"Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager" (Nighthawkwill7) 09/09/2014 at 22:00 • Filed to: None

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Why does YouTube insist on running ads for who is running for governor in Colorado or congress in Wisconsin if I live in Puerto Rico? I've never been to either of those states nor do I have family there. Aren't your algorithms supposed to be better than this, Google?

Viper for your troubles.

GhostZ > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 09/09/2014 at 22:04

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It depends on your ISP. Google can only see what your ISP shows them. For most people this is accurate, but since you're in Puerto Rico, it's possible that your connection is being proxied through one or more mainland servers before it goes out to Google, so its confused on who you are.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > GhostZ 09/09/2014 at 22:06

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I think most of our internet is routed through a US Navy outpost here and then to the mainland via fiber optic cables.

GhostZ > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 09/09/2014 at 22:09

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The navy outpost might be obstructing your IP addresses then. Most of Google's adsense, as far as I'm aware is based off of your search history, browser history, user preferences, account information, device information, and IP address. If you're not using google accounts for anything, all they really have to go off is your device information (which may be masked by the outpost too) and the IP address.

Clay_T > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 09/09/2014 at 22:10

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Youtube plays ads? I never see a ad. Occasionally a "related" popup but that's it.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Clay_T 09/09/2014 at 22:12

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Occasionally I get video ads while on mobile. You can skip them after five seconds usually.

Clay_T > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 09/09/2014 at 22:14

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Oh yeah. I hadn't thought about cell phones. Don't think AdBlock makes a plug in for phones (yet?). My old brick doesn't youtube...

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Clay_T 09/09/2014 at 22:19

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Sadly, I haven't been able to find one yet.