Keyword failure?

djslack posted a pic said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 1:37pm ET

I’m not sure how good this company is at keyword targeting in this ad from the Meh front page.

ad from meh front page

I work in IT, so I often Google for things involving Microsoft’s product line. I don’t believe I have ever even once searched Google for information on portals through which to see outside my home. I can’t imagine how low the percentage is of queries for “windows installation” that are actually searching for framed glass panels.

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narfcake said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 2:05pm ET:

As long as they’re helping to pay the site, I’ll ignore them like any other ad.

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- @narfcake Thanks! That’s just what our advertisers want to hear.
  
  dave said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 2:29pm ET
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- @dave The last ads I saw here are for Google Fi and retirement, neither which are relevant for me.
  
  Perhaps if the ads were for a site that sells catshirts, I’d be more interested, but I’m already well aware of TeeTurtle already since the days when Ramy bought ad space directly on shirt.woot.
  
  narfcake said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 2:50pm ET
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- @narfcake oh yeah, I was just kidding, the algorithmic ads here are largely worthless. I’d love if relevant advertisers contacted us more often.
  
  dave said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 8:56pm ET
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- @narfcake
  
  Cerridwyn said Wed, Feb 6th 2019 at 8:17pm ET
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fibrs86 said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:09pm ET:
I get ads on this site for things that I have spoken about, but never searched.

Examples:
- a coworker was showing me a new pen he got that was on some top pens list on the internet. Latter that day I get an ad on meh for a fancy pen ‘voted #1’.
- I was joking with my wife that cots should have little tents attached on top so sleeping people could have some privacy. The next day on meh was an ad for a crazy cot thing with a pop-up tent on top.
Conclusion: Google is listening to my conversations via my phone and then choosing to use that info exclusively for ads on meh.
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kdemo said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:13pm ET:

I have a hunch.
Awesome!

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- WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:13pm ET
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- Ha! I’m right!!
  Awesome!
  
  kdemo said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:14pm ET
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- PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:14pm ET
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- @kdemo That is awesome!
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:15pm ET
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- WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:15pm ET
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- @mediocrebot -
  Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
  
  kdemo said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:15pm ET
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- KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:15pm ET
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- @mediocrebot
  Winner winner chicken dinner.
  Awesome!
  
  kdemo said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:18pm ET
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- WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:18pm ET
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- /youtube Everything is Awesome!
  
  dashcloud said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:19pm ET
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- EVERYTHING IS AWESOME
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:19pm ET
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- @dashcloud this is my 2 and 4 year olds’ favorite song right now. And we have a Google home, so they listen to it all the time whenever they want (and whenever Google understands them). The best part is they can’t help but break out into dance EVERY Time the song comes on, no matter what they were doing before.
  
  luvche21 said Wed, Feb 6th 2019 at 1:11am ET
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kdemo said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:19pm ET:

Oh, @djslack - I call this keyword success! - If the keyword is awesome!

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- MEALS! DEALS! EELS! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 9:19pm ET
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ELUNO said Tue, Feb 5th 2019 at 2:35pm ET:

/giphy failure

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djslack said Wed, Feb 6th 2019 at 1:54am ET:

I’m not sure what this one even is, but it has a nice acronym:

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- PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Wed, Feb 6th 2019 at 1:54am ET
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- @djslack that is a seriously weird ad.
  
  https://www.straumann.com/en/dental-professionals/products-and-solutions/implant-borne-prosthetics/products/angled-solutions.html
  
  RiotDemon said Wed, Feb 6th 2019 at 8:37pm ET
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- MEALS! DEALS! EELS! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Wed, Feb 6th 2019 at 8:37pm ET
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- Before I could stop myself, I clicked on one to see if was really a dental drill. Now I’ll be getting those for the rest of my life. Maybe Meh customer profile = DDS?
  
  walarney said Thu, Feb 7th 2019 at 11:38am ET
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