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How does the forum know....
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How does the forum know....
..... 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?
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?
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Re: How does the forum know....
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
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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!?
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!?
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Re: How does the forum know....
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)
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)
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Re: How does the forum know....
You should be thankful it was just Jersey.
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Cheers gents. Its pretty impressive how it all works - adamski has summed it up in my language
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Re: How does the forum know....
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.
To avoid this close your browser often and start again.
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That explains what happened after I searched for "The Gilf of Mexico"!!
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GregZ4 wrote:That explains what happened after I searched for "The Gilf of Mexico"!!
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It tracks via your browser - if you run Adblock Plus you can get rid of the adverts.
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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.
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Bing wrote:GregZ4 wrote:That explains what happened after I searched for "The Gilf of Mexico"!!
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Re: How does the forum know....
How come i never get any porn adverts then
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Serial history and cookie deletionmr wilks wrote:How come i never get any porn adverts then
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