Partial opt out for online ads – only see ads about your interests
Rather than use ad blocker software to stop ads showing when you browse the web, you could just list your interests in Google and it would only serve ads you are interested in.
Not only would it reduce the number of people blocking ads, it would also provide Google with the information it needed to serve highly relevant ads – and therefore allow advertisers to get better returns on their investment – and allow Google to charge more for more highly targeted ads.
The reason it doesn’t want to fix the problem is that the company we all think of as a search engine is actually an advertising company. It made almost $137bn in revenues in 2018 – of which $116bn, or 85pc, came from ad spending.
240 answers on Quora, but google doesn’t even ask you for your interests since it killed G+. I guess it ain’t forgotten all that percy info though. So it did work, a short term social platform to get your data, then close show with it. Clever.
You really want google to know more about you? bet it can list your interests faster than you can. it knows which sites you went to and which articles you read. That’s more than your friends know about you.
you can see what google thinks of you https://hackernoon.com/how-to-see-exactly-who-google-thinks-you-are-and-then-turn-off-their-tracking-94e83183fe36
could watch the cakes all day – even if it is shaving cream.
swagbooks should let you dictate which type of ads to watch for sure, once there are enough people using it you could just watch sports ads, or just motoring, or whatever, Bound to be done properly by someone one day.
Watch ads and get paid – i would if it was only my hobbies or interests, yeah, bring it on.
to see your instagram “interests” it guesses rather than just asks you… ” To get to the list on mobile, go to Settings, then Security. Go to Access Data, then scroll all the way down to the bottom, where you’ll see Ad Interests, and select “View All.” On desktop, go to Settings, then Privacy & Security. Select “View Account Data,” and you’ll find Ad Interests at the bottom right.”
Instagram – you can change them, its been done, just not well.
Instagram is using your interests in ads. but with poor results, usually – link https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/instagram-ads-interests-how-find-results-wrong-299876
Crazy, even android just let you opt-out rather than put in your interests and see ads relating to them. Why don’t any of them do it?
FB bides your interests a bit. Easy for advertisers to tap into though.
Why don’t google allow you to add a list of your interests, so they can compare it to the interests it’s Artificial Intelligence is machine learning from you.