Tee shirt ads and ice fishing

[FishinFools]

Either I am getting too old, or have kids that shouldn't be interested in ice fishing, or ?

(bring on the wet blanket!)

BUT (one T) what is the deal with the very nice young girls in tee shirts on this site lately?

I got no problem with beautiful women (and, thank you God, BTW) but my son, whom I hope to think will grow into one of us fishing folk for life, asked me today, "Dad, does that mean she isn't wearing pants in this picture?".

Just saying. Really?

I had a great professor in a graduate marketing class who said it best, and I have not forgotten it: "if the product involves sex, by all means, use sex in your marketing. "

We want to buy fishing stuff. And get the next generation interested enough to sift through a forum looking for answers to their fishing questions.

(ok, off the stump. Fire away.)

[Shack]

Those ads you are seeing are specific to those who are viewing them or the topic like this one. They are Google ads and based off of cookies cached within your/the users browser. All I see is fishing and cloud computing ads. Have not seen anything like this???? Of course these ads are based off of the sites, better said served, you visit or have visited. Clear your cache, cookies and Internet history. Also watch what other sites you or your PC' s users are going to. I can post more on this when I get to a PC.

[Will]

Ouch

[buzbunni]

Those ads you are seeing are specific to those who are viewing them or the topic like this one. They are Google ads and based off of cookies cached within your/the users browser. All I see is fishing and cloud computing ads. Have not seen anything like this???? Of course these ads are based off of the sites, better said served, you visit or have visited. Clear your cache, cookies and Internet history. Also watch what other sites you or your PC' s users are going to. I can post more on this when I get to a PC.

I clear cookies, cache, and internet history all the time (call me paranoid if you want) and I get the same ads.

Calling baloney on the user browser angle.

[Shack]

Just wanted to re-emphasize (LOL) that these ads can be based upon the popular content within a forum and even more specific to the threads content (words) which are typed. I would suspect that since this thread has "this" content in within it, Google will serve ads based on it. Google likes HSO and crawlers are always here looking for fresh and new content. Google ads has their own crawlers, but they are just as dedicated to delivering what the topic needs in related ads.

Here is a snip-it from Google:

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[nofishfisherman]

I see the same ads that he is talking about. I don't get them at home when on my home computer (at least I don't notice them) but when I'm at work and pull up the forum on my work computer sure enough there's the girl with the tight t-shirt seemingly on every page.

I can assure you that it doesn't take any sort of sketchy web browsing to populate the ads. Web use for me is the HSO forum, maybe facebook, and espn.

I'm guessing google can probably look at the 3 main sites I visit and determine that I'm a male between the ages of 18-35 and then sends the ads my way. Maybe if you aren't seeing them google thinks you're an old fart that isn't interested any more.

[Shack]

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Calling baloney on the user browser angle.

Look it up.

[Shack]

Facebook is a huge reason.

[leech~~]

Those ads you are seeing are specific to those who are viewing them or the topic like this one. They are Google ads and based off of cookies cached within your/the users browser. All I see is fishing and cloud computing ads. Have not seen anything like this???? Of course these ads are based off of the sites, better said served, you visit or have visited. Clear your cache, cookies and Internet history. Also watch what other sites you or your PC' s users are going to. I can post more on this when I get to a PC.

I see the T-girls too and am not on face book.

But where's the porn then!

[Shack]

Google does not condone that subject and thus has nothing to do with that.

This better discribes what I am trying to get across:

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What information does Google use to serve me ads on the web?

We serve ads through our Ad programs on our own websites, as well as on the Google Display Network. We also serve ads on partner websites through our Ad programs, and also on third party partner sites and certain Google Applications and other clients. We use a variety of methods to deliver ads that are relevant.

For the Google Display Network, we serve ads based on the content of the site you view and may also use other partner data to target ads. For example, if you visit a gardening site, ads on that site may be related to gardening. In addition, we may serve ads based on your interests. As you browse websites that have partnered with us or Google sites using the DoubleClick cookie, such as YouTube, Google may place the DoubleClick cookie in your browser to understand the types of pages visited or content that you viewed. To serve ads that are relevant and tailored to your interests in applications or other clients that use an anonymous ID, we may use information about your activity in applications or other clients. Based on this information and/or anonymized partner data, Google associates your browser or anonymous ID with relevant interest categories and uses these categories to show interest-based ads. For example, if you frequently visit travel websites, Google may show more ads related to travel. Or, if you download a golf application, Google may show you ads related to golf. Google can also use the types of pages that you have visited or content that you have viewed to infer your gender and the age category you belong to. For example, If the sites that you visit have a majority of female visitors (based on aggregated survey data on site visitation), we may associate your cookie with the female demographic category.

In addition to ads based on interest categories, Google allows advertisers (including Google) to show you ads based on your previous interactions online, such as visits to advertisers’ websites. For example, someone who visited the website of an online sporting goods store can receive ads about special offers from that store.

Google will not associate sensitive interest categories with your browser or anonymous ID (such as those based on race, religion, sexual orientation, health, or sensitive financial categories), and will not use such categories when showing you interest-based ads.

[Shack]

I clear cookies, cache, and internet history all the time (call me paranoid if you want) and I get the same ads.

Calling baloney on the user browser angle.

This would happen because the info collected is instantaneously feed back to Google. It is not based upon a collection of data every other day or week or month. This will also depend on which browser you are using and if you have a Google account associated with it or not. Personally I have my browser set to expire cookies and cache and history every time it is closed for development and non-mixing of interest reasons. You can also use ad blocking services and apps, but personally I like to see the ads as they are served based on what is fresh and new. He is the riskiest ads I have viewed in the last ten forums I has broswered here:

I assume it is because I have a citi account.

[Shack]

Good point as the ad blocks "could" be purchased and if you know of someone who is interested or would like to "buy out" these blocks, send them this link to get in contact with HSO:

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