first off - mad props to the floating green head for keeping the ads on this site subtle, discreet, and inoffensive. i care that you care! and also, y'all need to pay some bills....so we' cool on that.
but! i am always excited/interested/scared/cautious/paranoid/etc whenever an ad pops up from google's keyword-generated vault of predetermined ads that fits precisely the topic at hand.
be they ads from within my gmail (of which i am a dedicated user) or here on archinect, they can be endlessly fascinating.
does anyone have any thoughts or experiences worth noting about the prevalence of google/keyword ads across the internets? specific instances that were particularly funny/ironic/other?
this is in no way a wholesale critique of them...just thoughts on their use. we are coming to the point where spyware and adware are becoming so prevalent and sophisticated, that not only will the ads be specific to keyword-content on a given page, but specific further still to ads that are based on information about YOU the user that was generated by said adwares/malwares/etc and sent back to the other floating heads at the other websites and forums. in addition to connections made between credit-card/bank companies who share your shopping habits with others...
really, i'm not paranoid. just a little cagey!
and to go ahead and make the connection to arch/design...
will we ever live in an era of such total efficiency-based-modularization and user-defined-content that our homes and products will be designed for us by the kind people at google?
based of course, entirely on our internet surfing behavior.
Google Ads - Coincidental Genius, or Annoying Invasion?
hi.
first off - mad props to the floating green head for keeping the ads on this site subtle, discreet, and inoffensive. i care that you care! and also, y'all need to pay some bills....so we' cool on that.
but! i am always excited/interested/scared/cautious/paranoid/etc whenever an ad pops up from google's keyword-generated vault of predetermined ads that fits precisely the topic at hand.
be they ads from within my gmail (of which i am a dedicated user) or here on archinect, they can be endlessly fascinating.
does anyone have any thoughts or experiences worth noting about the prevalence of google/keyword ads across the internets? specific instances that were particularly funny/ironic/other?
this is in no way a wholesale critique of them...just thoughts on their use. we are coming to the point where spyware and adware are becoming so prevalent and sophisticated, that not only will the ads be specific to keyword-content on a given page, but specific further still to ads that are based on information about YOU the user that was generated by said adwares/malwares/etc and sent back to the other floating heads at the other websites and forums. in addition to connections made between credit-card/bank companies who share your shopping habits with others...
really, i'm not paranoid. just a little cagey!
and to go ahead and make the connection to arch/design...
will we ever live in an era of such total efficiency-based-modularization and user-defined-content that our homes and products will be designed for us by the kind people at google?
based of course, entirely on our internet surfing behavior.
Exhibit A:
I smell a scavenger hunt for the best google ad / thread combination.
I usually tend to see the DC permit expediters ads - anyone else see 'em or is it just me (based on my user name)?
This one is just wrong...
DCA - that cracked me up!!
...or how about some of the ads that show up for firms that are local to where you live? that is freaky.
good ad spotting. i wonder what ads i would get for a thread called
VadoRetroHatesYourAdvertisement.
very amusing. i had never even noticed that archinect had advertisements before...definitely worth checking paying attention
uh... why don't you just use Adblock? you won't even have to scroll through archinect's ads.
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