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But sort of silly to be advertising you for something you've already bought? They think maybe you liked the bike so much you'll buy another, but only if you see
by ams6110 9y ago
But sort of silly to be advertising you for something you've already bought? They think maybe you liked the bike so much you'll buy another, but only if you see an ad?
- scandinavegan 9y agoI'm pretty sure I read here on Hacker News that one idea to advertise the exact same product that you just bought (I had that with a basketball I got for my daughter) is that they want you to feel good about the purchase. If you see it in ads after you bought it, you'll start thinking it's a popular product and will feel that your choice to buy is being validated. And they of course get to repeat the name of the store for you so that you're more likely to think of them the next time you need a related product, even if it's not a basketball. You'll remember that you've seen the name of store X in multiple places, so they must be popular.
- thisone 9y agotracking you as you browse around is relatively easy, which is what I believe these particular scripts are doing. To actually track checkouts/purchases correctly so that you don't advertise to those people requires a completely different setup.