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Dr. Dwayne

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I'll no doubt be slaughtered for this but I am interested in knowing, even marginally so, how the ad system works on the site.

I've noticed that certain threads have ads oriented very much toward the content of the thread. I tried to test this by starting a thread about strap-ons to see if anything would come up. Nothing.

Now, I was checking out the gay Footballers thread and the ads were "Are gay people born that way?" and "Meet Hot Gay Men."

So one thing may be that Strap-On Tools (the legitimate mechanical tool company) and makers of adult oriented marital aids don't advertise with redcafe.net, on the other hand, perhaps the site is not a technically advanced as I think.

Does the site have a database of advertisers that correlates thread content, where possible, to ad links?

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Suresh said:
You click on ad, Niall makes money. Mods get paid.

Happy mods = site works, spastics get banned.:)
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Ok, maybe I shouldn't have used the word marginally.

I know that much, Suresh, you cheekey fecker you ;)

How is it that the ads in some threads are very topical re the content of the thread and others are not. Keywords?
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Ok, maybe I shouldn't have used the word marginally.

I know that much, Suresh, you cheekey fecker you ;)

How is it that the ads in some threads are very topical re the content of the thread and others are not. Keywords?
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Heh-heh.

Know what you mean though. A couple of months ago I was absolutely certain the appearance of my name was triggering that annoying Indian match-making ad. I swear it appeared in every thread I posted in. Something spastic I've unknowingly done with my Firefox seems to have completely stopped all the ads though. Wish I knew what!
 
Suresh said:
Heh-heh.

Know what you mean though. A couple of months ago I was absolutely certain the appearance of my name was triggering that annoying Indian match-making ad. I swear it appeared in every thread I posted in. Something spastic I've unknowingly done with my Firefox seems to have completely stopped all the ads though. Wish I knew what!
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And with that match-making comment, up comes "Free Toronto Dating"

This just keeps getting more and more cloak and dagger, doesn't it?
 
You should really direct this question at the Google support staff.

I hope that helps.
 
WeasteDevil said:
You should really direct this question at the Google support staff.

I hope that helps.
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So Google supplies the ads? Their search engine technology n' all that? See, I had no idea. Who says you mods are fat and unhelpful?

As for contacting Google support staff, well, I don't want to get in over my head in technical phrasology I have zero hope of understanding.

If I knew the whole of this mystery it wouldn't be fun anymore.

Thanks, Weaste Devil.
 
I think that Google "choose" the ads that go to each site/page by a combination of their keyword/search technology but that advertisers can opt in or out of advertising on particular web sites.

Niall will know the deatails better.

I suspect you need a certain level of traffic before Google will accept you.
 
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