The Ads by Gooogle

[sceptic]

I think the ads by gooooooogle supplied at the top of the pages here are quite funny. I just looked at one of the topics and was greeted by the ads:

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Perfect for a web site all about scams of these sorts!

[Kevin Harrington]

Unfortunately, I have no control over the advertising that pays for this message board. To have no adverts would mean that I'd have to charge you to read it; and many of the people who come here have spent too much already.

[sceptic]

That's why I found them so funny!

[sceptic]

Intrigued by the Ads, I followed the link at the bottom of the Ads and, Lo and behold!, the reason for the selected ads is that Google uses AI to search the site looking for keywords and then selecting ads based on those key words.

Google has obviously picked up on the keywords of "Psychic", "clairvoyant", etc, but missed the crutcial "fake", "scam", "exposed", etc.

[Eirian]

Google does seem to be quirky, have you noticed that putting "around a phrase" breaks down for the sponsored links!