{Site Bug} Cool: CMN Dating Service

I talked about it when I was running things, but you guys are all about action!

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(check Google ad filter)

[zactommo]

Google ad's are targeted based on what they know about you from tracking you IP address, browsing behavior, and google account etc....I guess the google computer has decided that your single, and need help (just kidding) although google adds have been known to be completely of, or scarily accurate.

Originally Posted by zactommo

Google ad's are targeted based on what they know about you from tracking you IP address, browsing behavior, and google account etc....I guess the google computer has decided that your single, and need help (just kidding) although google adds have been known to be completely of, or scarily accurate.

VERY WRONG! Google AdWords are based on taking the info on the website's page and pulling up ads based on what it finds. If it can't find anything fast enough or relevant enough, it pulls a random ad. That page just said there were no new posts, so it pulled up a random ad that happened to be a dating (most likely porn) site.

So as not to make people paranoid, Google doesn't track your IP, browsing behavior.... or whatever you mean by "google account etc". That's called spyware, and Google isn't spyware.

I'm the one who set up and ran Google AdSense on THIS SITE for years. I know how it works....

[hoosierdraft]

Originally Posted by Tim Eason

VERY WRONG! Google AdWords are based on taking the info on the website's page and pulling up ads based on what it finds. If it can't find anything fast enough or relevant enough, it pulls a random ad. That page just said there were no new posts, so it pulled up a random ad that happened to be a dating (most likely porn) site.

True

Originally Posted by Tim Eason

So as not to make people paranoid, Google doesn't track your IP, browsing behavior.... or whatever you mean by "google account etc". That's called spyware, and Google isn't spyware.

False

"Optimized results" are served up all time to people that use Google when they are logged in to their Google account. Some people see it as spyware, some people see it as big brother, some people see it as nothing to worry about.

Originally Posted by hoosierdraft

True


False

"Optimized results" are served up all time to people that use Google when they are logged in to their Google account. Some people see it as spyware, some people see it as big brother, some people see it as nothing to worry about.

Optimized search results.... maybe.... I've never heard about that so I'd need to see a link. And if you would have to be logged into your Google account, then that negates a lot of people. And not everyone uses Goggle (BING!). Google DOES keep track of your search/browsing history if you are logged in to your Google account, but you can turn that off. They don't track cookies beyond their site -- other sites can track cookies.... and that can be turned off also in your browser settings.

But, all that is besides the point. The Google AdSense system -- the ads you see at the bottom of this site and all over the place on other sites -- are based on page content and have nothing to do with you personally. On the AdSense set-up site, an account holder (like the current owners of churchmedia.net) can flag certain advertisers to never show up on their site. This is both for competitors and unwanted sites like porn or "get your minister's license online" sites. When running this site I had to constantly add unwanted sites to my ad filter. That's all I was pointing out, while making a joke about it.

I did (jokingly) consider a dating service for churchmedia.net a few years ago because we had a lot of youngsters back then. That's what brought up the memory.... and the post. If nothing else, maybe people will be more educated about how Google's ads works.

[waynehoskins]

So let's get with getting this new service rolling.

[zactommo]

There you go, that will teach me to listen to the conspiracy theorists out there.

[[Admin] danroth]

To be technically accurate, we are talking about AdSense not AdWords.

That said:
https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...n&answer=18619

It's too bad they don't have KEYWORD blocking, but you still have to keep up with stuff like this. People have been requesting keyword blocking for years. For now you should add that site to your filter list. It's a pain to do it site by site, but it's worth it for reputation's sake since people might think YOU (danroth) are advertising a dating service, which is another misconception about AdSense. I spent time weeding out most of them, but when one is discovered it only takes three minutes to add it to your site-blocking filter for AdSense.

[[Admin] danroth]

I added the site to the filter list before I made the post.
I just wanted folks to realize.

Now, off to work on the CMN Dating Site...
christiantechnogeeksandartistictypesmatchup.com

[NdEd]

Originally Posted by danroth

I added the site to the filter list before I made the post.
I just wanted folks to realize.

Now, off to work on the CMN Dating Site...
christiantechnogeeksandartistictypesmatchup.com

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[tedanderson]

Pie in the sky. Oh my!