Silliness Confuse the Context Specific Advertising Indexer Thread

NatCh · 11-18-2008, 05:28 PM

Most if not all of you have noticed that the ads on MR are context driven, that is to say that they look at what's talked about on a given page and try to match ads to that subject, in hopes that folks will click on ads that are relevant to what they're looking for on a page.

Here's my proposal for a new game:

Pick a word or phrase and put it in a post about 10 times (try to make them random)
Also note the ads that are showing for the page at the time you posted (just a descriptor will do) -- Remember that there are usually ads at the top and bottom of the page

For example:

Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens
Current Ad: "Pocket PC Database Tools"

One other detail: If the ad is for the same thing the previous post reported, just say something like "same as previous ad" so that we don't have the indexer thinking it got it right the first time and never changing it.

DixieGal · 11-18-2008, 05:32 PM

jewelry
gemstones
diamonds
emeralds
rubies
sapphires
topazes
tanzanites
citrines
opals

NatCh · 11-18-2008, 05:40 PM

Ooo, good one, DixieGal, going for the category approach! Very nice.

Um, let's see ....

Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man
Spider-man

(hey, it's the poster on the wall outside my office

)

And we have the same ad at the bottom, but the ones at the top now cover sapphire and emerald gemstones, trailers for the latest Harry Potter movie, and the Sony PRS700

Patricia · 11-18-2008, 05:58 PM

I'm getting ads for a Harry Potter game, Fictionwise and "1 Rule for a flat stomach".

cheeese, blue cheese, red Leicester cheese, cream cheese Roquefort cheese, Gorgonzola cheese, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, Sage Derby cheese, Parmesan cheese.
Nate likes cheese.

LazyScot · 11-18-2008, 06:07 PM

Usual default MR ads for me.

Green and Blacks
Maxwell and Kennedy
Thorntons
Lindt
Toblerone
Green and Blacks
Maxwell and Kennedy
Thorntons
Lindt
Toblerone

(Hey; it's only by a miracle I resisted listing a good malt or two....)

Greg Anos · 11-18-2008, 06:17 PM

Lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, cheese.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-18-2008, 06:18 PM

Chocolate

ebook readers up top amd Resco Keyboard Pro at the bottom...

Chocolate

I shall take LazyScot's chocolate list and add the less subtle:
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate

As well as the random Chocolate I've added in for good Chocolate measure

Nate the great · 11-18-2008, 06:21 PM

Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas
Callipygous llamas

zelda_pinwheel · 11-18-2008, 06:25 PM

who would have thought that Callipygous llamas would become a meme ??? that's the beauty of MR.

i've got "Pocket PC Database Tools" on the top *and* on the bottom. that will never do.

emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid
emotive squid

and just for good measure

pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte
pear tarte

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-18-2008, 06:50 PM

At the top I have both Thorntons and Hotel Chocolat! Result!

At the bottom, I still have the Resco Keyboard Pro...

For reasons possibly best kept to myself, I shall now attempt to really confuse it

Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux
Mutant radioactive brie de meaux

RWood · 11-18-2008, 07:59 PM

Words: rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, did I say hippo
Ads: database tools for a pocket pc and ebooks

zelda_pinwheel · 11-18-2008, 08:09 PM

now i have an ad in french about geneology : "Découvrez le sur Genealogie.com" given the context, perhaps i should be offended that it might infer some familial relationship with me.

carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots
carrots

mjh215 · 11-18-2008, 08:16 PM

I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing! (good hosts file...)

Badger
Badger
Badger
Badger
Badger
Badger
Ah a snake!
Badger
Badger
Badger
Badger
Badger

-MJ

Mushroom

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-18-2008, 08:19 PM

Bah. Ringtones and iLiads.

Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft
Giraffe
Loft

Donnageddon · 11-18-2008, 08:19 PM

After a long day of shopping for ripe melons, Pert Chesty walked the beach in search of seabirds. “I see some boobies!” cried Chesty pointing at an undulating flock of gannets. “If only I could spy some owls, I will have completed my avian survey for the month.”

“You looking for hooters?” inquired the shore vendor peddling his fare of round balloons, as he deftly avoided tripping on the enormous jugs that, for no apparent reason, littered the surf .

“Why yes” I replied. “do you know where I could peek at some?”

“But of course, my young fellow! I always keep abreast of such matters!” the vendor guffawed. “But if I tell you where them hooters are, you will have to do me a favor… you know, ‘tit for tat’”, he winked.

Pert Chesty was naturally suspicious, but he did so want to see some owls for his avian survey. “What do you have in mind”, Chesty coyly kicked at a heaving mound of sand with his toe.

“I have not eaten all day and if you will fetch me a breast from the fried chicken peddler, I will give you directions to where a nice pair of hooters is nested.”

“Fired chicken peddler? Oh, you mean ol’ Ample Bosom!” Chesty jumped in the air with excitement causing some coins in his pocket to jiggle.

“Yes, that is the vendor I speak of! His stall is right next to TaTa’s, the grapefruit salesman.”

“Indeed, I shall take you up on that deal, Mr… uh, I do not even know your name sir!”

“Sam. Sam Mammary is the name.”

“Well, Sam Mammary, I will tread carefully, but swiftly, through the beach so as to avoid the perplexing beach jugs, in order to get you that breast from Ample Bosom. I will even get you a large pair of grapefuits from TaTa’s! It is a fair exchange to caste my globes upon a nesting pair of hooters!”

