# Google ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218 "2008-04-21T13:33:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/1 "2008-04-21T13:33:15Z")

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Is everyone getting a lot of Barak/Hillary ads, or am I targeted because I’m in Pennsylvania?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/2 "2008-04-21T13:48:56Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Is everyone getting a lot of Barak/Hillary ads, or am I targeted because I’m in Pennsylvania?  
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I have none in this post. I haven’t been watching in the others. I’ll try to keep an eye open.

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/3 "2008-04-21T15:48:24Z")

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I seem to get a lot here and a lot of Obama / Clinton featured videos on Youtube, more and more out of context to what I am viewing at the time.

This could be coincidence due to the closeness of the election.

But then again, I’m in Indiana so it could be targeting.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/4 "2008-04-21T18:21:40Z")

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Targeting. Google can figure out your rough geographic location from your IP address and pick adverts based on it.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/5 "2008-04-21T18:36:39Z")

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Yeah, I know they can, I was wondering if they were.

Though, in retrospect, it wasn’t the smartest question I’ve ever asked, of course they are. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/6 "2008-04-21T19:27:14Z")

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One of the Google ads I got at the bottom of this thread was entitled “Google Ads” 😃

ETA: And now that I’ve posted it, I got all the Obama/Hillary ads. I love the intrawebs.

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ads/446218/7 "2008-04-21T20:10:58Z")

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Google ads, what are those? \<shifty eyes\> 😉