eBay, Google & Facebook – what were you thinking?!

This is what I’ve bought from eBay:

This is what eBay thinks I want to buy:

This is who Google thinks I am:

This is what Facebook thinks I’m interested in:

Basically, I’m a middle-aged man with horses who is thinking about joining the armed services. Or, you know, not.

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25 Responses to eBay, Google & Facebook – what were you thinking?!

  1. Britt says:

    Lol, that genuinely made me laugh. I hate those stupid Facebook and Amazon suggestions… They are always wrong!!

  2. Lucien says:

    Thank you, I’m really happy you like my network; take time to check all the sites part of it, if you please. :)

  3. Monnii Bee says:

    It’s amazing how wrong those suggestions can be lol. No matter what I do, Facebook thinks I’m a gay hormonal teen boy looking for love…Sad deal

  4. Christa says:

    Those ads always make me laugh. I get some of the oddest ones ever.

  5. Bhairavi says:

    How very stupid!!!! heehee!!!

  6. Stephanie says:

    Lol! There is probably just not enough data for some of it. I suspect that Google is the most accurate (It says that I’m a age 25-34 male) but who knows what puts you in a certain demographic?

  7. Liza says:

    Haha, that’s such a great comparison on those three companies/social places/whatevers.

    …and to make the last line rhyme, you could have switched services with forces, thus causing it to rhyme with horses. :P haha.

  8. Anna says:

    Okay, this one is hands down funny! :) I wonder how they pulled off data and gave you that result. Internet can be entertaining but we humans are smarter! Lol.

  9. Monnii Bee says:

    Where in England do you live? I went there last year for a few weeks in the Spring and loved it! I thought about going to Paris when I was there but then i went on a crazy shopping spree and well it just never panned out lol

  10. Dorine says:

    That made me crack a smile, you know, your last paragraph. It’s amazing how these websites get these random information and where they get it from. I don’t bother correcting them sometimes, but sometimes I do feel annoyed.

  11. Cat says:

    haha, Google’s guess of your age and gender is funny :) Surprisingly, it was spot on for mine. Sometimes friends send me product links that they want to buy or think is funny, and next thing I know, my recommendations are based on it. Kind of annoying sometimes!

  12. Nancy says:

    The internet these days can be funky in deciding… Or even guessing who you are/what you like o__o. I don’t understand how a 16×10 wooden stable would interest you with those things you bought XD! Even Facebook/Google thinking you’re a middle aged man interested in the force.. o__o. That’s just weird. XD I never really paid attention to facebook ads so I suppose :c.

    Take care :)

  13. Erin says:

    Google actually does pretty well for me, although I have seen that it seems to be off for a lot of people. Last I checked, it had the right age range and gender for me, and the interests it listed were mostly true. (I think it was fitness, arts & entertainment… I don’t remember the others.)

  14. Krystal says:

    Hah, the internet is weird. ;P

  15. tiff says:

    That’s hilarious. What Google thought of you, a middle-aged man, I would find that a compliment only because it means you’re different from the mid-20′s women out there :)

    On the other hand, Google is pretty much spot on with me. A 24-year-old female. Yup. T:P

  16. Georgina says:

    Google thinks I’m a male in my late twenties/early thirties on my work computer. It’s so funny how wrong they can be. Unfortunately I share an eBay account with my boyfriend so I get a few electronic things and he gets annoyed that he’s now seeing suggestions for jewellery. XD

    I had web design/dev and domain hosting/reg on mine too. On my home computer Google actually gets it right – I’m a female in her 20s!

  17. Rachel says:

    Google has my age demographic correct, guessing I’m 18-24, but they also think I’m male. I don’t think it affects the relevance of the ads they show me, though, because the interests they have for me based on my recent search terms seem pretty relevant. :)

    I can’t imagine why on Earth eBay would suggest a HORSE STABLE to you.

  18. Shelbie says:

    Thank you for the comment!

    Ugh, the Internet! I absolutely dislike Facebook now – so much advertising and shizz on there it’s putting me off! And I hate how everything links with everything else. Link your Twitter, MySpace, GoodReads, Spotify – eugh. Keep it simple please!

    Okay, kind of ranting. It’s funny though how those sites like to offer suggestions ;) they’re pretty humorous a lot of the time! :D

  19. Deanna says:

    It’s funny what the internet thinks sometimes. How did you find out what demographics Google thinks you are? I want to know what Google thinks of me lol.

  20. Cathenia says:

    I must be predictable because all those sites have me pretty spot on. Except google thinks I am younger than I am. I must be immature :( . lol

  21. Amanda says:

    Woah. That makes me wonder what on earth you search for majority of the time, if that’s what they think you’re interested in…

  22. Courtney says:

    OMG that is funny! Sometimes (okay, a lot of the time) the internet is stupid :P

  23. I think the wooden stable is particularly relevant to your previous buys.

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