Satire + Google Adsense = Fun?


By Al. L. Torso - Posted on 11 April 2007

Don't watch me, I suckDon't watch me, I suck. No, wait...If this site is classed as satire, then I am really enjoying watching the ads served up by Google. If not, then I don't get the ads. Either way, I am little shocked. Google, the "I know what you meant" Google, doesn't seem to understand the purpose of satire. Here's a hint. "Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject".

So, assuming this site is satire, then it sometimes confuses the adsense algorithm. And assuming that the ads themselves are not satire, then all of this, in some strange way, is enhancing my reading experience. I think?

Anyways, your mileage may vary though, so I can't guarantee any fun here. Reading this triggers Google to suggest that you might be interested in this. Writing this story actually prompted Google to recommend this. Yawn.

Every now and then it gets it a little more less wrong. Good English helps the ad comedy too it seems. In case you missed it, that was sarcasm. While reading this, Google thought I'd be interested in this. Ummm, bzzz, not buying there in the short term. This returned plush units here and this. So, a piss take on fat dudes with food = buy new unit and Rap music? Interesting...

So, what can Google do to take advantage of the satirist website and their fans? Any suggestions?

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Is a superstar. I watch his show on the Comedy Channel.

But, sorry, Bat, I have no suggestions.

FYI, Al.L.Torso is not Bat...

All this time I thought Torso was Bat. Is it one of your many aliases, BBB?

When I'm looking at the front page, I don't see the ad that is meant to display beneath Brown Remarks. But when I open a specific article or go into a submenu, then the add appears.

Is anyone else having this problem?

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