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2012-01-26 04:05:18 PM
I'm apparently a male on Medicare. At least they got half of it right.
 
2012-01-26 04:05:28 PM
18-24 yr-old M

/42, Female
//proof of my tomboy nature
 
2012-01-26 04:05:48 PM
"You currently do not have an 'id' cookie."

What are these ads you speak of?
 
2012-01-26 04:07:09 PM
It thinks I'm a 45-54 year old male who lives in Seattle or Boston.

I'm 27, a woman, and don't live anywhere near those places.
 
2012-01-26 04:07:33 PM
swaniefrmreddeer: It thinks I'm a 45-54 yo male, I'm insulted, I just turned 35 on Sunday.

Same here (though currently closer to 36). Of course, this is on my work computer. Intrigued to see what I'm thought of on my home computer
 
2012-01-26 04:08:12 PM
Serious Black: I'm apparently a male on Medicare. At least they got half of it right.

Keep government out of your Medicare, right?
 
2012-01-26 04:08:33 PM
Mandapants: 18-24 yr-old M

/42, Female
//proof of my tomboy nature


Sorry, it was Ffx that thought I was an immature male.
Chromium thinks I'm an immature 18-24 female
 
2012-01-26 04:10:24 PM
Male: Yes
18 to 24: No, but thanks for the compliment. (47)
No interests: Am I really that boring? Sure I mostly lurk on Fark but I read go to movies with the wife and play some video game... oh god it's true.
 
2012-01-26 04:10:28 PM
It thinks I'm a 14 year old girl and wants me arrested for soliciting sex with myself.
 
2012-01-26 04:10:35 PM
Kinda far off from the age thing, not near that range.

Age: 35-44
Gender: Male

Shopping - Apparel - Casual Apparel - T-Shirts
Shopping - Consumer Resources - Coupons & Discount Offers
World Localities - North America - USA - Florida - Central Florida - Greater Orlando
World Localities - North America - USA - Mid-Atlantic (USA) - New York State - New York City
World Localities - North America - USA - South (USA) - Georgia (USA)
World Localities - North America - USA - South (USA) - Mississippi
World Localities - North America - USA - Southwest (USA) - Nevada - Reno-Sparks

I've never searched/bought shirts online, nor have I ever been interested in 'Coupons' or 'Discounts', and I have never visited any of those so called 'World Localities' (exception of Reno - I visited once last year, and only went to one website).
 
2012-01-26 04:10:37 PM
35-44 yo male in the greater Cleveland, Ohio region
 
2012-01-26 04:10:52 PM
LockeOak: 65+ male. what in the sam hill?

That's what you get for using the expression "what in the Sam Hill".

Interesting choice of words, actually.

Sam Hill is believed by some to be the Devil, perhaps inspired by the pre-Satan and pre-Luciver Sama-el, who appears in the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. The -el suffix means the ancient god El, who is one of the two Gods in the Bible, the other being represented by the Tetragram (Jehovah to many Christians). El was the king and father of a pantheon of fourteen gods (seven sons, seven daughters) called the Elohim (Sons of El), and it is they who creat the world in Genesis Chapter One. The God in Genesis Chapter Two is slightly different (but not Jehovah), suggesting he belongs to a different tradition from both Elohimist First Genesis and the Jehovahist texts later in the Bible. Bible scholars often refer to E and J as the supposed editors of the various bits of the Old Testament that were assembled and edited into the Torah and then the Old Testament as we know it today in Christiandom.

Sam Hill may also be just a popular euphemism with no scholarly or theological content, since Hill resembles "Hell" and Sam is a popular name, witness the popularity of Uncle Sam, with or without a historical Sam behind it.
 
2012-01-26 04:11:55 PM
Wow! You are one perverted man.
Would you like Google to recommend local counseling and therapy centers?
 
2012-01-26 04:12:33 PM
Telemetry: Says I'm a 35-44 male despite being a 21 female.
I'm not sure what this says about me but I'm laughing my ass off.


It says you watch a lot of lesbian porn.
 
kth
2012-01-26 04:12:48 PM
I'm torn: should I be pissed that it thinks I'm a dude, or happy that it thinks I'm 25-34?

/39 yo woman.
 
2012-01-26 04:12:53 PM
Sargun: You currently do not have an 'id' cookie.

Well.


