-one here a (relatively internet-savvy bunch of guys)knows how Google generate their ads, considering how prolific those ads are on today's internet.

Because we're too smart to care.

Dudess

It's not remotely invading anyone's privacy. It picks up on a thread started (for all to see - even if it's googled) and the responses - only the words, not the people, are what generate the ad.

Jeez. Such paranoia...

orestes

I'm guessing it has something to do with the content of the thread.

The nocturnal goth chick pics thread has ads for mail order asian brides thanks to Karl Hungus

Dudess

SDooM wrote: »

I don't think so dude... I'm seeing it and I am on my (completely clean) work laptop.

Just FYI!

The ads aren't specific to individual computers.

Steve

Dudess wrote: »

It's not remotely invading anyone's privacy. It picks up on a thread started (for all to see - even if it's googled) and the responses - only the words, not the people, are what generate the ad.

Jeez. Such paranoia...

You sure? I thought the bots & spiders only picked up on page keywords.

Could be wrong though - new and improved bots FTW...

robinph

Overheal wrote: »

which means spam is the most advertised meat by product in email history

The adds that are on the top of the GMail spam page are generated in a different way and are picked from a small list of real spam recipe links that Google went and manually found specifically just for the add links for those pages.

CuLT

Google ads are just weird, think Vex is adding that one to the blacklist now.

Free holiday for Overheal as all I seem to see him do in feedback is link to adblock, and that makes me a sad panda

Sherifu

Maybe he'll get some adsense now.


Taxi!

Nerin

orestes wrote: »

I'm guessing it has something to do with the content of the thread.

The nocturnal goth chick pics thread has ads for mail order asian brides thanks to Karl Hungus

LMFAO! come to think of it,randys wiki page had ads for ann summers

Gordon

TelePaul wrote: »

So boards is facilitating the invasion of my privacy? Seems to really contreadict this

Of course not, don't be so gullible!

AlmightyCushion

karlr42 wrote: »

It's a bit scary that no-one here a (relatively internet-savvy bunch of guys)knows how Google generate their ads, considering how prolific those ads are on today's internet.

Of course we know how they work. It's basic witchcraft.

Orion

Gordon wrote: »

Of course not, don't be so gullible!

I heard that Oxford concluded that the word 'gullible' has no real etymology and removed it from the dictionary.

5starpool

Macros42 wrote: »

I heard that Oxford concluded that the word 'gullible' has no real etymology and removed it from the dictionary.

REALLY???? WOW!!!!!!

On a side note, does anyone know how long it takes magic beans to grow?

Gummy Panda

5starpool wrote: »

REALLY???? WOW!!!!!!

On a side note, does anyone know how long it takes magic beans to grow?

up to 48 hours

Steve

Gummy Panda wrote: »

up to 48 hours

Bugger, mine must be duds then :mad:

How do I get my money back?

Toto Wolfcastle

SteveC wrote: »

Bugger, mine must be duds then :mad:

How do I get my money back?

Don't worry. If they take longer than 48 hours your money will grow on them in about a week.