"Context" based advertising on DU is often way off the mark...

[ddeclue]

This kind of advertising looks at the rest of the words on the page and throws up something related but often times it is totally opposite of what a DU'er would think or totally tangential.

For instance.. on the post about Palin causing threats against Obama to go up and Obama "palling around with terrorists", it spammed me with "Learn Arabic". :grr::argh:

I've seen posts on the Iraq War come up with "Join the Army"

WTF??

If contextual advertising can't manage to get any more sophisticated than this, it actually hurts the ad clients to use it.

Doug D.

[RichGirl]

1. The "context" is determined by a computer...

...not by a thinking brain. Are you expecting computers to think like people???? They aren't that "sophisticated" yet. Don't complain about something that can be so easily ignored. Me...I fine it amusing.

[ddeclue]

5. I write software for a living and I KNOW they can do better than this cr*p! n/t

[Realityhack]

7. Then get a job with google.

The fact is the google ad network is massive and covers an unbelievable number of topics. Of course the algorithms are going to make mistakes.

[RichGirl]

2. Look at the great ad you brought up!!

[Curtland1015]

3. I've seen some funny ones. I think an ad for Spongebob came up once...

...can't remember why though.

Don't blame the robots. They will one day be our masters.

[footinmouth]

4. My dog board

where I post randomly displays ads for puppy mills. Ugh.

[MrsBrady]

6. donate and avoid ads.....i do n/t

[ericgtr]

8. Exactly what I was going to say

Any donation you make will remove them for one year.

[MrsBrady]

10. i donate $5.00 per month.

not much, but i'm here so much.

I'm an addict for DU, and it's a cheap fix :thumbsup:

[Renew Deal]

9. It's always funnier in the Lounge.

When you get ads for boob jobs and stuff like that.