Review How are the enworlds ads suitable for children?

[tetrasodium]

Not entirely. There’s something else going on. Maybe some kind of randomizer. I get ads in languages I don’t speak for products I don’t have any need for and have never searched for. Not always, but often enough to be noticeable.

I don't know if you have target stores where you are, but their receipts always have a bunch of coupons on the back.
A good number of them are salt that are deliberately things they expect you to be uninterested in. Targey salts them because it creeps people out of things are targeted too well. The Targey article talks about it

Google sds also include options ad buyers can cheaply shove their ads in that are barely targeted if they are targeted at all, those are probably a good chunk of their salt. Some of the ads will also be just cheap scattergun tsrgeyio because there are a certain number of people who speak that language expected to be into in that thing also visiting some of same sites at similar times. I'll occasionally get Norwegian(?) ads because the city I live in happens to have a pretty sizeable Norwegian population and a yearly event I've never seen to

 

[bedir than]

Not entirely. There’s something else going on. Maybe some kind of randomizer. I get ads in languages I don’t speak for products I don’t have any need for and have never searched for. Not always, but often enough to be noticeable.

I get Spanish language ads quite frequently, including on Spotify.

I assume it's because I watch, talk, and read about soccer quite a bit.

 

[Scribe]

What ads?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I get Spanish language ads quite frequently, including on Spotify.

I assume it's because I watch, talk, and read about soccer quite a bit.

I watch soccer, but only on TV.

 

[Bill Zebub]

That's funny, my ads are all for 60's Aston Martins, men's formal wear, martini shakers, and Walther firearms.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I don't know if you have target stores where you are, but their receipts always have a bunch of coupons on the back.
A good number of them are salt that are deliberately things they expect you to be uninterested in. Targey salts them because it creeps people out of things are targeted too well. The Targey article talks about it

Google sds also include options ad buyers can cheaply shove their ads in that are barely targeted if they are targeted at all, those are probably a good chunk of their salt. Some of the ads will also be just cheap scattergun tsrgeyio because there are a certain number of people who speak that language expected to be into in that thing also visiting some of same sites at similar times. I'll occasionally get Norwegian(?) ads because the city I live in happens to have a pretty sizeable Norwegian population and a yearly event I've never seen to

Oh, I know about advertising techniques and methodologies*. So I know when certain companies have done massive ad buys, “overriding” the automated algorithms. That stuff is obvious.

It‘s when I get things like ads for real estate agencies in foreign countries where I can’t even legally own property that puzzle me.

And recently, I’ve been getting ads for some evangelical ministry fronted by a pastor I’ve never heard of. As a Roman Catholic who does few religiously-oriented online searches for much beyond holiday mass times at Catholic churches, I have no clue as to what’s triggering this.







* MBA in marketing

 

[pukunui]

Lately I've mostly been getting ads for some horror streaming service and Microsoft Azure, neither of which I'd class as being targeted at me specifically.

 

[Bill Zebub]

By the way, I love this Chrome extension: ad nauseam.

It clicks on ALL the ads in the background, to flood the ad trackers with noise.

 

[MichaelSomething]

You could buy some ad space on ENworld yourself? Is that even an option???

 

[Morrus]

Ads are generated by Google based on your browsing history and the information it knows about you. They're not being shown to children, they're being shown to you. The more interesting question is why does Google think those ads are suitable for you?

 

[Dausuul]

By the way, I love this Chrome extension: ad nauseam.

It clicks on ALL the ads in the background, to flood the ad trackers with noise.

Does it then combo off and win the Internet?

 

[Cadence]

If their parents really loved them, they'd get them supporter accounts so they wouldn't see the ads ;-)

 

[Umbran]

If you don't want to see a type of ad, then either get an ad blocker, browse privately, or don't browse sites related to what you don't want to see

Another tactic - do searches on stuff you do want to see. Recently, I used google to help me find a new shower head, and now my ads are all from Delta faucets and Moen, and general home improvement. If I want to get rid of those, I can do some searches on, say, dice vaults, minis terrain, and laptops, and change the character of the ads I see.

When you do searches or go to websites on topics you don't want to see ads about, it also helps to use your browser's private or incognito mode - after your session, the cookies are deleted.

Things can get a little creepy, because these systems often make assumptions. They can tell that my wife and I live together. So, if she does online shopping for clothing, I can start getting ads for women's undergarments. And right now, she's seeing ads for faucets just like I am.

 

[Maxperson]

My ads are for a local Honda dealership and the One Ring RPG

Mine are for Level Up, Futures Academy(not sure what it's trying to tell me there) and Trinity Continuum Assassins.

 

[Maxperson]

and Walther firearms.

I had an add for a Walther PPC come through here a bit ago. Maybe my add trackers are getting confused because I like Battletech.

 

[Maxperson]

Things can get a little creepy, because these systems often make assumptions. They can tell that my wife and I live together. So, if she does online shopping for clothing, I can start getting ads for women's undergarments. And right now, she's seeing ads for faucets just like I am.

This happened to me about a month ago. My wife bought a new bra and suddenly my phone adds started trying to sell the same brand of bra to me.

 

[Staffan]

And recently, I’ve been getting ads for some evangelical ministry fronted by a pastor I’ve never heard of. As a Roman Catholic who does few religiously-oriented online searches for much beyond holiday mass times at Catholic churches, I have no clue as to what’s trigger8ng this,

From what I understand, there can be a few levels of separation between your search/browsing history and the ads you get. To make up an example, TPTB might have cottoned onto a correlation between "looks for fish recipes on Fridays" and being religious.

 

[Morrus]

As a Roman Catholic who does few religiously-oriented online searches for much beyond holiday mass times at Catholic churches, I have no clue as to what’s trigger8ng this,

I think you answered your own question.

 

[J.Quondam]

Sorry, OP, but I don't see any scandalous underwear ads.
I'm just getting them for The One Ring RPG and tax preparation services. Because apparently Sauron will have his pound of flesh... with or without sexy lingerie!

 

[Dioltach]

Recently, I used google to help me find a new shower head, and now my ads are all from Delta faucets and Moen, and general home improvement.

Some years ago I bought a shower head on Amazon. For weeks I got recommendations for shower heads. Because apparently they thought I was a collector or connoisseur or something, instead of someone who needed a new shower head in a hurry.