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You may notice a surge of bothersome advertisements on TL since their new site changes.
Among others, I have seen:
Thai love links
Arab women
Russian brides
local singles (we had this before, but now we have more)
And then they tell us to turn off ad blocker or else we are hurting esports.
What do the TL powers think of their community when they allow these type of advertisements to flood the website? Right, they think we're all nerdy gamers and bad with ladies. Or at least a large portion of us must be, hence all the online dating ads. Apparently there's an ad for every ethnicity under the sun, in case these lonely men are also picky! TL powers are making a statement about their audience that I find insulting. And if you charge that these are just ads for revenue nothing more, then let me challenge you. Why aren't their any ads for dildos? Or PEZ? Or legos? Or life insurance? Because the stereotypical gamer isn't looking for those things, the ads will allegedly have no appeal. No compared to say, Russian brides.
Go ahead and tell me, "then don't come here." I don't want the ads taken down. They might be in the best interest for revenue for all we know. I'm just pointing out what advertisers think of gamers. What they think of you. And TL is perpetuating that belief with these ads.
  
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Actually, google targets people based on their browsing habits, so when you say gamers you really mean you.
Most of my ads are for sports teams and online computer stores.
There is a little blue triangle in the top right of the ads if you don't believe me click it and see for yourself.
GG bro
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This is stupid. TL has no control on what advertisements that are shown and if anything you have control over it with the way that they are chosen to be shown with modern technology.
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I don't really understand why they bother people. imo if you are taking offense to them its because you are overly self-conscious about what the ads are telling you. Just don't let them bother you man there's no point at all and I don't find them hostile either lol
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Well you must be bad with ladies if you don't like watching smiling females IMO.
I prefer these to ugly mugs of horses or other random ads.
Also it's not the advertisers, it's a google service that shows ads relevant to the topics ( as you can see in many threads).
I think ThaiLoveLinks, RussianBrides, etc are shown by default when it doesn't spot anything it can "mix" ads in.
Of course I haven't looked that much into how googleads work.
On November 21 2011 08:16 Gofarman wrote:
Actually, google targets people based on their browsing habits, so when you say gamers you really mean you.
Most of my ads are for sports teams and online computer stores.
There is a little blue triangle in the top right of the ads if you don't believe me click it and see for yourself.
GG bro
I guess you would have to have cookies etc. on for it to work like that ?
Mine are nearly always these by default but if I'm on the computer for a while they usually change into ads of local newspapers and whatnot.
Also I was browsing TL on a university computer yesterday and whaddyagot: Natasha from russia greeting me on the front page. So I think your theory can't hold.
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Maybe you should stop googling porn
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The ads were controlled by google, not TL.
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sure google targets people based on their browsing habits, but some commercials also just goes with certain sites because of that chosen sites target demographic.
I for instance have normal adds and then one for a chinese dating website. Now, I don't visit any dating sites so that is not targeted for me but for the site.
Either way, TL do not decide which advertisements are on the site unless they absolutely refuse to have that certain ad banner.
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its actually true, mountaindew junkie you accidentially told us that you watch a lot of porn....
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I would rather look at hot asians than seeing ads like ( insert random MMO that I will never play).
But that is just me.
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The only time I got ads for online dating websites was when i hadn't browse for a while.
Usually I get ads for websites I have visited the same day.
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I've been keeping an eye out on my ads recently, looking for interesting/weird stuff and it's come up empty. Boring stuff actually, I don't know what you're talking about. Wish I got a russian brides ad though ;]
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TL doesn't choose the ads, and I'm pretty sure they're based on a personalized cookie, not just on the website you're currently viewing so they're not making a statement about TL itself (mine for instances are for airfares and then an advertisement to buy adwords).
If you want to change your categories or demographic information you can do it over here:
Google Adsense Preferences
I think you can opt out of targetted ads altogether even by clicking the button on the left.
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I'm pretty happy about the ads, I'm now thinking about getting a Russian mail-order bride just based off that hot blonde. Gime gime gime!  lol
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I think the OP got exposed imo. I get a lot of shopping stuff since I am always browsing deal sites.
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On November 21 2011 08:31 Dingobloo wrote:TL doesn't choose the ads, and I'm pretty sure they're based on a personalized cookie, not just on the website you're currently viewing so they're not making a statement about TL itself (mine for instances are for airfares and then an advertisement to buy adwords). If you want to change your categories or demographic information you can do it over here: Google Adsense PreferencesI think you can opt out of targetted ads altogether even.
oh, cool didnt' know you can do that.
but, how it works i think it spots words on the webpages themselves, proof to my claim:
I came to tl on my other browser that keeps history - it showed generic ads ( finnish, so atleast knows where my ip is from)
went to technocracy/goverment thread - loan,bank, paysafecard ads ( makes sense somewhat I guess)
came to this thread ( which has thailovelinks and russianbrides in the op )-----> thailovelinks up, russianbrides right (quite sudden change don't you think?)
And no the other tab was not in redtube.
But your claim of remembering user history is probably somewhat right too because after I left this page and tried a bunch of other threads, dating ads would still pop up every now and then.
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Osaka27178 Posts
If you don't like it, adjust your google adsense settings. Google is just trying to give you what you want based on your browsing habits.
"TL powers are making a statement about their audience that I find insulting."
"I'm just pointing out what advertisers think of gamers. What they think of you. And TL is perpetuating that belief with these ads."
-_- Creaky soapbox.
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well then I don't understand anything because now the add is for Nokia?! :/
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On November 21 2011 08:27 Vortigan wrote:
sure google targets people based on their browsing habits, but some commercials also just goes with certain sites because of that chosen sites target demographic.
I for instance have normal adds and then one for a chinese dating website. Now, I don't visit any dating sites so that is not targeted for me but for the site.
Either way, TL do not decide which advertisements are on the site unless they absolutely refuse to have that certain ad banner.
i have the chinese site too o_O
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
I like ur browsing history, OP. You do this when you are alone, yes?
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