And that is how Pert Chesty completed his monthly avian survey.

ad at top: iRex Iliad
ad at bottom: basic cable channel

11-18-2008, 05:28 PM	#1
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Confuse the Context Specific Advertising Indexer Thread Most if not all of you have noticed that the ads on MR are context driven, that is to say that they look at what's talked about on a given page and try to match ads to that subject, in hopes that folks will click on ads that are relevant to what they're looking for on a page. Here's my proposal for a new game: Pick a word or phrase and put it in a post about 10 times (try to make them random) Also note the ads that are showing for the page at the time you posted (just a descriptor will do) -- Remember that there are usually ads at the top and bottom of the page For example: Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens, Turnip Greens Current Ad: "Pocket PC Database Tools" One other detail: If the ad is for the same thing the previous post reported, just say something like "same as previous ad" so that we don't have the indexer thinking it got it right the first time and never changing it.

11-18-2008, 05:32 PM	#2
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	jewelry gemstones diamonds emeralds rubies sapphires topazes tanzanites citrines opals Last edited by DixieGal; 11-18-2008 at 05:33 PM. Reason: It's still phone songs (don't want to name it specifically)

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11-18-2008, 05:40 PM	#3
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Ooo, good one, DixieGal, going for the category approach! Very nice. Um, let's see .... Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man Spider-man (hey, it's the poster on the wall outside my office ) And we have the same ad at the bottom, but the ones at the top now cover sapphire and emerald gemstones, trailers for the latest Harry Potter movie, and the Sony PRS700

11-18-2008, 05:58 PM	#4
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I'm getting ads for a Harry Potter game, Fictionwise and "1 Rule for a flat stomach". cheeese, blue cheese, red Leicester cheese, cream cheese Roquefort cheese, Gorgonzola cheese, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, Sage Derby cheese, Parmesan cheese. Nate likes cheese.

11-18-2008, 06:07 PM	#5
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Usual default MR ads for me. Green and Blacks Maxwell and Kennedy Thorntons Lindt Toblerone Green and Blacks Maxwell and Kennedy Thorntons Lindt Toblerone (Hey; it's only by a miracle I resisted listing a good malt or two....)

11-18-2008, 06:17 PM	#6
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,500 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, lizard, cheese.

11-18-2008, 06:18 PM	#7
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Chocolate ebook readers up top amd Resco Keyboard Pro at the bottom... Chocolate I shall take LazyScot's chocolate list and add the less subtle: Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate As well as the random Chocolate I've added in for good Chocolate measure

11-18-2008, 06:21 PM	#8
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas Callipygous llamas

11-18-2008, 06:25 PM	#9
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	who would have thought that Callipygous llamas would become a meme ??? that's the beauty of MR. i've got "Pocket PC Database Tools" on the top and on the bottom. that will never do. emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid emotive squid and just for good measure pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte pear tarte

11-18-2008, 06:50 PM	#10
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	At the top I have both Thorntons and Hotel Chocolat! Result! At the bottom, I still have the Resco Keyboard Pro... For reasons possibly best kept to myself, I shall now attempt to really confuse it Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux Mutant radioactive brie de meaux

11-18-2008, 07:59 PM	#11
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Words: rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, rabbit, hippo, did I say hippo Ads: database tools for a pocket pc and ebooks

11-18-2008, 08:09 PM	#12
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	now i have an ad in french about geneology : "Découvrez le sur Genealogie.com" given the context, perhaps i should be offended that it might infer some familial relationship with me. carrots carrots carrots carrots carrots carrots carrots carrots carrots carrots

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11-18-2008, 08:16 PM	#13
mjh215 Guru Posts: 988 Karma: 12653 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: None of your business	I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing! (good hosts file...) Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Ah a snake! Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger -MJ Mushroom

11-18-2008, 08:19 PM	#14
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Bah. Ringtones and iLiads. Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft Giraffe Loft

11-18-2008, 08:19 PM	#15
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	After a long day of shopping for ripe melons, Pert Chesty walked the beach in search of seabirds. “I see some boobies!” cried Chesty pointing at an undulating flock of gannets. “If only I could spy some owls, I will have completed my avian survey for the month.” “You looking for hooters?” inquired the shore vendor peddling his fare of round balloons, as he deftly avoided tripping on the enormous jugs that, for no apparent reason, littered the surf . “Why yes” I replied. “do you know where I could peek at some?” “But of course, my young fellow! I always keep abreast of such matters!” the vendor guffawed. “But if I tell you where them hooters are, you will have to do me a favor… you know, ‘tit for tat’”, he winked. Pert Chesty was naturally suspicious, but he did so want to see some owls for his avian survey. “What do you have in mind”, Chesty coyly kicked at a heaving mound of sand with his toe. “I have not eaten all day and if you will fetch me a breast from the fried chicken peddler, I will give you directions to where a nice pair of hooters is nested.” “Fired chicken peddler? Oh, you mean ol’ Ample Bosom!” Chesty jumped in the air with excitement causing some coins in his pocket to jiggle. “Yes, that is the vendor I speak of! His stall is right next to TaTa’s, the grapefruit salesman.” “Indeed, I shall take you up on that deal, Mr… uh, I do not even know your name sir!” “Sam. Sam Mammary is the name.” “Well, Sam Mammary, I will tread carefully, but swiftly, through the beach so as to avoid the perplexing beach jugs, in order to get you that breast from Ample Bosom. I will even get you a large pair of grapefuits from TaTa’s! It is a fair exchange to caste my globes upon a nesting pair of hooters!” And that is how Pert Chesty completed his monthly avian survey. ad at top: iRex Iliad ad at bottom: basic cable channel