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Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:57 pm
by NerdGirl
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/68382/

So I already mentioned a few weeks ago the stuff I was getting after searching for "anti-depressants that don't cause decreased sex drive." But I have another one! I was watching some Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam videos on the youtube the other day and now I am getting ads for Islamic dating sites everywhere.

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:59 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
All of my ads on facebook are in Chinese.

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:07 pm
by Craig Jessop
Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:04 pm
by SMP
Craig Jessop wrote:Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
Wait, you're not a 65+ white male?

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:07 pm
by Unit of Energy
At one point in time google thought I was a man. They did get the 18-24 age group right though. That's what extensive searches on RPGs and video game consoles will do. Although right now my searches for jeans and down east basics have set the record straight about my being a female.

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:14 pm
by Defy V
SMP wrote:
Craig Jessop wrote:Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
Wait, you're not a 65+ white male?
How old was Vorpal Blade?

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:45 pm
by NerdGirl
Defy V wrote:
SMP wrote:
Craig Jessop wrote:Google thinks I'm a 65+ white male. I guess that's what looking up classical music, history, and foreign policy will do for you.
Wait, you're not a 65+ white male?
How old was Vorpal Blade?
I think at one point he was 62.

Re: Weirdest Targeted Ads

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:29 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
May he rest in peace.