Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
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Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
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Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#2The author briefly picks on Hulu's advertising methods, but I have actually been fairly pleased with their AdTailor(?) service. I don't see female-targetted ads anymore, and there has been a definite increase in advertising for products/services I might be interested in. It does still seem like there are a disproportionate amount of Insurance ads shown, and I'm not sure if that's because Insurance Companies have more advertising dollars, or because I have limited the pool of potential ad "archetypes" to show by using the AdTailor.
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#3On google ads (at least Display ads), there's this little triangle in the corner with plenty of opt-out options. More info here:
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#4A couple of months ago, I searched for online stock brokerages and visited a couple of sites. For next few weeks, ALL is saw was online brokerage ads whichever site I went, from my home machine and laptop to my office machine. It was really irritating.
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#5A couple of months ago, I searched for online stock brokerages and visited a couple of sites. For next few weeks, ALL is saw was online brokerage ads whichever site I went, from my home machine and laptop to my office machine. It was really irritating.
I think this is why many people nowadays use ad blockers like AdBlock Plus, and tracking blockers like Ghostery.
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#6It's funny that Hulu is supposed to have that "This ad isn't relevant" button to do exactly what he's describing (er, doing, I guess), but it doesn't seem to be effective for me at all.
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#7Google allows you to manage your ads preferences at:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
Retargeting is basically disabled if one opts out there (for the web, search&gmail or both).
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#8The author briefly picks on Hulu's advertising methods, but I have actually been fairly pleased with their AdTailor(?) service. I don't see female-targetted ads anymore, and there has been a definite increase in advertising for products/services I might be interested in. It does still seem like there are a disproportionate amount of Insurance ads shown, and I'm not sure if that's because Insurance Companies have more…
I can relate to his frustration re Hulu ads. Discovery Channel (here in Europe) advertises mostly for their own programs - often for the program you're actually watching. The remainder is for a handful of companies. Clueless about why they'd do that.
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#9Google only gives me ads for products I've already bought. I'm not sure which genius thought that kind of targeted advertising was a good idea.
Perhaps if I used gmail, so they could read my emails and see what I've bought already, I wouldn't have this problem. I'll pass on that idea though.
Re: Google, I've had enough. How about a Compromise?
#10Don't ever make the mistake of looking up medical conditions you see on a show like House. You will forever be plagued by ads trying to address your condition!