Internet Ad Tracking?

Sir-Ex · 12-20-2011, 09:33 AM

Has anyone noticed something like this going on? Perhaps it's been going on for a while and I've just clued in, but this seems really specific. Since I started that RC Helicopter thread and started searching around for stuff about it, I've had a bunch of ads on youtube and on this other forum I go to with ads for RC helicopters. That is way too specific to be a coincidence.

So it seems like there is some kind of tracking service that knows what I've been searching for and this information is shared between different websites for their ads.

I dislike this.

I also like this.

Dislike.. because it knows what I'm looking at.

Like.. because if there must be ads, at least there are ads that I might actually be interested in.

Captain Cannabis · 12-20-2011, 09:37 AM

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...googlesharing/

Kompressor · 12-20-2011, 09:43 AM

Welcome to Google.

deadhead94 · 12-20-2011, 09:45 AM

I honestly don't care if google knows what I do online.

Anything illegal takes place in the real world.

The Rev · 12-20-2011, 10:48 AM

I've seen the same thing. I looked at two posters on allposters.com, and after that, the same two posters kept appearing in ads for allposters in my yahoo mail and such.

The Rev

12-20-2011, 09:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sir-Ex Learner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 11,416 Thanks: 1,726 Thanked 3,821 Times in 2,258 Posts	Internet Ad Tracking? Has anyone noticed something like this going on? Perhaps it's been going on for a while and I've just clued in, but this seems really specific. Since I started that RC Helicopter thread and started searching around for stuff about it, I've had a bunch of ads on youtube and on this other forum I go to with ads for RC helicopters. That is way too specific to be a coincidence. So it seems like there is some kind of tracking service that knows what I've been searching for and this information is shared between different websites for their ads. I dislike this. I also like this. Dislike.. because it knows what I'm looking at. Like.. because if there must be ads, at least there are ads that I might actually be interested in. __________________ Smile Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

12-20-2011, 09:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...googlesharing/ __________________ fuck the monkeys

12-20-2011, 09:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	Welcome to Google. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

12-20-2011, 10:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,867 Thanks: 5,019 Thanked 5,421 Times in 2,865 Posts	I've seen the same thing. I looked at two posters on allposters.com, and after that, the same two posters kept appearing in ads for allposters in my yahoo mail and such. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

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