| > Are you saying that all these people are fraudulent / incompetent and that somehow the whole market cap of Google and FB combined (above 1 trillion dollars) is just a complete fraud? TLDR: despite your models the result I see as a male in Norway are ridiculous and laughable. Longer version: All I can say is that the last 10 or so years the ads I have gotten have served no other cause than to make me despise the advertisers and distrust any claim about working AI. Maybe I'm extremely unusual, but I would think this - pushing mostly crappy dating site ads - for 10+ years - to a married man - who is generally very happy - and has small children - while not pushing ads for major infosec events - and not for family holidays can hardly be considered very smart unless you are paid handsomely to show those ads regardless of if they work or not, especially as I've repeatingly clicked x -> not interested -> irrelevant. Seing how Google is botching search accuracy, Google+, Reader etc etc I feel I have good reason to think the company in sum is a lot dumber than the people who work there. And yes, I think so highly of most men in my exact position that thet won't fall for the crap I've seen. And, based on my talking with others it seems not to be a fluke: if you are man this seems to be their best (and often their only) idea of what ads might be useful. Or maybe it works on enough other men to pay off. But personally I've now concluded that my best explanation is that Google is dumb or deliverately fleecing their advertisers. PS: Facebook ads have been somewhat better for me. I actually bought something from one once. |