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Originally posted by: Evadman
not even close to actual.
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maybe not, but its an interesting conversational point and I'm sure marketers look at this data when trying to figure out where to advertise.

What I would find disturbing is the 4 month trend, i don't know if its PV or uniques (looks like uniques) but its a strong downward trend. Is this a seasonal pattern or are users migrating to other sites? I'm noticing less activity overall.
 
Originally posted by: Epic Fail
Originally posted by: iamanidiot
how can they possibility know that info?
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You signed your life away when you use google.
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right, but they still don't have information on what sex i am or how much i make. And ethnicity? how the hell?
 
Originally posted by: iamanidiot
Originally posted by: Epic Fail
Originally posted by: iamanidiot
how can they possibility know that info?
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You signed your life away when you use google.
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right, but they still don't have information on what sex i am or how much i make. And ethnicity? how the hell?
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Not saying that their data is accurate but a hell of a lot of info is out there about everyone. Ever sign up for a "free ipod" or free anything? Bet you had to fill out a form giving them your gender, age group, annual income etc etc... that along with tracking cookies can be used to trace your browsing habits. And huge databases of said info are available to any company wanting to pay for it.
 
I can only see this happening via amazon/alexa, but even then, no one has one single IP that they use. It has to be mostly guesses.
 
Originally posted by: iamanidiot
I can only see this happening via amazon/alexa, but even then, no one has one single IP that they use. It has to be mostly guesses.
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I wouldn't call it guesses I'd call it statistics. In that yes a lot of the data may be wrong but statistically enough of it is probably accurate enough for this, or something like it, to be a valuable marketing tool.
 
I'm married, make a little under $100K a year, have two kids, and own a house. Am I still allowed to be here? 🙁
 
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