The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
Not sure if this is appropriate [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] ??
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Why - is your boss older?
Philzo-93
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Don't google ads adjust depending on the users history 
Don't google ads adjust depending on the users history
My thoughts too. My amazon ad when I wasn't logged in was for coffee machines that I was viewing earlier !
Randsta
New member
Depends what your into surely?
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Yeah, mine is showing me that LG OLED TV that I was looking at earlier on line.
Philzo-93
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My thoughts too. My amazon ad when I wasn't logged in was for coffee machines that I was viewing earlier !
Yeah got ad showing microphones...either someone has shot themselves in the foot or another user has some explaining to do
wakeytom
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Grabs popcorn this could be good, or more likely I should grab some Cookies
pishhead
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Guessing you have a slightly risqué taste in manga?
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Annoyingly I had bought what I was looking for and google ads showed me I could have got it for much cheaper... 
gripper stebson
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- Jul 27, 2004
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Was chatting to someone who works at the Argus who said that an irate women called to say that 'adult adverts' were appearing on the site and her young children had seen them. She demanded they take them down.
She was told that they were dependent on recent browsing habits = husband in trouble!
She was told that they were dependent on recent browsing habits = husband in trouble!
The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
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Yeah got ad showing microphones...either someone has shot themselves in the foot or another user has some explaining to do
Not really, getting the same ad served on 5 different gadgets used by 4 different users none of which are linked?! Fairly certain all 4 people in my household haven't suddenly simultaneously developed a penchant for trashy manga titillation stories so I don't buy it that Google ads are solely based on your browsing and search habits, do they use IP addresses too to deliver content? I'm a bit disappointed I don't get the ads any more for the dirty Russian housewives to be honest! My real point/beef is that we can't swear on here for fear of upsetting our NSC Google ad masters but it's ok for them to serve up ads for desperate Russian slappers and stories about secretaries fantasizing about noshing off their bosses, bit double standards really.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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Predominantly based on your history, related subjects etc etc
Info here: https://support.google.com/adsense/troubleshooter/1631343?hl=en#1
Info here: https://support.google.com/adsense/troubleshooter/1631343?hl=en#1
Ads are not based entirely on where you've been or what you've looked at, but where possible they will be as targeted ads have a higher success rate. It's as simple as that.
However, if Google can't determine anything about you then you will probably get the lowest quality ads - no one will be wanting to pay much for your eyeballs, so you get the rubbish at the bottom of the market. This could be an example of that.
You won't get Russian brides any more as I turned off the dating category...
However, if Google can't determine anything about you then you will probably get the lowest quality ads - no one will be wanting to pay much for your eyeballs, so you get the rubbish at the bottom of the market. This could be an example of that.
You won't get Russian brides any more as I turned off the dating category...
IP plays a part for sure. At work I get very different ads to at home.