'sexy' ads on SB

[rmssetc]

I just got a legitimate sexy ad here on ScubaBoard... 3 rotary hammer drills and a sextant.

 

[OrcasC205]

I think I'm doing The Internet wrong, because I keep getting ads for intermittent fasting.

 

[BlueTrin]

Actually I am getting ads for lingerie now, not sure why …

 

[happy-diver]

What's wrong with yous just turn on your perfirometer BS vision buster I don't see a thing
Unless I want to

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Or just a white t-shirt?

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Diving with no BC, now THAT is sexy!

 

[hotdive global]

lol, very funny

 

[hotdive global]

lol, very funny

 

[nippurmagnum]

I do NOT, Never have googled porn, but I used to get XXX rated gross-out porn ads. These were not because of my “google history” but because advertising execs assume that all middle aged men will be tempted by shocker porn, and they did not realize I am a woman and would respond better to ice cream-snarfing babies or strawberry-eating tortoises.
While I am complaining, I suspect that the repetitive gross out ads about bodily functions that are not sexual, are also not by algorithm, but more as a punishment for those who don’t click in any ads.
My strategy is to click on jewelry and fancy dress ads, to steer ads to something less offensive, and it is working partially. At least the porn stopped and I now have thousands of Mother of the bride dresses to choose from if my kids ever get a move on in the marriage department.

You are assuming that nobody ever used your google account to search for, uh, other kinds of websites. These days, not a safe assumption at all. If your kids or significant other have ever had access to any of your unlocked devices (laptops, iPads, iPhones), all it would take is a couple of clicks by them to get Google’s algorithm to “rethink” the ads you see. Happens all the time to me whenever my wife borrows my phone to look for other stuff, and I end up seeing ads for handbags for three weeks.

 

[LeeIom]

I do NOT, Never have googled porn, but I used to get XXX rated gross-out porn ads. These were not because of my “google history” but because advertising execs assume that all middle aged men will be tempted by shocker porn, and they did not realize I am a woman and would respond better to ice cream-snarfing babies or strawberry-eating tortoises.
While I am complaining, I suspect that the repetitive gross out ads about bodily functions that are not sexual, are also not by algorithm, but more as a punishment for those who don’t click in any ads.
My strategy is to click on jewelry and fancy dress ads, to steer ads to something less offensive, and it is working partially. At least the porn stopped and I now have thousands of Mother of the bride dresses to choose from if my kids ever get a move on in the marriage department.

Did you use bing, yahoo or msn instead hehe

 

[ThatDogDontHunt]

All of the devices connected to your home network (either wifi or wired) share the same IP network address. The outside world cannot tell which device is being used. Unless you specifically login, Google does not know which device (and hence "who") is surfing the web. So the ads you get will represent the combined search habits of your household. Signing in to Google will allow more tracking of individual behavior.

I get to see lots of shoe ads because someone else in my home using a different computer is googling clothes.

The technical term is NAT. Network Address Translation. It is built-in to the router device you use to connect your house to the Internet.

Something if you use Starbucks wifi...