My top interests are candies and sweets? Sounds about right for a diabetic.
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
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?
"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....
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.
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?)
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.
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!
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
A ton of people have erroneously been tagged as interested in Reggaeton. This could explain Pitbull.
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
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?
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?
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.
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.
It says my first interest is the bedroom
Otherwise lots of performance car and technology related categories.
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