Some clickbait ads use your computer’s IP address to localize the text of their promotions. There’s nothing wrong with that in principle. But instead of using generic photos that could pass for anywhere, they use photos that obviously aren’t local.
I’ve written about the topic previously. See the related articles below.
What follows are some recent examples localized for Great Falls and Vienna, Virginia.
A Taboola article titled “Cheap, new senior apartments in Vienna are turning heads” used a photo of the upscale residential portion of the CityLife development in Milan, Italy. (See articles by the Economist, the Sun and Curbed.)
Dating websites often grab photos of sexy women from Instagram, Reddit and Pinterest for their ads. Such was the case with two recent ads posted by Mgid titled “Sexy Asian women in Great Falls.” I couldn’t locate the source for either photo, but both were passed around on photo-sharing websites.
Related articles:
Great Falls, Virginia, as told by lying clickbait (Nov. 12, 2018)
My neighborhood looks exciting and exotic thanks to lying clickbait (Aug. 11, 2018)
Celebrities in my backyard thanks to lying clickbait (June 24, 2018)
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