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| 2004-03-28 |
| Hat Tip to Iowahawk Have you noticed the Google Ads on the right hand sidebar? Have you also noticed that some of them are, in fact, advertisements for pro-Islamist sites? Offended? Don’t be. Instead, consider this: every click transfers money from the advertiser to the site owner displaying the ad... In other words, from the asshats to Fred. Melike. So, um, click yer asses off, folks! I so love capitalism, heh. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #8 I'm sorry, all I see are ads for Slow Quail For U. Love Quail Plantation and Extend Your Barrell ads. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-28 7:19:16 PM |
| #7 I was an early user of Google ads nearly 3 years ago now. I assume they are using a similar mechanism for these blogs ads, which is entirely keyword based. So you might specify your ad pops if the words 'jihad' or 'zionist entity' appears on a page. You can specify an unlimited combination of such keywords. Of course Google can't tell if the page is for or agin the topic. BTW From a business perspective this is an extremely good and cheap way of finding people who may be interested in a particular specialized product. Also Google were using a charging mechanism based on the frequency a word was used in Google searches combine with click through rates. I just checked here and they have now added the amount you offer to pay per page view or click through into the formula as well. So clicking on the ads not only means the advertiser pays it also means their ads are more likely to be displayed to others. Devilishly clever business model. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-03-28 6:53:43 PM |
| #6 Sorry I can't help Fred. I downloaded a Google add-on that block all ads several weeks ago. This does explain why the # of blocked ads keep going up here though. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-03-28 6:53:10 PM |
| #5 The ads "rotate" apparently - and what is displayed is grouped by topic / interest, it seems. Anywhere from 1 to 4 or 5 on each display cycle. It also seems they get a minimum time of exposure before rollover, so a couple of quick refreshes will prolly show the same ads. But they'll roll by - I hit 2 of them about 30x each earlier today. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-03-28 6:04:43 PM |
| #4 They appear when Google thinks the site content has something to do with eye-rolling and AK-47s. Google Ads tries to adjust the ad content to the page content to maximize click-thrus and make us all rich. So far I've got about $6 coming from them. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-03-28 6:03:01 PM |
| #3 Are y'all talking about the ads for phone calls to Afghanistan? I don't see any other ads that could be connected to Islamists. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-03-28 5:59:51 PM |
| #2 Am I looking in the right spot all I see is an advert fo whale watching. Every once in a while I would like to see just how stupid these people are.How about it,Fred. #2 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] Posted by: Anonymous TROLL 2004-03-28 1:12:13 PM Comment Top |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-03-28 4:52:10 PM |
| #1 ...Y'know, I was going to ask about that - but the explanation is so thoroughly wicked that I intend to click until I can't click no more. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-03-28 1:25:37 PM |