Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Word Googsociation

Google's no dummy. When you search for X, you get ads for Y where Y is the most-likely associated products to appeal to the presumed demographic of the X-searcher as determined by Google's trillion-dollar who-consumes-what marketing algorithm.

It can be a telling "sign of the times" from a blind algorithmic arbiter that just calls it like it sees it... uh, even though it's blind? Try it. Search Google for "puppies" and you get ads for puppy chow and veterinarians. Search for Sarah Palin and wade through volumes of ads for Biggelow and AK-47s. But search for "Screenwriting" and you get this...



Now go search "Lindsay Lohan".

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