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This is true. But ads are more targeted not to make it less annoying for you, but because people who sell stuff think they'll get a higher conversion rate the m
by pajtai 11y ago
This is true. But ads are more targeted not to make it less annoying for you, but because people who sell stuff think they'll get a higher conversion rate the more targeted they get.... and that's hard to argue with.
But I do think legislation to make you be tracked less would be awesome, but it'd be fighting money.
- cm2187 11y agoYou would have to rely on ad websites to respect laws and regulations and for legislations to be consistent in every country. Ain't going to happen. I'd rather keep blocking ads.
- dogma1138 11y agoThe ad network will only have to comply with that for websites that operate out of said country, a US website doesn't have to comply with EU cookie policy for example unless it's operated by a company from within the EU.
- cm2187 11y agoYes right now the website will serve a script from a third party ad network, which itself serves a script from a fourth party ad network, etc, etc. When you visit a US website you would be lucky that all the companies that help themselves on your browser are all US based.
- bduerst 11y agoWhat you're describing is typically considered publisher fraud and not unique to this situation. Ad networks will revoke that website or any of the parties in between that serves their ads fraudulently.
- semi-extrinsic 11y ago> people who sell stuff think they'll get a higher conversion rate the more targeted they get.... and that's hard to argue with. Is it really? For me, targeted ads come up for either a) products I have already purchased or b) products I've looked at and then decided not to buy. I got my wife an espresso grinder for Christmas, ordered on Dec. 10, but AdSense is still showing me ads for grinders. There is exactly 0.00% chance of me buying another one.
- dangrossman 11y agoCampaign A: Show 10,000 random people ads for espresso grinders. Campaign B: Show 10,000 people who recently looked at espresso grinders some ads for them. 95% of the first group didn't know espresso grinders were a thing people bought. The remainder probably aren't actively shopping for one. In the second group, some portion of the audience has already bought an espresso grinder, or decided they don't want one right now after all. But it's also guaranteed to include thousands of people actively shopping for one right now. Which campaign do you think is going to result in more espresso grinders sold? The one that doesn't include you, or the one that does?
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoWhat about campaign c: show 9,900 people who recently looked at espresso grinders an ad for one, and 100 people who actually bought one an ad for something related that they might need. If you're harvesting that kind of data anyway, at least use it! As a matter of interest, is someone who has previously purchased an espresso grinder more or less likely to buy one than someone who hasn't?
- ryandvm 11y agoOf course you're correct, but the problem is Campaign C requires a far higher invasion of privacy. Now, not only do you want the advertisers to track the sites you visit - you're also proposing they somehow get information about everything you purchase?! No thanks.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoIt wouldn't be that hard to handle without any further privacy invasion: online shop waits O(12) hours before reporting to AdSense, and if visitor bought the product within that time, reports other, related product instead. (If the ads in the first 12 hours are important, it makes little sense that they keep advertising for a whole month.)
- mmanfrin 11y ago