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Post by Merkuri on Feb 12, 2004 15:09:21 GMT -5
I've been glancing up when the "Ads By Google" banner flashes by the top of the page, and it seems to always be suspiciously related to the thread/board I'm looking at. Right now it's about D&D and Palladium supplies, which I understand, but when I was in the Wyrm's Den reading about the Muslim headscarves and Christian crosses, I noticed that one ad had to do with Catholic books. That's uncanny, and I have no doubt it's intentional. Being a computer nut, I have to wonder how it works. Anybody have any ideas? I suspect it scans the page for keywords and shows appropriate ads, but I didn't realize it could even see the page. I mean, I know that the webpage can see the banner, but I didn't know the banner could see the page.
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Post by Hussar on Feb 13, 2004 10:02:19 GMT -5
I would assume there would be some sort of program built into the boards that controls that. Something that trolls each thread and looks up key words. Hmm, that makes me want to do a little experiment. Currently, as I look at the top of the screen above Merkuri's post, I saw an add for gorrillas and three other ads. I wonder what happens if I do this:
gorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverback, gorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverbackgorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverbackgorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverbackgorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverbackgorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverbackgorilla, monkey, chimp,chimpanzee, bonobo, Jane Goodall, lemur, orangutan, baboon, Rhesus, silverback
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Post by Hussar on Feb 13, 2004 10:03:52 GMT -5
Hmm, doesn't seem to do anything. Just getting random gaming sites. Hmmm.
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Post by Merkuri on Feb 13, 2004 10:12:23 GMT -5
Same here. Just the normal D&D and RPG ads. You must see a lot of gorilla ads then.
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Post by Merkuri on Feb 15, 2004 9:14:02 GMT -5
Very odd. Check out the valentines day thread. Those ads are all about love and valentines. Yet you haven't succeeded in hoodwinking this page into showing us ape stuff. Maybe it only looks so far down a page.
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Post by Galadon on Feb 19, 2004 16:52:23 GMT -5
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey evil grin
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Post by Galadon on Feb 19, 2004 16:56:06 GMT -5
I'm waiting
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Post by Merkuri on Feb 19, 2004 17:04:22 GMT -5
I think it knows we're talking about it and it's pretending it's not listening.
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Post by Merkuri on Feb 19, 2004 17:05:04 GMT -5
Ooh! Ooh! I see monkey ads!!
I guess it just takes a while to kick in?
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Post by EK - Shadow of Death on Feb 19, 2004 23:14:09 GMT -5
Yea - I'm getting a "save endangered wildlife" ad
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Post by Hussar on Feb 20, 2004 8:13:17 GMT -5
Yup, and lifelike stuffed monkeys. Hmmm, *wicked Grin*
dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance,dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance, dance, dance, dance, girl, girl, girl, dance, dance dance,
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Post by Merkuri on Feb 20, 2004 9:03:14 GMT -5
Still seeing ads for "monkey lamps"... whatever those are.
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Aylix Phyrehawk
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Linus Lexington: Hacker extraordinaire, Phyrehawk: Firess Finathier
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Post by Aylix Phyrehawk on Feb 24, 2004 4:52:39 GMT -5
I got... *T-shirt kingdom *Stuffed Wild Life *Primates in Laboratories Lol. It could be fun to mess with this
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VladTaltos
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They Call Me A Hartless biatch And Some Times I Think Its True
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Post by VladTaltos on Feb 27, 2004 13:00:23 GMT -5
Got monkey
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Post by Hussar on Feb 28, 2004 4:57:08 GMT -5
Yeah, still getting the monkey. Hmm. Maybe it takes post count.
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