It's google ads, so it knows stuff you've searched for before, to target the ads.
You don't always get tailored ads appearing, but you do sometimes. I bet very few get the Visual Studio 2010 adverts as frequently as I do, for instance.
Posted By: Arizona Bay on February 24th 2012 at 12:55:06
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- blimey. the roth ads do know me rather well (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 12:47:26
- It's google ads, so it knows stuff you've searched for before, to target the ads. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 12:55:06
- I did know that. Or at least, I didn't think it was coincidence (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 13:21:25
- I think it just does a word search on stuff you've typed in, as far as google mail goes, (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 24, 13:45:04
- Google and possibly elsewhere, yes. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 13:25:47
- makes me laugh when I go into the spam folder in my google mail, I get ads for (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 24, 12:57:24
- Oh the irony. Adverts *are* spam (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Feb 24, 14:28:49
- I did know that. Or at least, I didn't think it was coincidence (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 13:21:25
- It's google ads, so it knows stuff you've searched for before, to target the ads. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 12:55:06
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