Congratulations. Some people go through life on instinct, and you've totally removed yours.

/Google knows I have an interest in Anatomy.
//Boobies.
 
2012-01-26 04:13:28 PM
You've opted out, but you can opt in at any time.

F*ck you! I will never opt in and I don't even see your f*cking ads!

/Adblock Plus FTW!
 
2012-01-26 04:13:45 PM
ThrnPhl: 45-54 male

/34 yo male


Everybody looks ten years older on the web*. That explains all the 13-year-old trolls.

If you see egregious examples of punctuation, grammar or spelling, trolls did it.



*This may explain why our parents seem to be a lot older on the web. Or senile, even.
 
2012-01-26 04:14:08 PM
Male - 25-34.
Arts & Entertainment - Movies - Science Fiction & Fantasy Films.


Spot on.
 
2012-01-26 04:15:26 PM
despite the fact that my GFs interests are:

Beauty & Fitness
Beauty & Fitness - Face & Body Care - Make-Up & Cosmetics
Computers & Electronics
Home & Garden
Shopping - Apparel - Sleepwear
Shopping - Consumer Resources - Coupons & Discount Offers


AND she was signed in to her google accont...

it still thinks she is a male (I never use her computer)

google just thinks everyone on the internet is a male
 
2012-01-26 04:15:32 PM
brantgoose: Interesting choice of words, actually...

Thank you, Cliff Clavin.
 
2012-01-26 04:16:23 PM
- Hobbies & Leisure - Crafts - Fiber & Textile Arts
- News - Weather
- Reference - General Reference - Time & Calendars
- Shopping - Apparel
- World Localities - North America - USA - Midwest (USA) - Illinois - Chicago
- World Localities - North America - USA - Pacific Northwest - Oregon

Age: 45-54
Gender: Male

Sorta close. 49, female. Never been to Illinois. I hate shopping and certainly not for clothing online.

The time & calendars thing is very odd.
 
2012-01-26 04:16:40 PM
Age: 65+
Gender: Male
 
2012-01-26 04:16:54 PM
65+ year old males sure do like bodybuilding and pot growing forums, then.
 
2012-01-26 04:16:56 PM
It says I'm a male age 18-24...fail on both counts. Did get the anime and games right though.
 
2012-01-26 04:17:02 PM
Meh, the same file I periodically update that blocks certain banner ads, viral ads, etc. Is blocking googleads. Heh
 
2012-01-26 04:17:33 PM
On my phone, it thinks I'm a 55-65 year old male.
On my desktop, it thinks I'm an 18-25 year old male.

What's up with that?
 
2012-01-26 04:18:43 PM
TrainingWheelsNeeded: only one person on here searches for porn? would have guessed more

Maybe everyone's already found all they need?
 
2012-01-26 04:18:55 PM
unremarkable asterisk: If the google says it, it must be true.

LOL! Apparently I have gone from a 28 yr old female to a 55-64 yr old male!!

/don't put me in the Faux News crowd
//get off my lawn, goddammnit
 
2012-01-26 04:20:46 PM
This thread is a goldmine for my stalking, errrrr, I mean favorites list.
 
2012-01-26 04:21:41 PM
mxwjs: despite the fact that my GFs interests are:

Beauty & Fitness
Beauty & Fitness - Face & Body Care - Make-Up & Cosmetics
Computers & Electronics
Home & Garden
Shopping - Apparel - Sleepwear
Shopping - Consumer Resources - Coupons & Discount Offers

AND she was signed in to her google accont...

it still thinks she is a male (I never use her computer)

google just thinks everyone on the internet is a male


It must know that there are no women on the internet.
 
2012-01-26 04:21:51 PM
Perducci: BuckTurgidson: HotWingConspiracy: No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far.

Suits me fine.

Haven't seen an ad in years.

Ditto.

And you're not a Total Farker either. So you're basically leeching off this site.


It is Fark's privilege to ban me any time they like. I paid for TF for years until the modmins' behavior pissed me off one to many times. If that were to change, I'd reconsider, In the meantime, I contribute content to the site, just like you.
 
2012-01-26 04:22:50 PM
Age: 45-54
Gender: Male

Age: (checks ID) Wrong
Gendger: (looks down shirt) Wrong.
 
2012-01-26 04:22:53 PM
Google thinks I am a sucker.

