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Contextual Ads Based On Images

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-picture-and-a-thousand-nerds dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Technology Review reports on efforts to enable web ads to be targeted based on the content of online images, not text. All those user-generated photos on Facebook and Picasa could apparently be worth much more if it was possible to display adverts for pet food next to your snaps of your dog. Machine vision can apparently make that possible."

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  1. Re:I WANT MY GOATSE-INSPIRED ADS! by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Funny

    I WANT MY GOATSE-INSPIRED ADS!

    Add for the latest iPhone coming up.

  2. If all the world becomes a miiror.. by twisting_department · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Great. If all the world becomes a mirror of what I'm interested in, because it knows all about me and my interests, then how do I ever get to find anything new and/or different?

  3. Great idea by Devout_IPUite · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because then someone is going to put a life insurance ad on your family portrait... GREAT!

    1. Re:Great idea by Walterk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Imagine all the Clearasil ads on the self portraits of most /.ers!

      Zing!

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      "If anyone needs me, I'm in the angry dome."
  4. Re:Evolution by somersault · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't know about you, but I just use an adblocker.

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    which is totally what she said
  5. No examples by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would be Epic if they add Clippy-like messages.

    "I see you've got a very ugly gf. Do you want to hire a prettier one? Click on me for today's special promotions".