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 j2brown
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:38 pm Post subject: Funny google ad on SST |
 
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Did anybody else see this?
It showed up for me on the Queue/Played page at ~15:30 Eastern:
Does this mean I have a juvenile sense of humor? Oh well.
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LOL, you should see the sperm ads in the underwear thread now.
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thuringwethil
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Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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That's funny. I bet it can get much worse.
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Wolf
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 5:57 am Post subject: |
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lol! Is Google having a sense of humor.. or their program has a nice bug. 
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graywolf
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Actually it's working exactlly the way it should. In a nutshell it reads all of the text on the page looking for keywords advertisers have chosen. If there is a match it displays them. If there are multiple matches it chooses the highest/bidding or highest click thru advertisment.
On a more serious note actively manipulting the text to force high paying ads to appear is a TOS violation.
Now you know why I am such a hard nose about what gets said in the chat.
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thuringwethil
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:21 am Post subject: |
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What's TOS gray?
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j2brown
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Terms of Service, probably. Basically the rules you promise to follow.
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Tjoe
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:27 am Post subject: |
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So, if someone just comes on here and out of the blue says "penis"? Is that what you are talking about for manipulating the text? (see the Community thread, page 3, Cocles).
Maybe I'll take a queue from Johnny Fever (WKRP) and just say BOOGER
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thuringwethil
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:35 am Post subject: |
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I don't see it changing
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SlowMo
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Maybe penis has to be said more than just sporadically.. Maybe some adjectives are needed in the vicinity. BTW, if you're under 18 please refrain from reading further. Also please disregard any eventual bad google adds. Thank you.
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thuringwethil
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Don't look at me, I'm not saying it
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Wolf
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lol. I don't think he was accusing you thuringwethil. 
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thuringwethil
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:49 am Post subject: |
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not what i meant, i want to see it change, but i'm not saying the necessary words
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Wolf
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lol. This topic name should be changed to "Who will wite the word that will change the Google ad?"... 
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Cocles
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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So, if someone just comes on here and out of the blue says "penis"? Is that what you are talking about for manipulating the text? (see the Community thread, page 3, Cocles).
Maybe I'll take a queue from Johnny Fever (WKRP) and just say BOOGER |
Wow.
1. Talk about a tattle-tale, trying to get an admin in trouble.
2. I said penis not to change to google ads but to see how you guys would react. SlowMo, as a joke, said I was trying to change the google ads, and several of you took him unquestioningly at his word.
Too bad there's not a "D" word that's synonymous with "sheep".
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