My AdBlock,NoScript, and null referrer code say otherwise.

Frankly, I think advertisers are doing this all wrong anyway. If I were a 28 year old male, I would not want to see 1000 ads for the latest 8 bladed razor, featuring pretty boys with sculpted marble faces. And if I were a 30 year old waitress living in a trailer park from hand to mouth, I would not want to see 1000 ads featuring nearly naked supermodels bouncing around for Victoria's Secret. If they really want to get people's attention with targeted advertising, they need to flip it around and show guys ads for Victoria's Secret, and women should get the ads for the razors.

/I'd still code the hell out of my browser so that I don't have to see any of it, and so that they can see as little of me as possible.
 
2012-01-26 04:24:01 PM
Adblock, thanks for the recommendation farkers.
 
2012-01-26 04:24:16 PM
Jerkwater: I work in online advertising and Web traffic analysis so I'm getting... Burned at the stake at dawn, you spawn of Satan!
 
2012-01-26 04:25:02 PM
can i be you when i grow up: Gendger: (looks down shirt) Wrong.

Looking down the shirt isn't always the best way to determine gender.
 
2012-01-26 04:25:10 PM
On my phone, I'm a 45 - 54 female. On my work computer, I'm an 18 - 24 male. I'm not sure why my phone shows up so much old-fartier than my work computer (32-year-old female BTW)....
 
2012-01-26 04:26:31 PM
Apparently I'm an 18-24 year old male, which is a bit startling, as I was under the impression I was a woman in my mid-thirties. That's hilarious. Although I admit that the categories listing is reasonably accurate.
 
2012-01-26 04:26:59 PM
65+ Male

Jebus... gotta start browsing more boobies... o_O
 
2012-01-26 04:28:49 PM
"No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far. "

I'm a nobody...
 
2012-01-26 04:29:29 PM
RexTalionis: indylaw: RexTalionis: indylaw: 55-64 male?

/32 male

To be fair, based on your comments, that is exactly how I pictured you. No offense, dude.

F*ck. Really?

Sorry, chief. But to be completely fair, I view myself in largely the same way, and I know how old I am. I'm a 60 year old man trapped in the body of a 28 year old kid.


I'm going to chalk up my apparent fogeyness to uncommon wisdom for my age and then engage in a night of Jagerbombs and debauchery for good measure.
 
2012-01-26 04:30:08 PM
You've opted out, but you can opt in at any time.

Nah, I think I'll pass, Googie. Thanks just the same.
 
2012-01-26 04:30:54 PM
RexTalionis: can i be you when i grow up: Gendger: (looks down shirt) Wrong.

Looking down the shirt isn't always the best way to determine gender.


fine, looks down pants, yup still wrong.
 
2012-01-26 04:31:01 PM
ITT: I favorite all the girls in a nice shade of purple 5 with the note "How you doing?", purely so I don't refer to them as boys, yes that excuse will do nicely.
 
2012-01-26 04:31:39 PM
Crap, I'll be 33 in a month and it thinks I'm 55-64.

/get off my lawn.
 
2012-01-26 04:31:45 PM
Age: 25-34
Gender: Male

Oh really, Google?

/not complaining, assuming this means I won't be bombarded w/ feminine product ads that I get @ my other web zones.
//betting the default is 'young male', since that's what their advertisers want...
 
2012-01-26 04:35:24 PM
I opted out, but then I got this: "If you delete this opt-out cookie, you will have to opt out again." What??

Plus it thinks thinks I'm a male - which is wrong! Why does Google think Farkers are male?
 
2012-01-26 04:35:48 PM
Mikey1969: Speaking of audio and video, anybody else hate those news sites that do the same thing? You load the story, start reading that old school 'text' stuff, and then a video finally loads up and starts blasting at full volume? I don't understand the obsession with video anyway, about 80% of the stories are just fine if I read them, and I don't have my page load slow down, have to watch commercials, any of that crap, yet 1/2 the stories that are interesting are in a video only format.


Comrade Luddite!
 
2012-01-26 04:35:57 PM
nanim: betting the default is 'young male', since that's what their advertisers want...

i was just gonna say this... i wonder how much more money google makes "assuming" everyone is male and then making you convince them you are female.

also. I like how Drew just made a better algorithm than google at getting accurate demographic info on users.
 
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