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If you purchase something from a location based ad, the advertiser is going to have your billing and shipping information, so that's just splitting hairs at thi

by bduerst 10y ago

If you purchase something from a location based ad, the advertiser is going to have your billing and shipping information, so that's just splitting hairs at this point. You're thinking of keyword advertising, not display. AdWords can do both display and keyword advertising, the latter of which is different. Advertisers don't see demographic information about who clicks on their search ads because they can can only target by keywords, so your theory of leaky data doesn't apply there either. That's also the second time you've moved the goal posts as you've learned more about how online advertising works. Kind of reminds me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

amelius 10y ago
> If you purchase something from a location based ad, the advertiser is going to have your billing and shipping information, so that's just splitting hairs at this point. Emphasis is on "recent searches", not on the location. > They can can only target by keywords, so your theory of leaky data doesn't apply there either Yes, you are more right here (and here only). If ads are only shown when you are actively searching for their keywords, then whether there is a leak is questionable. But an advertiser could still trick one to reveal information, like in a phishing attack, by using keywords unrelated to the ad. > That's also the second time you've moved the goal posts as you've learned more about how online advertising works. Thanks for educating me, but my argument still stands. In fact that second time, I placed the goal post back at its original place, since apparently, Google's ad controls do not allow one to turn off ads based on recent searches.