Given the text: I’m reading feeds in a site-specific browser using Fluid, which means in essence I’m reading them in a browser using Google Reader.
The ads are clearly powered by Google Ad Sense, but look at the tags of the blog post to which this one was linked: business, collaboration, journalism, Media, news. Which one of those suggests I’d be interested in something called “Herd Management Software”?
I remembered that once upon a time, I checked out Google’s Ads Preferences Manager and opted out of targeted advertising. Revisting the site now, it looks like that only applies to the browser in which you did it, not all browsers.
Thus it looks like my SSB (which I use to visit Google Reader) still doesn’t have its opt-out cookie set, and is getting served targeted ads. Ok, that much I get.
But why does Google think Herd Management will be a good category for me?
Well there it is. Certainly I can see how reading lots of vegan blogs might suggest I’m interested in what the industry euphamistically calls “Food Production” (ie, the breeding, captivity, and slaughter of non-human animals).
But isn’t Google smart enough to recognize that a vegan’s interest in these things is different than a cattle rancher’s?
The fix is to opt-out in that browser as well, by the way.
Can you paraphrase the author's explanation for why they are seeing targeted ads for "Herd Management Software" despite opting out of targeted advertising in one of their browsers?
This prompt doesn't seem malicious.