New age/creepy advertising?

[Vdubchaos]

Last week I was on Home Depot website looking at this one item. So usual popup ads on certain sites contained the item.

Today, I was on AMC and started watching "Better call Saul" and there it is, custom made commercial with the item I was looking at JUST for me....not one, but 2 in the row.

Thought that was kind of creepy......but a good reminder that everything we do, we are being watched hehe.

 

[Ns1]

Last week I was on Home Depot website looking at this one item. So usual popup ads on certain sites contained the item.

Today, I was on AMC and started watching "Better call Saul" and there it is, custom made commercial with the item I was looking at JUST for me....not one, but 2 in the row.

Thought that was kind of creepy......but a good reminder that everything we do, we are being watched hehe.

Maybe someone was just fucking with you

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[Newbian]

If you are getting pop ups or ad's you are doing the internet wrong.

 

[Jeff7]

If Firefox
Then:
Ghostery
Cookieculler (auto-deletes some cookies on restart)

 

[purbeast0]

that is called targeted advertising, and it's been happening as far back as i can remember.

and LOL @ seeing ads on the internet. i don't think i had hair on my balls the last time i saw ads.

 

[z1ggy]

More ads for 9'' black dildoes, huh? : (

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

it's called retargeting. retargeting across devices is a thing also.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

If you are getting pop ups or ad's you are doing the internet wrong.

Don't uplift the monkeys! :biggrin:

 

[PlanetJosh]

Wondered if any national ads have been made to get the attention of a single person in the general population, someone who's not famous. Of course the ad would target a wider audience, but have one little thing in the ad that's meant to annoy or harass a specific person. That's just conspiracy stuff I know, but still wondering.

I don't mean local ads in a very small town. Heck that's probably been done numerous times especially if everyone knows just about everyone else in a tiny town. And they'd probably get a laugh from that type of ad I described since they'd all know the one person target.

 

[Vdubchaos]

that is called targeted advertising, and it's been happening as far back as i can remember.

and LOL @ seeing ads on the internet. i don't think i had hair on my balls the last time i saw ads.

You really go out of your way to be a douche, don't you.

I wasn't talking about ads, pictures etc.

I'm talking about full blown commercial/video with product I was searching....

besides, I'm pretty sure you have no balls, so stop making yourself feel better.

 

[cbrunny]

I intentionally don't block ads because I don't have cable. I almost never see commercials, which sounds like a dream but it makes it difficult to know what's new and stuff. Might sound silly but those of you that also are without tv know what i'm talking about.

 

[purbeast0]

You really go out of your way to be a douche, don't you.

I wasn't talking about ads, pictures etc.

I'm talking about full blown commercial/video with product I was searching....

besides, I'm pretty sure you have no balls, so stop making yourself feel better.

because a commercial is not an advertisement.

okay genius.