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[Oikaze]

Sometimes, it's obvious that one is being tracked via cookies on the Internet. Given my obvious interest in Asian women (I'm on this site, for instance), it's not too surprising that I see ads promising to set me up with Asian- or sometimes more specifically Japanese, Chinese or Thai women. I'm actually in love with a woman, so I'm not interested in dating services, but it shows that advertisers are hot on my trail. I also find that some ads obviously "know" roughly where I live.

On the other hand, sometimes they've obviously lost track of me, as when I see ads like "make him addicted to you" (I don't roll that way ) and the best one was "Are you pregnant?" If I am, scientists would be very interested in me, because I'm a man.

What about you? Are the ads you see on the Internet random, targeted to you or a combination of both? Do you set your security settings so advertisers can't know who you are for the sake of privacy, or do you want them to know so they might tell you about something you want? Thanks for any votes or replies.

[airinokappa]

So well, they're usually both.
Sometimes it's ads related to Japanese, Korean or simply Asian stuffs (clothes, mangas, food....) and sometimes it's random like "You want to know if you have gum ? Text "gum" to 3680!".

But I installed an ad blocker on Firefox. It's better now.

[KeriChan12]

Your pregnant made me lol so hard!

Usually I get ads that make no sence whatsoever. It's mostly these 3: A Dutch gambling site *i'm a minor fyi*, a dating site for single moms and the SAME site for dating single dads *again, i'm a minor, and a girl *.
Once i made the mistake to click an ad from Sakura houses because I heard about their service before so for a while I was stalked by those ads, but just now the trusted "are you a single daddy?" popped up again.
Strangly, i never get ads for asian people, guess they haven't figured out my gender yet.
The only asian ads I get are coupons for sushi joints.

[Sakura_Y]

..."internet ads"...what are these "internet ads" you speak of? I haven't seen any in a while now...and its rather nice!!

(AdBlockPlus on Google Chrome FTW!!)

[mochi.rini]

I hate internet ads so much Dx When I was on my Kingdom Hearts craze, there would always be KH or FF ads everywhere I went and now that I'm H!P obsessed, I ALWAYS see ads in Japanese dealing with 'kawaii' things. It's like they're watching me o.o

But I do get the occasional weird ads that have nothing to do with me o.o Lots of pregnant ads, child abuse, and "Are you bisexual" ads, all which don't apply to me o.o

[Tim]

A couple of months ago I wrote on my facebook:
"Backwards
Read
Think I
Highway Engineers."

And then today I just checked my facebook and one of the ads said something like "become a road engineer today and help with infrastructure."

[Mei.ka~]

^ Hahahaha, that's hilarious!

For me, they're really just random. If it wasn't random, the ads would probably be like, "Buy some Japanese imported stuff today!" or something. But that's not the case. Instead I get those annoying Party Poker and dating service ads. Actually, if I got the Japanese ads, that'd still be annoying, but not nearly as annoying as the ones I mentioned.

[Tim]

I get so many poker ads as well. I have never even mentioned the word poker on the internet until just then.

[Glasseyelashes]

if we're talking about facebook, the ads i get (on the side of the page) are generally pretty random. but i seem to get the same ones over and over again. i don't really remember what they are because i ignore them for the most part.

[♥Sancchan♥]

I don't get much internet ads, but I do get A LOT of spam about buying Viagra and similar crap. And I'm a woman

[shura-kun]

i have installed AdBlockPlusin my firefox so i barely see something... my mail in the other hand have hundred times more spam that real messages so ronery

[Kecham]

Ads that follow me around the internet never know what I like or what my interests are
but they do know from where I am (region or a city)

[Oikaze]

Why do the ads keep "thinking" I have

Spoiler

hemorrhoids

? I don't!

[Kaori!-chan]

The adds that pop up both on the side bar and pop up adds in general (though they are farely rare) are completely random, not only are they not for people with my intrests, but they are not for people around my age (usually much much younger or much much older, I get nick jr adds or adds for retirement )

[lazyパンダ]

I can't say I've ever come across an ad that made me think they knew something about my interests. They obviously know where I live though, and that creeps me out. I hate getting those adds that pop up on the corner of the screen and say something like "so-and-so is in *my city and state* and is hot and ready to meet you!" And it has a pic of some random model. LOL

[beebee]

I got one a while ago that I thought was pretty funny:



"Don't pay to have white teeth - instead, why not pay to have white teeth?"

I have actually been looking for ways to whiten my teeth. But I dunno, it could be just a coincidence - lots of people look for ways to whiten their teeth, anyway. -shrugs-.

[Oikaze]

^
^ Argh! I too hate those "so and so wants to meet you" type ads that are so obviously phony. I always give the finger to the model.

Lately, the ads seem to have "lost my trail", so to speak. They keep asking me if I want to date Mexican, Colombian or Ukrainian women... now I have nothing against women of those nationalities, but one would think it was rather obvious what nationality I tend to prefer (look around you ).

[ZetaCron]

YouTube ads seem to know me the best, and I don't mean any and all "Ads by Google" but specifically the ones on YouTube. Then again, I guess I probably on that site more than any other.

[Kecham]

changed to 'Targeted'
I randomly searched for something I never searched before and when I clicked on the site I always go to, there was a ad telling me of a store nearby that sells that
but men in gray need to pay more attention to my posts because after I posted that "I'm not a fan of polka dots" on another site my next ad was "buy wallets"
*rolls eyes* decorated with big polka dots

[Chrome10]

I'm blocking Flash and don't buy things from Ads. Some Ads are from same country.