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Yeah this is the issue. If you click to "endorse" one thing and then all of a sudden that's generalised to a whole range of other stuff from the same brand, ven
by dools 13y ago
Yeah this is the issue. If you click to "endorse" one thing and then all of a sudden that's generalised to a whole range of other stuff from the same brand, vendor, organisation etc. it can be very misleading. Also there are often incentives given for "likes" (eg. a competition) or you might "like" something as a favour to someone and then all of a sudden ads show up saying how much you like the ANZ bank which makes you look like a bit of a spazz.
- lstamour 13y agoThis said, you can't opt out of being featured on search results. If you +1 a webpage, it will show up more in friends' search results when relevant, and your name and face will appear under it with your endorsement. That's not going to change. All the opt-out does is stop this same placement from occurring when an advertiser is relevant -- it stops your face from appearing in Google's ads, formerly known as sponsored links. I don't mind appearing in search results, as that's just useful to others. But ads, by definition, are less relevant to a search result than the search results themselves. I don't want my recommendation appearing where a sponsor dictates. That said, I personally wouldn't mind as much if Google was paying me and shared the stats on when my face showed up ;-) (Wouldn't that change the nature of Google+ though...)