Guide | How To How to Opt-Out from Google's Shared Endorsements in Ads

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1. Log in to your Google Account.

2. Go to your Google Plus Profile and Endorsement Settings
https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements

3. Scroll to the bottom and de-select (ie. leave it unchecked)
"Based on my activity, Google may show my name and profile photo in shared endorsements that appear in ads."

4. Click on Save - Ignore any warnings.

What are Shared Endorsements? - See Google+ Help pages

Spoiler

To ensure that your recommendations reach the people you care about, Google sometimes displays your reviews, recommendations and other relevant activity throughout its products and services. This sometimes includes shopping contexts, like the Google Play music store, and ads. Your profile name and photo may appear with the recommendation.

Example for Shared Endorsement (left), and displayed in Ads (right)

 

[MalwareVirus]

Thanks for the info

 

[Prorootect]

How to Opt Out of Google's Personal Endorsement Ads

How to Opt Out of Google's Personal Endorsement Ads : on TomsGuide.com : http://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-google-shared-ads,news-17690.html#how-to-google-shared-ads%2Cnews-17690.html

.. 'If you're logged into Google account' .. hmm, never, then it's not for me?

.. and How to opt out of Facebook's Social Ads - too nice recommendations ..

Too not for me, never on Facebook, sorry

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Yeah Earth, now I see your topic - sorry, delete this one, please

 

[Ink]

Merged topics.

 

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Thanks for the post

 

[MalwareVirus]

Ok 5 min before when i was in san diago through VPN .An american city google shows me pop up telling they are make some changes in their T & Service so i went to the page What are the changes they made

How your Profile name and photo may appear (including in reviews and advertising)

We want to give you – and your friends and connections – the most useful information. Recommendations from people you know can really help. So your friends, family and others may see your Profile name and photo, and content like the reviews you share or the ads you +1’d. This only happens when you take an action (things like +1’ing, commenting or following) – and the only people who see it are the people you’ve chosen to share that content with. On Google, you’re in control of what you share. This update to our Terms of Service doesn’t change in any way who you’ve shared things with in the past or your ability to control who you want to share things with in the future.

Feedback from people you know can save you time and improve results for you and your friends across all Google services, including Search, Maps, Play and in advertising. For example, your friends might see that you rated an album 4 stars on the band’s Google Play page. And the +1 you gave your favorite local bakery could be included in an ad that the bakery runs through Google. We call these recommendations shared endorsements and you can learn more about them here
When it comes to shared endorsements in ads, you can control the use of your Profile name and photo via the Shared Endorsements setting. If you turn the setting to “off,” your Profile name and photo will not show up on that ad for your favorite bakery or any other ads. This setting only applies to use in ads, and doesn’t change whether your Profile name or photo may be used in other places such as Google Play. .

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