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And at least Google iAds give you the tiny little logo in the corner for you to click so you can report the ad that tries very hard to look like a download butt

And at least Google iAds give you the tiny little logo in the corner for you to click so you can report the ad that tries very hard to look like a download button :(

reitanqild 10y ago
Only they never seem to quite get it: Google: here is x dating site, Me: click, mark as irrelevant. Google: here is y dating site Me: irrelevant Google: z dating site? Me: nope Google: lets try an ad for x dating site again then Me: actually, you got my mail, all my searches for the last 10 years and still you cannot find anything more relevant for a happily married sw engineer? <reaches for my adblocker>
- dc_gregory 10y ago
  Unless happily married SW engineers with your search history whom mark dating sites as irrelevant are great for dating site conversions.
- Buge 10y ago
  You can change the google settings to specifically give you ads about topics you like https://www.google.com/settings/ads https://www.google.com/settings/ads
  - eps 10y ago
    Ah, the "Choose your Vaselin flavor" option.
  - reitanqild 10y ago
    Been there, done that. Somehow Google think dating sites fall under auto repair, gardening, computer hardware or software or a few other categories I am actually interested in. Or more likely IMO: they don't care.
- nfoz 10y ago
  I bet they're using you to try and find differentiating factors between the different dating sites. You've already told them that you're willing to provide useful information about dating sites -- now they're just extracting as much info as possible.
  - chris_wot 10y ago
    They're extracting right till the moment they aren't - ever again.
- prawn 10y ago
  I think they just have a weak pool of ads to serve. I routinely mark Twitter ads as of no interest to me, and still get virtually nothing I would ever have interest in.
eps 10y ago
The problem with that button is that whenever the ad slips past through an adblocker people like myself will click it regardless of what the ad is showing and report it.

And at least Google iAds give you the tiny little logo in the corner for you to click so you can report the ad that tries very hard to look like a download button :(

reitanqild 10y ago

Only they never seem to quite get it: Google: here is x dating site, Me: click, mark as irrelevant. Google: here is y dating site Me: irrelevant Google: z dating site? Me: nope Google: lets try an ad for x dating site again then Me: actually, you got my mail, all my searches for the last 10 years and still you cannot find anything more relevant for a happily married sw engineer? <reaches for my adblocker>

dc_gregory 10y ago
Unless happily married SW engineers with your search history whom mark dating sites as irrelevant are great for dating site conversions.
Buge 10y ago
You can change the google settings to specifically give you ads about topics you like https://www.google.com/settings/ads https://www.google.com/settings/ads
- eps 10y ago
  Ah, the "Choose your Vaselin flavor" option.
- reitanqild 10y ago
  Been there, done that. Somehow Google think dating sites fall under auto repair, gardening, computer hardware or software or a few other categories I am actually interested in. Or more likely IMO: they don't care.
nfoz 10y ago
I bet they're using you to try and find differentiating factors between the different dating sites. You've already told them that you're willing to provide useful information about dating sites -- now they're just extracting as much info as possible.
- chris_wot 10y ago
  They're extracting right till the moment they aren't - ever again.
prawn 10y ago
I think they just have a weak pool of ads to serve. I routinely mark Twitter ads as of no interest to me, and still get virtually nothing I would ever have interest in.

eps 10y ago

The problem with that button is that whenever the ad slips past through an adblocker people like myself will click it regardless of what the ad is showing and report it.