After I buy something online, I see ads for it everywhere online. FB, here... Look, internet, I already bought that so why are you hounding me about buying it again??
Why???
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It's part of how you make your living......QYB
lucky_bee
RBF expert
I ordered a bunch of shirts from Duluth Trading Co. for the guy's Christmas presents this year (tech gifts are a no-go, see tech thread 
). I was showing him something on here, and as he was scrolling, one of the ads was for Duluth Trading Co. 
As I'm trying to inconspicuously take back my iPad before he sees it, he points at it and starts talking about how much he loves their shirts and
and I'm trying to act like I've never heard of it before Thankfully he wasn't paying much attention and didn't get the connection to why that ad popped up.
But there goes my credit for a great gift! He'll think I ordered everything after he told me about it, when I'd thought of it and ordered it all weeks ago. So thank you, dumb ads based on my browsing history
). I was showing him something on here, and as he was scrolling, one of the ads was for Duluth Trading Co. As I'm trying to inconspicuously take back my iPad before he sees it, he points at it and starts talking about how much he loves their shirts and
and I'm trying to act like I've never heard of it before Thankfully he wasn't paying much attention and didn't get the connection to why that ad popped up. But there goes my credit for a great gift! He'll think I ordered everything after he told me about it, when I'd thought of it and ordered it all weeks ago. So thank you, dumb ads based on my browsing history
Lol
Chris0nllyn
Well-Known Member
Clear your cookies and browsing history.
jimisss
New Member
that's google and Fb monitoring your searches and serving you ads based on your searches.
I logged in my fb and gmail few times while in Sweden last year... I was getting for the next half of year swedish commercials everywhere.
Same thing happens if you browse foreign language sites
I logged in my fb and gmail few times while in Sweden last year... I was getting for the next half of year swedish commercials everywhere.
Same thing happens if you browse foreign language sites
LostNFound
Member
Threads like this remind me to spread the joy that is ad-block. Not only do I not see adds for what I just browsed- I dont see adds ANYWHERE.
However the best feature would be no adds on youtube. No guilt about not supporting whatever Im not supporting by blocking annoying adds.
However the best feature would be no adds on youtube. No guilt about not supporting whatever Im not supporting by blocking annoying adds.
BOP
Well-Known Member
Preach it.
Also periodically use this to clear out your browsing history, cookies, ect. : http://www.piriform.com/
It does clear out the cookies that contain your login information, so you have to re-log into some websites.