You can be targeted based off of cookies, but also based on demographics

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Nov 19, 2019
4:05:00pm

Jericho All-American

and some marketing companies do a better job of identifying and targeting the proper demographic than others.

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Jericho

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Messages

Author

Time

What causes the ads I see on CB?

Cougar TD

11/19/19 3:56pm

your cookies.

Zilog

11/19/19 3:58pm

Not entirely true.

SandYFan

11/19/19 3:59pm

Why do you say that?

Cougar TD

11/19/19 4:01pm

I get ads here for stuff I have NEVER browsed, especially on my work PC.

SandYFan

11/19/19 4:04pm

Is there a way to stop that? It's getting annoying

Cougar TD

11/19/19 4:07pm

I've reported them to Jefe a few times but nothing changes.

SandYFan

11/19/19 4:08pm

You can be targeted based off of cookies, but also based on demographics

Jericho

11/19/19 4:05pm

Any way to stop it?

Cougar TD

11/19/19 4:08pm

Sadly, privacy is dead. I hate to admit that, but in this digital age

Jericho

11/19/19 4:17pm

Clear your cookies.

Mikey

11/19/19 4:21pm

That only works until your open your browser the next time.

Lance71

11/19/19 4:43pm

RE: your cookies.

TerribleOpinionsGuy

11/19/19 4:00pm

Your browsing habits/traffic

BoiseBlueCoug

11/19/19 4:00pm

And site content

mudpupper

11/19/19 4:01pm

Yes, that is also a contributing factor.

Jericho

11/19/19 4:05pm

Nostalgia for the Sears catalog?

mrphotogenic

11/19/19 4:07pm

Ad networks, based on several factors: cookies, history, location, page content

Squeegee

11/20/19 7:17am

This is helpful, thanks.

Cougar TD

11/20/19 8:21am

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