How does the forum know....

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imp75

Senior member
 Hartlepool
..... what ive been looking at online?

I have been looking at websites about Jersey and I now see adverts at the top of the screen for Jersey Holidays. I have been looking at different financial institutions online and I now also get adverts for banks too.

If I look-up 'page 3 stunners' on google will I be able to kill two birds with one stone and have pretty ladies and tasteful cars all in one? 8)
 
IIRC it runs off the cookies on your computer. These are files stored on your computer each time you visit a website. simply delete them by doing a disk clean up - job done
 
As above, I think the ads, which are from Google, track your browsing habits.

I visited a clothing website, had a browse around, then the next day I got an email asking why I hasn't bought anything and was there anything they could do. Scary!?
 
That's the power of Google...

Depending upon the browser you are using you can change your settings to "do not track" or use a browser plug-in that will stop this happening. IMO firefox is the best browser for this (and this isn't attempting to start a browser wars thread)
 
Cheers gents. Its pretty impressive how it all works - adamski has summed it up in my language :thumbsup:
 
We have a website and we can trace back to find out what customers searched to buy our products. We can see everything that they searched since they opened their browser to arriving at our website. So if they googled allsorts of stuff and hours later ended up on our site we can see the history of searches to help optimise our site. This service is provided to us by Google.
To avoid this close your browser often and start again.
 
That explains what happened after I searched for "The Gilf of Mexico"!!

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Adblock plus only removes ads, not cookies. Dnt or do not track is another addon, or in some cases a configuration option, that will stop you being tracked.
 
Stuart Truman said:
Adblock plus only removes ads, not cookies. Dnt or do not track is another addon, or in some cases a configuration option, that will stop you being tracked.
Click to expand...

You really want a Facebook tracker blocker too...
 
Try a VPN like Hide My Ass.

That'll stop it. It's also useful when abroad because you can chose a UK server and still watch BBC iPlayer, SkyGo etc.

Grannies I'd like to.......what?????
 
in private was designed for "men to be able to buy presents for their wives" which I believe is code for Private OservationalResearch Network.

ive found setting IE to delete cookies/temp etc when you close down stops ads but has the disadvantage of making you log in every time you access the forum instead of remembering you.
 
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