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bogarde73

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They've got us tabbed alright
Feb 20^th, 2017 at 12:23pm

I'm sure you've all experienced this, but I was gobsmacked by the reach of it.

OK, so a few days ago I was looking at DVDs on the ABC Shop and a few, very few, I clicked on that interested me.

Today I was looking at a fairly obscure American business analysis site and on one of their pages up popped an ABC Shop ad with two of those DVDs I'd clicked on featured.

Where's the connection?

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tickleandrose Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3867 Gender:	Re: They've got us tabbed alright Reply #1 - Feb 20^th, 2017 at 12:59pm clear cookies!
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Re: They've got us tabbed alright
Reply #2 - Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:01pm

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2017 at 12:23pm:

I'm sure you've all experienced this, but I was gobsmacked by the reach of it.

OK, so a few days ago I was looking at DVDs on the ABC Shop and a few, very few, I clicked on that interested me.

Today I was looking at a fairly obscure American business analysis site and on one of their pages up popped an ABC Shop ad with two of those DVDs I'd clicked on featured.

Where's the connection?

They know what you're doing, all the time.

I booked a flight yesterday, and today ads are popping up for the city I'm flying to.

Everything you do on here is monitored.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 131487 Gender:	Re: They've got us tabbed alright Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:04pm Immediately after I posted the comment above, an ad for Jetstar appeared at the top of the page (which I've never seen before). They focused on the word 'flight' in my post. Very smart.
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Gordon Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 20228 Gordon Gender:	Re: They've got us tabbed alright Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:34pm greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:04pm: Immediately after I posted the comment above, an ad for Jetstar appeared at the top of the page (which I've never seen before). They focused on the word 'flight' in my post. Very smart. Followed by an ad for XXXXXL buttplugs.
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Reply #5 - Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:39pm

Gordon wrote on Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:34pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 20^th, 2017 at 1:04pm:

Immediately after I posted the comment above, an ad for Jetstar appeared at the top of the page (which I've never seen before).

They focused on the word 'flight' in my post.

Very smart.

Followed by an ad for XXXXXL buttplugs.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: They've got us tabbed alright Reply #6 - Feb 20^th, 2017 at 4:41pm So I can understand being tracked for presenting as a potential customer for a specific product, but how does that get them ad space on a foreign website about 3 days later just for me. So weird.
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Reply #7 - Feb 21^st, 2017 at 11:27am

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2017 at 4:41pm:

So I can understand being tracked for presenting as a potential customer for a specific product, but how does that get them ad space on a foreign website about 3 days later just for me.

So weird.

Global Economy, my son... have your missus run her hands through your hair and feel for bumps.... might be a little chip inserted there.

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