The Experiment

I am intrigued by ads. On Facebook and on Gmail, sometimes even the Adsense on this blog. So I have decided to do an experiment.

I was chatting with a friend and it went something like this:

Me: Just curious, what kind of ads to you get?
Reply: Mostly weight loss stuff (Note: the person is a girl with initals of A.A., meaning she's not fat at all)
Me: Heh... I get some too, you should put your "tennis" into your interests and activities, see that will change anything?
Reply: Idk... I think I do have some

So I've decided to start an experiment. On Facebook, my profile shall be re-typed to make me look like the largest person ever... take a look:



and (comment if you can't read it, or just go on FB)



Now, I'm going to record every single ad I find on Facebook while browsing my normal browsing experience. This will kill my time but I hope this is worth it...

So here's the data so far...

7/708    New York Film Academy     Get Smart    Congratulations...    Got Debt? Get free relief    Baby's Diaper Rash    Virgin Mobile: Arc    Gambling Hotline: 5 Times    We Can Solve It    Circuit City: 2 times    Shutterfly    Vacations to Go.com    University of Phoenix: 3 times    Blockbuster

If you're interested, you can access the Google Docs spreadsheet from here (didn't use Zoho because I'm not familiar with its sharing features...). Or take a look at the bottom.


EDIT: I changed my sex to female to enhance the experiment...along with a picture of a sumo wrestler for a profile pic.

-runiteking1

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