WTF: Some of the Google Ads are right wing?!?!

[Dying Eagle]

Google ad:
Books by Ann Coulter
5 Books for $1 w/membership. Top Conservative authors. Huge Savings!
www.AmericanCompass.com


I thought they agreed not to put right wing ads on there, or was i mis-informed? I know I can donate (soon, i hope.....broke right now) and turn them off. I don't really mind them that much, I have even clicked on several of them already, but the right wing ads suck!!

If this is old news sorry.

[ComerPerro]

1. They are based on what people here talk about

[hatrack]

2. Want to get rid of them? Donate! You can change your profile & block ads

It's a good system! :toast:

[Dying Eagle]

5. I know

Thats why i said that, but i don't mind the ads and even click on some of them (better for DU, when you do) and i don't need to turn them off.

[Selatius]

3. If somebody uses Coulter's name here, then Google detects it and...

responds by putting up relevant ads dealing with Coulter.

If everybody typed "french fries" here everyday for the next week, you'd get ads for France, fries, etc. showing up in the Google ads eventually. At least, that's my guess.

[ContraBass Black]

4. Hello, and welcome to last week!

:D

They're based on text matching.

[Dying Eagle]

6. OK

I figured it was old news, but I am working out of town and this is my first time on DU in about a week, so yeah....:P

[Dawgs]

11. Yeah!! What's your problem?

Don't you spend every waking hour on this site? :sarcasm:

Come on people. Some of us can't spend all of our time here.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. I just sorta figured the wingnut ads are targeted at

our resident troll population.

[NVMojo]

8. I like clicking on them so DU gets the cash!!! LOL!!!

[ConsAreLiars]

9. The KKKulter groupies here have several threads running

so the Google ad server recognizes this page as a place where there is a lot of interest in that author, and by extension other "related" subjects.

If people here click on those ads then this increases the likelihood that more of that kind of ad will be sent to this site, since the Google ad-bot tracks responses in order to get the "best" placement for the ads it has initially placed here based on the keywords that relate to its advertisers' products.

(edit to add missing word)

[kaygore]

10. Just click on the RW ads so they have to pay DU $$$!!!!

[KyuzoGator]

12. The best might be the ads for conservativesonly.com

But yeah, it's funny how so many neocon organizations are giving Coulter's book away for free, isn't it?