23-06-2014, 12:29 PM
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Re: Distraction
Originally Posted by MKJ
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Because I use Gmail for my emails I'm constantly logged in to one or another, and as a consequence Google - in all it's omnipresent wisdom - logs all my internet searches and then displays adverts (on whatever site I happen to be on) to suit. I hate this - as do many others. The adverts I see on this forum can be anything I have searched for or even discussed, which I find absolutely unsettling. Creepy Google.
That happens to me too Mark, even though I don't use Gmail. I was looking at some specific clocks for someone the other day, and when I logged in here - there were the exact clocks I'd been looking at, bobbing along the top of the page.
23-06-2014, 04:22 PM
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Re: Distraction
Originally Posted by Mups
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I was looking at some specific clocks for someone the other day, and when I logged in here - there were the exact clocks I'd been looking at, bobbing along the top of the page.
23-06-2014, 08:54 PM
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Re: Distraction
Originally Posted by ZsaZsa
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I must be missing out on something 'cos I never get any gorgeous hulks bobbing about on my screen, just ads for Hungarian hotels in towns I've never heard of, or airlines offering package deals which I can't afford.
23-06-2014, 11:44 PM
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Re: Distraction
Originally Posted by Pats
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Our online behavior is 'tracked'. ISPs, websites, and advertising networks all have ways of tracking your online behavior, they track you by cookies to provide targeted advertising, classify you into a demographic group, and resell information about you to other companies.
Scary stuff Pats. It still happens even though I remove all cookies every day.
24-06-2014, 08:03 AM
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Re: Distraction
Originally Posted by Pats
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Our online behavior is 'tracked'. ISPs, websites, and advertising networks all have ways of tracking your online behavior, they track you by cookies to provide targeted advertising, classify you into a demographic group, and resell information about you to other companies.
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