Site Advertising? Why is it that.....

**hennalonghair** · March 16th, 2015, 12:39 AM

Whatever I have previously looked at before coming to this site gets advertised here. The exact same thing. For a while I just thought it was a fluke thing but it's not.
Do we have spy cookies given to us from this site?
It certainly appears this way. It's kind of creepy!

**Seeshami** · March 16th, 2015, 01:01 AM

Cookies are used by every website on the interwebs. If you don't want spy cookies unfortunately you don't get interwebs.

**hennalonghair** · March 16th, 2015, 07:36 AM

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

**lapushka** · March 16th, 2015, 07:39 AM

If you have Firefox get no-script or adblock or something of the like and you won't see the ads. Simple.

**In2wishin** · March 16th, 2015, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by lapushka

If you have Firefox get no-script or adblock or something of the like and you won't see the ads. Simple.

Chrome has a good adblock too. I have used it for years.

**Anje** · March 16th, 2015, 10:40 AM

Alternatively, wait til you get some of the really weird ads because you're browsing the site while at work. I've gotten some for cell culture media. XD

**neko_kawaii** · March 16th, 2015, 11:23 AM

Dear Google Ads: Please stop wasting your time advertising things to me that I either already bought (I'm not going to buy a second of the exact same thing) or I looked at once and then wandered away from (I already decided not to buy it). I know you have the potential to guess what it is I might want, so why do you insist on showing me about weight loss and shampoo after I've told you I'm not interested.

Sheesh. Target can guess you are pregnant before you tell anyone. I'm still waiting for Google Ads to show me indie products before I see them on Boingboing, not after I've clicked through. But even then, I'd prefer seeing banner ads for those things than for hair products.

No, I'm not going to use ad blocker, I find the attempts at personalized ads much too crude and amusing and I want to be aware when they do eventually become subtle.

**Tabitha** · March 16th, 2015, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by neko_kawaii

Dear Google Ads: Please stop wasting your time advertising things to me that I either already bought (I'm not going to buy a second of the exact same thing) or I looked at once and then wandered away from (I already decided not to buy it). I know you have the potential to guess what it is I might want, so why do you insist on showing me about weight loss and shampoo after I've told you I'm not interested.

Sheesh. Target can guess you are pregnant before you tell anyone. I'm still waiting for Google Ads to show me indie products before I see them on Boingboing, not after I've clicked through. But even then, I'd prefer seeing banner ads for those things than for hair products.

No, I'm not going to use ad blocker, I find the attempts at personalized ads much too crude and amusing and I want to be aware when they do eventually become subtle.

Thanks for that link - fascinating read!