[ale] [OT]I think this is awesome, you may find it scary

[Beddingfield, Allen]

This sort of thing has gotten really spooky.  I was searching for review on cars on my laptop at home one evening.  I was also logged into my yahoo and Facebook account on that computer.  The next morning, I got to work, logged into those two accounts, and all of the ads were for cars of the make/models I had been searching for - yet I had not done the searching at home.
I'm not sure that it is your GMail account.  It could be something similar to what I experienced.  Now, I have noticed that it happens consistently.  I suppose that will remind me to never look for anything offensive/embarrassing!

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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama

From: Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com<mailto:richard at bronosky.com>>
Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:50 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
Subject: [ale] [OT]I think this is awesome, you may find it scary

So, we have been talking about cable modems in another thread. I have replied to the thread, but I never searched for a product to reference or anything like that. Now, when I go to amazon.com<http://amazon.com> to order some more "I'm too busy coding to get up and eat right now" bars. I see an ad for the Motorola 6141 SurfBoard Modem. I can only assume that Google scanned my Gmail and caused this to happen. I've seen my searches in Google Shopping and on Amazon affect Google adsense ads and Amazon ads respectively. But, I've never seen such a crossover. Maybe it is a coincidence. I don't think it is.

I think this is awesome. I know I am going to see ads when surfing the net. I expect it. When the ads are well targeted, I like it. That's right. I like ads! I go to my job and earn money so that I can buy geeky stuff like Android tablets, RaspberryPi accessories, and flash drives so small you can lose them inside a USB port. I like that I see ads for these things instead of for Lexus and Tampax. I only wish my TV ads were so relevant.

Okay, queue the "corporapist" rant.

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