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We got by for decades without analysing user habits Depends when you start counting the decades. Since Netscape and the 'coming out' of the www, we've always
by dhimes 11y ago
We got by for decades without analysing user habits
Depends when you start counting the decades. Since Netscape and the 'coming out' of the www, we've always paid attention to where people go on our own web pages.
- leereeves 11y agoAnd stores have always paid attention to how many items they sell. But (continuing the metaphor) now they're tracking what each customer buys and when, where they came from and where they go, where their eyes wander and how long they look at an item... Then sharing that data with other stores to profile customers, and find out who's sick, pregnant, graduating, on a diet, what political candidates they support... Tracking today is nothing like tracking site visitors in the '90s.
- dhimes 11y agoCompletely agree. It's the sharing that bothers me.
- kelseydh 11y agoBack in the 90's when everybody installed those wacky click counters on their page, it all seemed so innocent...
- mml 11y ago1896 is when "loyalty programs" (wherein the store collects loads of info about your purchases & habits) started.