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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:25 am Post subject: Internet ads, how do they know? |
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After the week I'm having - no work until yesterday, then a job worth £62.10 but a parking ticket for £60, this morning I knocked my coffee mug off the top of the stairs and it bounced down happily, only to shatter on the wood floor effect, so I cleaned it up cos I made the mess, but pressed a bit hard on the dustpan and broke the handle, then noticed that a sharp edge has gouged out a bit of wood effect. I was thinking of washing the van this morning, but I'm terrified I might drown myself!
So any way, how do they know what advert to give you? On my Facebook profile is absolutely nothing but my name - no location, no age, nothing. So what makes "them" think that I might want to see adverts for "Discreet catheter for men"? They don't even know if I wear a dark suit! _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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I thought you had to put a date of birth in when signing up to The Facebook? Whether it shows on your profile or not doesn't matter - The Facebook have that data.
When you advertise on The Facebook you can choose who the advert goes to. E.g. if you are a company selling male catheters you would select your target audience eg: UK, Male, Age 60+
You could also choose other demographics such as 'people who like Abba', 'people who like shopping'. It is very very targeted from the advertisers point of view.
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:48 am Post subject: |
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I dunno, it was one of my great nephews who signed me up at a great niece's wedding reception when I was gullible enough to show him my iPhone. Kids! They used to be seen and not heard once upon a time! _________________ Dennis
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Internet ads, how do they know? |
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DennisN wrote: | So what makes "them" think that I might want to see adverts for "Discreet catheter for men"? They don't even know if I wear a dark suit! | Perhaps they know something that you're not aware of yet! _________________ Richard
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:34 am Post subject: |
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Ah yes! That'll be PGPSW telling them my lifetime membership expires in 14 years time (it sounds better in seconds according to MaFt). _________________ Dennis
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Have you considered making a donation towards website running costs?. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. We think you’ll find our adverts are not overbearing!
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