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ecstatic

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7. Wow. Google has me as a guy

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:06 AM

Jan 2012

Who is overly concerned with TV and fitness. Lol. Nothing about politics, which is weird.

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How to find out who Google thinks you are from your web history. [View all] snagglepuss Jan 2012 OP

Google was correct w/my city, gender and age. alittlelark Jan 2012 #1

google thinks I am a 55-65 yr old male Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2012 #2

It thinks I'm 55-65 too. dawg Jan 2012 #12

I get an "Unable to Connect" when I click on the link. RC Jan 2012 #3

I get "No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far." starroute Jan 2012 #4

It has me pretty well pegged ........ oldhippie Jan 2012 #5

doesn't seem to know much about me either ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2012 #6

Wow. Google has me as a guy ecstatic Jan 2012 #7

LOL SOS Jan 2012 #8

i don't have a google account so that simplifies it a lot. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #9

I don't have a google account either but they have info on me simply from having used snagglepuss Jan 2012 #11

841,000 results for hobbit709 hobbit709 Jan 2012 #14

Did you go someplace other that the Ads Preference page because snagglepuss Jan 2012 #20

Just opted out and it felt so very good. cbayer Jan 2012 #10

they will still collect your info. uncle ray Jan 2012 #28

Would be very interesting to see what Google thinks about Rick Santorum Hugabear Jan 2012 #13

They are all over the place..One computer has me a middle aged man/Not.. Tikki Jan 2012 #15

Ha - google thinks I'm my boyfriend Matariki Jan 2012 #22

I throw everything away when I close my browser. hunter Jan 2012 #16

Google got my gender right, but thinks I'm 20 years younger than I actually am... SidDithers Jan 2012 #17

Same here, Google took 20 years off. MS Bing makes me look fat. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2012 #26

Thanks so much for posting this. K&R nt Zorra Jan 2012 #18

all I got was pokerfan Jan 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Matariki Jan 2012 #21

Holy crap. It thinks I'm an 18-24 year old male? redqueen Jan 2012 #23

All mine said was, "Cookies are disabled." Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #24

I am supposedly a 55- to 64-year male. RebelOne Jan 2012 #25

I'm a 65+ year-old male, apparently LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #27

My categories - says the google Crabby Appleton Jan 2012 #29

I appear to be a 45-54 y/o male interested in hair care LadyHawkAZ Jan 2012 #30

There are no words XemaSab Jan 2012 #31

get totally different google ad results on different computers ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2012 #32

Google pretty much nailed me...nt joeybee12 Jan 2012 #33