Thursday, December 6, 2007

grrr, gmail ad

Why is this my gmail inbox ad?

"Female Cougars - www.DateACougar.com - Female Cougars On The Prowl. 100% Free. Join Now."

I know how we do the algorithm to determine the ad, and I cannot figure out how this happened!

7 comments:

david1082 said...

I read in Wookiepedia that Google algorithms are now so advanced that they can read your state of mind. It seems you were feeling a bit catty at the time of Gmail login.

Anonymous said...

...cougar is in reference to an "old" cat... it's ok.. u're still young in my book.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cougar

Mary said...

I actually started getting this, coincidentally, right after I started dating someone younger than me than anyone I'd dated before has been. I'm sure it was just coincidence, how would the ad algorithm know our ages? But still, it was weird.

Tablesaw said...

I got this one after discussing "Hunters" that were "unattached": http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/unattached.html

Anonymous said...

Wierd, someone blew the algo, I'd understand adopt-a-cuddly-snow-tiger-cub.com, but a cougar - a bug i suppose.

Jeremy said...

My two most popular contextual ads are www.dateacougar.com and www.underjams.com. So...I like older women and I have a problem wetting the bed. Thanks, Gmail.

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