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Are the ad's on S:W the same for everybody ?

🤔Ordinarily i just ignore most ads on any site i use.
But since Christmas i notice there is something of a theme on mine !
Thankfully i'm not yet swayed by the idea of dating/marrying either a Russian lady or an Eastern European woman !
Nor am i keen to download a 'PDF converter'....whatever that might be !
IchBin2 · 22-25, M
I don't see any ads at all. I use an ad blocker.
SW-User
Same.
IchBin2 · 22-25, M
@Peekaboo: If you also use Firefox, I highly recommend HTTPS Everywhere to encrypt everything and NoScript to block Google analytics. I noticed others talking about ads based on content they view. Google analytics is the reason why.
hunkalove · 61-69, M
Apparently I want to bang a Muslim gal!
nedkelly · 61-69, M
Hunk - that will go off with a bang
hunkalove · 61-69, M
@nedkelly: I guess I'd better be careful. I've always kinda liked chicks in vests.
Faust76 · 46-50, M
Why don't I get asian girls?! Just the occasional Muslim dating, I think I've not even seen the Anime dating unless you count the browser-MMORPG with a drawn asian guy with "free to play" across his groin... does that count, anyone know?
And yeah, actually I have AdBlock and Privacy Badger disabled on this site. It's not really nice to freeload on a service like that, unless you want to see the site close up next month. At least they're not annoying like EP fortune tellers. I suppose it'd be even nicer too pay for the VIP level, but meh...
Faust76 · 46-50, M
PDF converter I haven't gotten yet, that might be useful if I didn't have half a brain cell to get and use free ones :p
But yeah the dating ads are annoying. The site is using Google ad-services, so technically they should be targeted ads, but targeted to whom? It seems to suggest that SW users are into mail-order brides, who knows if that's true! :p
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
that was my point, lol.
Aparrantly the worlds largest search engine with all it's accumulative knowledge of me, thinks what i could really use is a date with somebody who doesn't speak my language !
And if i can't cope with that much reality maybe i'd consider 'SecondLife' as a viable alternative !!!
bearinthebigbluehouse · 26-30, M
They probably stalk my search history and know that i wank off to asians all the time so.... I see it only fit to give me "date an asian woman" ad. ʅʕ•ᴥ•ʔʃ
SW-User
I think they must be targeted. Along with everyone's favourite Russian and Ukrainian girls, I get ads for Scottish job sites
Northwest · M
Ads are not driven by SW. It's like a billboard, the company rents it out to an ad agency, and the latter decides what ads to push, based on a complx formula, derived from your viewing history, location. etc
hunkalove · 61-69, M
Yes, but SW profits from them. And they are the lowest form of advertising on the Internet. I can't imagine anyone clicking on one on purpose.
Northwest · M
@hunkalove: That's what "renting it out" means. I don't get ads, because I have a paid subscription to SW.

SW gets a cut of the ad revenue, and they get paid only if someone clicks on an ad.
Sroonaka616 · 31-35, M
Yes as well as Musilum girls. I am curious about who these ads are aimed at.
TheCoolestCat · 31-35, M
nah they depend on what youve been looking at on other pages
nedkelly · 61-69, M
Google AD-BLOCKER

 
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