What google thinks it knows about you...

[borisiii]

My friend showed me this link the other day. It shows you the information google uses to target you with specific ads. It brings together your searches, and uses cookies from many of the websites that you visit, to try and determine your interests, and lists a few of them.

More interestingly, it guesses your age range and sex - so far correctly for me and everyone else I know that has tried it.

Anyone get any interesting results?

https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

 

[Aeolius]

It got my age wrong and things I like rap/hip-hop.... fail

 

[Firestar]

Completely wrong age, right gender... Although that's pretty easy. I like books, headphones, not too much RPG's though...

 

[Tinyluph]

Google thinks I'm 4+ years older than I am.

 

[ender land]

lol, 5/8 of the categories listed for me are "games." It's funny since at least two of the categories are directly influenced by my research XD

 

[mobilehaathi]

They think I'm 8-17 years older than I actually am.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Pretty dead on with me.
All the interest was computer hardware and mobile Os related. Android spike but then again lately I have been heavily researching it for class project and learning the frame work.

 

[Shrink]

I do not have "an id cookie".

What a shame...

 

[mobilehaathi]

I do not have "an id cookie".

What a shame...

Get crakin'!

 

[KnightWRX]

Pretty bang on for me... except for "Shopping - apparel - eyewear"... err... no, I needed sunglasses last week and shopped for a couple of hours for them, but it's not like I collect the darn things, I bought 1 pair, not even off the 'net in the end (went to the mall, online wasn't finding anything worthwhile for me).

 

[FX120]

Google thinks I'm about 10 years older than I am.

 

[iJohnHenry]

I do not have "an id cookie".

What a shame...

Me either.

Get crakin'!

Why should I make it easier for those bastards to target me with ads??

 

[paolo-]

Off on my age by 5 years. Also thinks I'm interested in fitness and bodybuilding for some reason Otherwise had me quite well.

Anyhow, I opted out. Anything else I should opt out from google?

 

[mobilehaathi]

Why should I make it easier for those bastards to target me with ads??

Ummmmmmmmmmm, trickle down?

 

[mrsir2009]

Google doesn't know jack **** about me

 

[Plutonius]

Google thinks I'm 4+ years older than I am.

That's ok, they think I'm 25 years younger then I am .

 

[quasinormal]

Right sex, but like Plutonius 25 years too young.

 

[dontwalkhand]

Google knows.... that I am going to switch to Bing!

 

[noodlemanc]

Google doesn't know jack **** about me

i bet they know you had a STD ... hahaha u were probably googling it for ages when u first got it!!

 

[Happybunny]

After my granddaughters stayed the weekend.

Google thinks I like Hello Kitty and ponies

 

[KnightWRX]

People that say "Google thinks I'm older than I am", maybe you need to realise your lives are getting boring ahead of time.

Live to be your own age, don't try to mature too fast.

 

[GoCubsGo]

They think I'm a male. I've been called worse.

 

[steve2112]

I don't have an id cookie. Thank you, NoScript!

 

[Tinyluph]

People that say "Google thinks I'm older than I am", maybe you need to realise your lives are getting boring ahead of time.

Live to be your own age, don't try to mature too fast.

I'm guessing that they just look at the average reader's age for the websites you visit.

 

[Moyank24]

Age range is correct - though, they think I'm a male.

It must be all the porn.