How the F@*K did you know i was looking at..

[Phooey]

Sylvanian families at johnlewis.com???

Is this just a matter of coincidence, or is there some kind of 'spy' software used on PH that knows what i'm looking at on other sites of tinternet?

I have literally just closed the tab viewing these little Sylvanian freaks, refreshed PH, and on the homepage is an advert from johnlewis, showing me what i've just been looking at 30 seconds ago! Freaky or fecking what

[Classic Grad 98]

Look on the plus side. I get to enjoy PH with a side-serving of Latvian Porn.

[Jonnas]

Totally freaky and obviously a massive coincidence! It'll never happen again. If it does you are obviously being watched by MI5 and you should burn your computer with fire to get away from them........

[AndyBrew]

Cookies ...... I used webuyanycar and got a quote for my BMW 320d several days later I used a car forum I think it was this one and the advert was advertising my cars current valuation through webuyanycar, hence I would assume there must be a cookie system in place whereby affiliates use these to tempt us with things they think we are interested in, like Latvian porn

[Stuart]

I get stalked by John Lewis all over the internet, not just PistonHeads. They, like a lot of advertisers, use a system called "behavioural targeting." It uses an anonymised cookie based system to target you with ads as you travel around the internet based on the sites you look at. So basically John Lewis placed the cookie on your machine when you visited their site (and not PH) and then it used that cookie to target you when you came here.

Done well, it can be subtle and generate better response for advertisers, but John Lewis always seem to be a bit more brutal. I can never understand the logic of showing me ads that I've just been looking at, because I have either presumably bought the product, or decided not to. There's logic in there somewhere, but I don't get it either.

[Mr Whippy]

PH don't know (I don't think), but cookies are telling the adverts what to show you.

I'm fairly certain you can just block cookies that you don't want to be watching you.

Dave

[Phooey]

I'VE GOT SOMEONE KNOCKING AT MY DOOR NOW, DRESSED AS A RABBIT!! Aggggghhhhhh

[miniman]

Phooey said:

I'VE GOT SOMEONE KNOCKING AT MY DOOR NOW, DRESSED AS A RABBIT!! Aggggghhhhhh

A rampant one?

[Classic Grad 98]

Yeah, yeah I see that... :-P

...no wait... I'm looking at the add space again

[0a]

Look behind you.

Garlik is behind the camera watching your every move.

A live feed is posted in a *secret underground forum*.

We all bet on what you will do next.

[C3BER]

The stalking google link is what your on about. Leave a space for adds on your website and with cookie google marketing....keep looking behind you.

[Turn7]

Wait......there are adverts on Ph ?

[Classic Grad 98]

Turn7 said:

Wait......there are adverts on Ph ?

Yes. Winter tyre manufacturers hold a major stake!

[Kinky]

It's retargeted ads, which might be behavioural-based, depending on how comprehensive/advanced JLs campaign is setup

[Turn7]

Classic Grad 98 said:

Turn7 said:

Wait......there are adverts on Ph ?

Yes. Winter tyre manufacturers hold a major stake!

Cant see any adverts here...

[RV8]

I was thinking about food, popped onto the main page - there are restaurant vouchers being advertised. They are in my mind too.

Then again I'm always thinking about food.

[Dr Banjo]

This should help and its free.

Been around for ages.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

[bash6673]

Have a look elsewhere for the car you want,it might show up here without going through the filtering BS.....maybe.

[Stuart]

bash6673 said:

Have a look elsewhere for the car you want,it might show up here without going through the filtering BS.....maybe.

How is that comment of relevance to this thread? Please keep the classified comments to the classified threads.

Thanks.

[pmanson]

Kinky said:

It's retargeted ads, which might be behavioural-based, depending on how comprehensive/advanced JLs campaign is setup

If the EU directive on "cookies" ever sees the light of day (absolutely shocking piece of badly written legislation) it may have to stop