Odd (I used to have another word) ad targeting

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by tbarr60, Feb 15, 2007.

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    I have page on an older site of mine that offers free and inexpensive ColdFusion applications. I noticed the ads were odd (queer used to be a word I could use but that might be politically incorrect :eek: now although it would have a dual meaning in this case :D).

    I still see an ad for jewelry targeted for a certain lifestyle. I can't see anything in the page that would trigger these ads. Normally the ads were for ColdFusion hosting and related products.

    Any clues before I block the ads?

    http://www.aspiringgeek.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=cftags
     
    tbarr60, Feb 15, 2007 IP
  2. kevinn

    kevinn Active Member

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    i see an ad for books??
     
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    tbarr60 Notable Member

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    What kind of books? Software, I hope. I still see jewelry.
     
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    YMC Well-Known Member

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    I get the jewelry ad and salarymap.

    I wish you luck. My two highest traffic pages have been nothing but frustration. I'll keep my fingers crossed G runs out of non-relevant ads before you run out of bans. Unfortunately - not the case with me.

    I put a little section targeting in, but not the don't look here part. Will be the next thing I try - though I don't hold out much hope.

    The usual ads on the page (CSS HTML topic) match one of the keywords which unfortunately has another meaning as well. The past few days I got some stuff for Behavioral Analysis degrees - that one makes absolutely no sense to me. Gotta wonder about these folks and what exactly they hope to achieve by thier odd targeting.
     
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    tbarr60 Notable Member

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    Salarymap is not a Google ad, it's my own banner.

    I wonder if it's only with graphical ads that this mismatch occurs. Text ads have always been good.
     
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    YMC Well-Known Member

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    My mismatches are all text.
     
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    i see an ad for loveandpride
     
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    I'm wondering if they have added a Gaydar to the algo :)

    lol
    cheers for the laugh mate.

     
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