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Here's the company behind that: http://www.criteo.com/ http://www.criteo.com/ Its a 3 billion French company whose sole job is to show ads for products abandon

by dedalus 10y ago

Here's the company behind that: http://www.criteo.com/ http://www.criteo.com/ Its a 3 billion French company whose sole job is to show ads for products abandoned in the cart or something you bought 6 months ago or something that their personalization algorithm suggests

anacleto 10y ago
Technically this is not correct. You can achieve the very same result using different products (eg. Adroll, Exponential Interactive) or even using Google and Facebook natively. [0] https://www.adroll.com/ https://www.adroll.com/ [1] http://exponential.com/ http://exponential.com/
user5994461 10y ago
Ironically, that's the only good tech employer in France :D
- nojvek 10y ago
  I wonder if the only action against them is sending them so much traffic their servers can't keep up. I feel with the advent of internet of shit, this will start becoming more of commonplace
  - user5994461 10y ago
    They likely have billions dollars in infrastructure, you're not gonna DDoS them. They are the one DDoSing you with ads.
  - mxvzr 10y ago
    Client side re-targeting has two pieces to it: a "segment" code placed on the product page (a marker showing you have interest in this particular product) and a "burn" code placed on the conversion page (that removes the previous marker, so they can stop showing you ads for this product once you bought it). One could add the "burn" code every time the "segment" code is detected. On some networks that may even result in an affiliate payout.
- _kyran 10y ago
  In your opinion which others come close? Which employers would you recommend avoiding?
  - user5994461 10y ago
    There is nothing else close, there is no google facebook microsoft in France.
    - helb 10y ago
      I was going to suggest OVH, but looking at the reviews at glassdoor.com… well, maybe not. https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/OVH-Reviews-E523060.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/OVH-Reviews-E523060.htm
      - user5994461 10y ago
        Not comparable to Google. OVH is only a hosting company. Low margin business. They have no software side, they don't make billion of dollars, they don't run thousands of projects.

by dedalus 10y ago

anacleto 10y ago

Technically this is not correct. You can achieve the very same result using different products (eg. Adroll, Exponential Interactive) or even using Google and Facebook natively. [0] https://www.adroll.com/ https://www.adroll.com/ [1] http://exponential.com/ http://exponential.com/

user5994461 10y ago

Ironically, that's the only good tech employer in France :D

nojvek 10y ago
I wonder if the only action against them is sending them so much traffic their servers can't keep up. I feel with the advent of internet of shit, this will start becoming more of commonplace
- user5994461 10y ago
  They likely have billions dollars in infrastructure, you're not gonna DDoS them. They are the one DDoSing you with ads.
- mxvzr 10y ago
  Client side re-targeting has two pieces to it: a "segment" code placed on the product page (a marker showing you have interest in this particular product) and a "burn" code placed on the conversion page (that removes the previous marker, so they can stop showing you ads for this product once you bought it). One could add the "burn" code every time the "segment" code is detected. On some networks that may even result in an affiliate payout.
_kyran 10y ago
In your opinion which others come close? Which employers would you recommend avoiding?
- user5994461 10y ago
  There is nothing else close, there is no google facebook microsoft in France.
  - helb 10y ago
    I was going to suggest OVH, but looking at the reviews at glassdoor.com… well, maybe not. https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/OVH-Reviews-E523060.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/OVH-Reviews-E523060.htm
    - user5994461 10y ago
      Not comparable to Google. OVH is only a hosting company. Low margin business. They have no software side, they don't make billion of dollars, they don't run thousands of projects.