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My IP is in Greece. (G knows that too, as it redirects me to its greek version)
i.e. mixed ads, 3 in english, 1 in german, on the same ad block.
That particular site has OTHER pages which are in non-english languages (German, French, Italian, Spanish etc). All pages have Content language meta-tags, to help Google identify language.
Unless "big-brother Google" concludes (as I use Google Toolbar) that since I often visit German sites, it can print German ads to me, on English pages.
But probably these ads just slip through the checks...
I often see ads in German, Dutch, Italian, and of course in Danish.
Vivi
that's the way I always thought of it... maybe i'm wrong?
If an advertiser targets only the UK market, people in Denmark, for instance, will not see those ads.
I live in Denmark, so I understand why ads in Danish are displayed on my English-language site.
It's also understandable that advertisers serve ads in English and German on my site, because most people here understand these languages.
But as mentioned in an earlier post, I also see ads in Italian and Dutch - languages that only a minority here in Denmark understands.
Of course - if people, who don't understand those languages, don't click the ads, the advertisers won't loose money. But who knows.
Vivi
Yes, that is correct. The problem arises when advertisers are targeting other countries with ads that may not be written in the same language that everyone in the country reads.
A German language advertiser could set the campaign to worldwide, which could result in a German language ad being seen in the US, UK or Canada, for example. Or that advertiser could have chosen to show ads to Germany and the UK which would mean people in there would see the German ad, while those in Canada and the US would not.
curiously today I also noticed that if I go to google.com it whisks me over to google.de in the blink of an eye
If google.com is redirecting you to google.de, then Google thinks your computer (not your server) is in Germany. That will be why you're seeing German ads.
