ShortFormBlog: How old does Google think you are? Because, um, they might be wrong

Yeah, what’s up Google? Just because I search a lot about elections and political science … you think I’m a 65+ year old male?! What the what?!

From shortformblog:

Google thinks I’m a senior citizen. Based on the websites you visit and the stuff you search for, Google infers your interests, age and gender, in order to show you more relavent ads (digression: It does this, in part, by having partner websites place a cookie on your computer; more on that…

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   While mine correctly identified me as an 18-24 female, I am not sure how I feel about the new settings.

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   I am apparently a Female age 25-34. Does Google really not consider the possibility that gay men use their search...

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   an 18-24 Female. Who’s surprised. Can’t...the old, less degrading privacy settings,...

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