Google Reads Someone's Mind
Jun. 30th, 2005 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsThis morning, following a link in which one right-wing whacko makes the very whacko argument that conservatives are destined to win because liberals believe in abortion and are therefore deliberately thinning their own ranks, leaving the conservatives in the majority (an argument summarily torn apart by another conservative who points out that women seeking abortions are more likely than not to identify as "conservative", which is why the procedure needs to be outlawed-- I love watching infighting like that), my eyes wandered over to the right hand sidebar where Ads By Google sat.
Now, the Ads By Google theory is that Google has a good idea what kind of people would want to view this page and what they would want to buy and tries to put up advertisements accordingly. So, it's no suprise that the first three ads were RepublicanShop.com ("Annoy the Liberals"), RepublicanPeopleMeet.com ("1000's of Beautiful Republican Women"), and GregoireLost.com ("She's Not My Governor"-- amazing that they're beating on that on a national scale), came the pleasant surprise: SchoolUniforms.com ("Plaid Skirts & Jumpers in Stock School uniforms, Scouts & Team wear").
It's a legitimate site. Not porn at all, a plain old school uniform mass production company. I have all sorts of theories as to why Google would associate school uniforms with conservative writers, but most of them are fit only for the fiction page.
Now, the Ads By Google theory is that Google has a good idea what kind of people would want to view this page and what they would want to buy and tries to put up advertisements accordingly. So, it's no suprise that the first three ads were RepublicanShop.com ("Annoy the Liberals"), RepublicanPeopleMeet.com ("1000's of Beautiful Republican Women"), and GregoireLost.com ("She's Not My Governor"-- amazing that they're beating on that on a national scale), came the pleasant surprise: SchoolUniforms.com ("Plaid Skirts & Jumpers in Stock School uniforms, Scouts & Team wear").
It's a legitimate site. Not porn at all, a plain old school uniform mass production company. I have all sorts of theories as to why Google would associate school uniforms with conservative writers, but most of them are fit only for the fiction page.
