When Contextual Advertising is Out of Context…

Posted by Laura Bergells

July 19, 2007

The Google Adsense program is but one example of contextual advertising. This means if you’re reading an online article about Bicycles on a web page monetized with Google Adsense, you’re probably going to see ads about, you know — Bicycles.

Adsense and other contextual advertisement programs attempt to deliver ads that are relevant to the topic at hand.

However, when contextual advertising misses the mark by a just a smidge — the results can be hilarious. Visit 15 Unfortunately Placed Ads at Oddee to see 14 more “out of context ads” that made us LOL.

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