Nagel Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was looking at SF using Internet Explorer and not signed into the site. It's rare that I use IE. I was very surprised to see adverts that were very obviously aimed at me. In fact the advert at the right of the page showed a rotation of five or six holiday cottages from Holiday Lettings. One of the cottages was mine as I advertise on Holiday Lettings and the others were all from the same village! How does that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 it puts a chip in your head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 it puts a chip in your head I chip dipped in Henderson's Relish no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXC3000 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was looking at SF using Internet Explorer and not signed into the site. It's rare that I use IE. I was very surprised to see adverts that were very obviously aimed at me. In fact the advert at the right of the page showed a rotation of five or six holiday cottages from Holiday Lettings. One of the cottages was mine as I advertise on Holiday Lettings and the others were all from the same village! How does that work? IP address... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 How would they connect my IP address with such a targeted advert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was looking at SF using Internet Explorer and not signed into the site. It's rare that I use IE. I was very surprised to see adverts that were very obviously aimed at me. In fact the advert at the right of the page showed a rotation of five or six holiday cottages from Holiday Lettings. One of the cottages was mine as I advertise on Holiday Lettings and the others were all from the same village! How does that work? I think that will be the cookies on your computer, not really much to do with SF tracking you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 How would they connect my IP address with such a targeted advert? Tracking cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 How would they connect my IP address with such a targeted advert? Like for like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archi3 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was about to complain at all the viagra ads that were appearing on Sheffield Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXC3000 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 IP address... How would they connect my IP address with such a targeted advert? You must have either clicked on a similar ad in the past or the fact that you've viewed pages with similar content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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