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

[Dennis Ruzeski]

Marketing people call this "Behavioral Targeting".  I call it
obnoxious.  You'll find that ads for that on almost any site that uses
Google Ad-Sense that you browse to.

--Dennis



On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> 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 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.
>
> --
> .!# RichardBronosky #!.
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