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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: iago on July 29, 2008, 10:12:38 AM

Title: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: iago on July 29, 2008, 10:12:38 AM
http://www.mikeonads.com/2008/07/13/using-your-browser-url-history-estimate-gender/

The methodology is stupid (ranking sites are more male- or female-oriented), but the method of getting the information is slick: checking your browser history. It scares me that you can still get somebody's browse history through search engines. :-o
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Ender on July 29, 2008, 10:42:48 AM
yes there is definitely a much simpler and probably more effective methodology...
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: iago on July 29, 2008, 10:45:38 AM
To checking your browser's history?
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Camel on July 29, 2008, 11:35:18 AM
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 50%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 50%

(Read: access denied)
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: iago on July 29, 2008, 11:46:49 AM
Incidentally, this also works without Javascript (http://ha.ckers.org/weird/CSS-history.cgi).

If you look at the source for that page, it's actually pretty slick the way it's done.
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Camel on July 29, 2008, 12:58:15 PM
That one also doesn't work for me :)
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: abc on July 29, 2008, 01:35:03 PM
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Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 98%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 2%

Last time I check I was male. ???
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: dark_drake on July 29, 2008, 01:55:26 PM
Quote from: Dale on July 29, 2008, 01:35:03 PM
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Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 98%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 2%

Last time I check I was male. ???
Check again!
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: iago on July 29, 2008, 02:02:29 PM
Quote from: Dale on July 29, 2008, 01:35:03 PM
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Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 98%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 2%

Last time I check I was male. ???
What were the sites/ratios it listed?
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Joe on July 29, 2008, 05:02:41 PM
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 4%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 96%

Site   Male-Female Ratio
google.com 0.98
yahoo.com 0.9
msn.com 0.92
myspace.com 0.74
youtube.com 1
microsoft.com 1.08
ebay.com 1.11
facebook.com 0.83
travelocity.com 0.8
playlist.com 0.45
urbandictionary.com 1.13
passport.net 0.89
tmz.com 0.77
amtrak.com 0.75
thepiratebay.org 2.13
infoplease.com 0.85
greyhound.com 0.72
macrumors.com 2.08
tigerdirect.com 2.23
wowwiki.com 1.38
wowhead.com 2.03
tomshardware.com 2.33
worldofwarcraft.com 1.08
gmail.com 0.9
notebookreview.com 1.56
blizzard.com 1.25
fretplay.com 1.53
btjunkie.org    1.94
frostwire.com 0.79

I'm surprised that they didn't pickup youporn though.
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Hitmen on July 29, 2008, 05:07:34 PM
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Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 50%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 50%


Site   Male-Female Ratio
browser history? wuts that
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Lead on July 30, 2008, 08:12:53 AM
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 51%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 49%


Site   Male-Female Ratio
msn.com   
0.92
cnn.com   
1.35
hotmail.com   
0.83
gmail.com   
0.9


SIGH
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Furious on July 30, 2008, 09:29:11 AM
QuoteLikelihood of you being FEMALE is 1%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 99%


Site   Male-Female Ratio
google.com   
0.98
yahoo.com   
0.9
myspace.com   
0.74
youtube.com   
1
wikipedia.org   
1.08
ebay.com   
1.11
craigslist.org   
1.13
photobucket.com   
0.85
cnn.com   
1.35
download.com   
1.27
chase.com   
0.87
circuitcity.com   
1.2
kbb.com   
1.15
autotrader.com   
1.35
freecreditreport.com   
0.75
usaa.com   
1.08
partsamerica.com   
2.08
apartmentguide.com   
0.67
wowhead.com   
2.03
cox.com   
0.82
navyfcu.org   
1.06
worldofwarcraft.com   
1.08
winamp.com   
1.5
gmail.com   
0.9
nvidia.com   
1.99
advanceautoparts.com   
1.94
thottbot.com   
1.35
blizzard.com   
1.25
hamptonroads.com   
0.94
steampowered.com   
1.99

I'm more of a man than anyone here.

/flex
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: MyndFyre on July 30, 2008, 11:41:23 AM
BIG difference between work at home.  At home I was 94% male 6 % male; at work I was about 50/50.
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: warz on July 30, 2008, 12:44:27 PM
QuoteLikelihood of you being FEMALE is 18%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 82%



Site Male-Female Ratio
google.com 0.98
yahoo.com 0.9
youtube.com 1
facebook.com 0.83
weather.com 1.08
ticketmaster.com 0.79
gamestop.com 0.94
last.fm 0.96
isohunt.com 1.94
thepiratebay.org 2.13
rivals.com 1.86
frys.com 1.6
flashgames247.com 0.87
sonicdrivein.com 0.77

so, you're sayin' there's a chance!
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Blaze on July 30, 2008, 01:00:31 PM
35% male on my dads laptop, after my mom was on it.  :P
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Warrior on July 30, 2008, 08:45:37 PM
QuoteLikelihood of you being FEMALE is 0%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 100%



Site Male-Female Ratio
redtube.com 4.98
pornhub.com 5.9
youporn.com 7
bangbus.com 3.83
google.com 1.08
pornotube.com 5.79
x86labs.org 13.94
4chan.org 2.94
worldofwarcraft.com 2.22
porncitadel.com 1.86
bitchdump.com 1.62
cnn.com 0.77
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: iago on July 30, 2008, 09:08:34 PM
Quote from: Warrior on July 30, 2008, 08:45:37 PM
QuoteLikelihood of you being FEMALE is 0%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 100%



Site Male-Female Ratio
redtube.com 4.98
pornhub.com 5.9
youporn.com 7
bangbus.com 3.83
google.com 1.08
pornotube.com 5.79
x86labs.org 13.94
4chan.org 2.94
worldofwarcraft.com 2.22
porncitadel.com 1.86
bitchdump.com 1.62
cnn.com 0.77
Haha. :)
Title: Re: Estimating your gender by your browser history
Post by: Sidoh on July 30, 2008, 09:20:16 PM
Quote from: Warrior on July 30, 2008, 08:45:37 PM
x86labs.org 13.94

lol