boestar Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So...this ad was on this page this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Well, since the ads are personalized based on your browsing history .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp fa Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I'm not sure they are J.O. I had an ad for firearms training today, then one advertising pardons for criminal records. I have noticed that my email is also being harvested though. I sent an email to my kids the other day telling them that I was going to visit my mom, and I mentioned the town where she lives. Since then, I've noticed multiple ads for a car dealership in that town (not on this site).Big brother is watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I don't use it as often as I should, but Crap Cleaner does a good job of cleaning out all your old cookies and "crap".https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 So does, in the case of MSIE, Internet Options - Delete Browsing History - Everything.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 True, but CCleaner is much more robust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 I had used Ccleaner to clear out cookies before that ad popped up. If there is no history it looks at the Meta data for the page and generates ads based on the page content.The ads are starting to reflect different things now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I keep getting ads for XL condoms. Damn you Amazon!!!My Escort Services ads have stopped. Perhaps I've been a little too judicious in cleaning my cache... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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