Estimating your gender by your browser history

[iago]

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

[Ender]

yes there is definitely a much simpler and probably more effective methodology...

[iago]

To checking your browser's history?

[Camel]

Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 50%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 50%

(Read: access denied)

[iago]

Incidentally, this also works without Javascript.

If you look at the source for that page, it's actually pretty slick the way it's done.

[Camel]

That one also doesn't work for me :)

[abc]

...

Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 98%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 2%

Last time I check I was male. ???

[dark_drake]

...

Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 98%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 2%

Last time I check I was male. ???

Check again!

[iago]

...

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?

[Joe]

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.

[Hitmen]

Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 50%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 50%


Site   Male-Female Ratio

browser history? wuts that

[Lead]

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

[Furious]

Likelihood 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

[MyndFyre]

BIG difference between work at home.  At home I was 94% male 6 % male; at work I was about 50/50.

[warz]

Likelihood 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!