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Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
8/15/14 12:42 a.m.

My top interests are candies and sweets? Sounds about right for a diabetic.

bgkast
bgkast GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/15/14 12:50 a.m.

Apparently I like farm equipment, exercise and salads. Ha!

wbjones
wbjones UltimaDork
8/15/14 6:08 a.m.

the had my gender and age correct ….

these are my interests … according to google

books and lit are the only ones that are remotely correct

Banking
Bicycles & Accessories
Books & Literature
Consumer Electronics
Fitness
Hair Care
Hygiene & Toiletries
ISPs
Latin American Music
Make-Up & Cosmetics
Mobile Phones
Search Engine Optimization & Marketing
Social Networks
TV Reality Shows
Toyota

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
8/15/14 6:13 a.m.

Hmph. Mine got the gender and age right, everything else is N/A. I must be doing something right.

Grtechguy
Grtechguy UltimaDork
8/15/14 6:53 a.m.

....and...opted out

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/15/14 6:54 a.m.

odd.. they have next to nothing on me.. just age and sex

spitfirebill
spitfirebill PowerDork
8/15/14 7:13 a.m.

Missed my age by about 20 years, but at least they got my sex right. I haz no languages...hhhmmmmm

Antiques and collectibles? Just because I am looking for a Western Electic Spacer Saver rotary dial wall phone?

bludroptop
bludroptop UltraDork
8/15/14 7:22 a.m.

"Based on the websites you've visited"

If you think about it for a minute, I'd be more concerned if Google was wrong about me....

Bumboclaat
Bumboclaat HalfDork
8/15/14 7:46 a.m.
fujioko wrote: Brazilian Music ?? I don't even know what that sounds like..WTF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_6IjeprfEs

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/15/14 8:00 a.m.

Considering that I try to stay anonymous from these advertising megacorps, I'm doing decently.

This is from my work PC which doesn't have as many anonymizing browsing addons as my home PC.

Gender: Unknown (funny considering the username)

Age: Unknown

Languages: None

Interests:

Consumer Electronics

Movie Reviews and Previews

People & Society

TV Commercials

That's maybe 1 out of 4 at best.

Next I'll try from the browser profile that I log into Gmail with, and my phone.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/15/14 8:04 a.m.

From the profile I log into Gmail with:

Gender: Unknown (I'm sure ordering Halloween costumes for my sister confused them)

Age: 25-34 (dammit, they got me - but I already found that they pulled my birthday from my email).

Interests: Unknown (Really? And you have access to all my email? How the berkeley are you guys making money?)

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/15/14 8:07 a.m.

Phone shows unknown for all, it has minimal anonymizing mods but I clear history regularly because of that.

I have to wonder if these pages are just trying to alleviate our privacy fears, it's too good to be true.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson PowerDork
8/15/14 8:14 a.m.

Interest
American Football
Arts & Entertainment
Banking
Bowling Equipment
Finance
Footwear
Home & Garden
Movies
Music & Audio
Primary & Secondary Schooling (K-12)
Jobs & Education - Education - Primary & Secondary Schooling (K-12) Recording Industry
Reggaeton
Soccer
Sports
TV & Video
TV Shows & Programs
World Music

Interest
Auto Racing
Beauty & Fitness
Custom & Performance Vehicles
Detroit
Ferrari
Mazda
Michigan
Motorcycles
Movies
News
Pets & Animals
Shopping
Soccer
Sports
TV & Video
Travel
Urban & Hip-Hop
Vehicle Shopping
Weather

Some are spot on, some are WTF. Anyone who knows me knows I'm the only Brit on the planet that doesn't giving a flying berkeley about soccer and that I hold American 'football' in the disdain it deserves. And Reggaeton? I had to look it up I had no idea what it is. Bowling equipment????? And how dare they list Ferrari and not Porsche, Aston Martin, Saab and most importantly Ford in my likes. What the hell have I been googling that they think I like some of this stuff?

Edit: Actually, thinking about it as the whole family is logged on to various devices as me, the amount of time my 13 year old spends on her tablet I'm surprised they don't think I'm a teenage girl who's interests are Dragons, horses, unicorns and minecraft!

Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
8/15/14 8:15 a.m.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: What the hell have I been googling that they think I like some of this stuff?

chicas.. lots and lots of chicas

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/15/14 8:18 a.m.

A ton of people have erroneously been tagged as interested in Reggaeton. This could explain Pitbull.

wbjones
wbjones UltimaDork
8/15/14 8:26 a.m.
bludroptop wrote: "Based on the websites you've visited" If you think about it for a minute, I'd be more concerned if Google was wrong about me....

that's what I don't get … what they list for me has next to zero to do with any web sites I've visited … never ever visited anything about Toyota's, or Latin music, hair care, Hygiene & Toiletries, ISP's, Make-Up & Cosmetics, Search Engine Optimization & Marketing, or TV Reality Shows

those are just pulled out of thin air by some computer guessing program

fasted58
fasted58 PowerDork
8/15/14 8:26 a.m.

Age, gender and 75% of interests (over 20) correct.

Evidently I don't watch enough porn.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson PowerDork
8/15/14 8:50 a.m.

Thinking about it a bit more. I check F1live.com every day for F1 news. That redirects you to en.espn.com I wonder if the fact it's ESPN makes them think I'm interested in football, hand egg and other sports?? some of this weird music E36 M3 though really puzzles me?

T.J.
T.J. PowerDork
8/15/14 8:55 a.m.

I opted out. I'll have to see what my ads look like now. I try to use Startpage for web searches. If I don't find what I want, then I will Google it. It's bad enough I use Gmail, so the Googles already reads all of my email, why would I also want to let them see everything I search for and what I click on?

Johnboyjjb
Johnboyjjb Reader
8/15/14 9:00 a.m.

huh. Everything was correct but it lists 124 interests for me. Including the Arab music, Country, Dance & Electronic, East Asian, Indie & Alternative, Metal, Pop, Rock, South Asian, and World Music. At this point I'm tempted to click the link for Brazilian music just to see if I can complete the collection.

I'm curious if my home computer will be different and how much so.

mattmacklind
mattmacklind UltimaDork
8/15/14 9:24 a.m.

Too funny.

neon4891
neon4891 UltimaDork
8/15/14 10:05 a.m.

I looked it up on my wife's computer. Male, no age, no language, 10 interests. Anime was the only correct one for her. But no google/g mail/G+ account helps.

Semi related, on you tube and there is a tire rack ad. 3 of the 4 items I've looked at in the past 24 hours.

The0retical
The0retical HalfDork
8/15/14 1:40 p.m.

It says my first interest is the bedroom

Otherwise lots of performance car and technology related categories.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/15/14 5:43 p.m.

Ran it from my home laptop where I do most of my browsing. It has a heavily modded browser to keep things anonymous, but I never clear history on it. I had to play with the settings for 5 minutes to even make the Google ad prefs page load.

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