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Offline Land_Owner

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What's wrong with this stuff...
« on: October 12, 2008, 04:03:40 AM »
I use the Internet to "wordsmith" misspellings.  If I don't know exactly how to spell it, I type it in Google and usually get the corrected version and off I go back to typing.

Today, I needed a synonym (another word that means the same) for "poor".  So I typed it into Google and the first link was msn encarta so I clicked the link and found my synonym - "impoverished" among others.

What I also found was a Barack Obama advertisement on the page with my synonym.  Ordinarily that would not surprise me in an election year.  But the occurrance of that Ad with the synonym for "poor"?  Just a coincidence?

So I tried to see if I got an ad for McCain when I Googled and linked to msn encarta for "rich".  Nope.

Then I thought it was a fluke, so I shut down my browser, fired it up again, and tried "impoverished" - Ad for Obama; then "needy" - Ad for Obama.

How can I check if is a PC cache situation with msn encarta?  Do you get the same results?

I am puzzled and just wondering.  Advertising is shown wherever it is paid for I suppose.

And this Obama "exposure" by this posting is NOT an indication of my CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

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Re: What's wrong with this stuff...
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 05:53:44 AM »
I tried it and got the same ad.
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Re: What's wrong with this stuff...
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 07:20:12 AM »
People or companies buy key words on the major advertising sellers like Google, MSN, Yahoo and such. Clearly Obama has bought those key words there. Whoever is willing to pay the most to have their ads seen when any given key word comes up gets theirs seen every time. That's the way internet advertising works.


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Re: What's wrong with this stuff...
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 08:53:31 AM »
Yea!! but even Obama cant do this. This comes from living clean and staying in shape !!!
Yes that is me !!  ;D
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