# Automatic Ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 8, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833 "2012-01-08T16:47:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833/1 "2012-01-08T16:47:33Z")

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What ads will this post pull up? BP? Dating sites? Masters degree education grants? Netflix?

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833/2 "2012-01-08T16:50:57Z")

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Well, the first one was for colleges in San Antonio.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833/3 "2012-01-08T16:52:11Z")

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Coelacanths and Stilton.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833/4 "2012-01-08T17:04:36Z")

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Each viewer sees a different ad.

When I first viewed this page, before logging on, I got an ad for a mom working from home in Ocean Park, Wa, and the woman from Ocean Park who dermitologists hate due to her $3 facial that takes years off your life. These are targeted at my ISP address who’s last server for my area is apparently in SW Washington, even though I am nowhere near there and live in Oregon. These targeted ads always place me somewhere around the Elma, Centralia, Aberdeen area in Wa.

After I signed in and the page refreshed I now have an ad for AT&T LG Android phones. It will be something else once I hit the post button.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833/5 "2012-01-08T17:06:32Z")

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> [@AWB](#):
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> Well, the first one was for colleges in San Antonio.

Because according to your profile \*you \*are located in San Antonio, others are not seeing that ad.

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833/6 "2012-01-09T00:07:54Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> Because according to your profile \*you \*are located in San Antonio, others are not seeing that ad.

And also because I mentioned “masters degree” it brought up colleges.