tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post1556636419051365913..comments2024-03-23T12:26:00.361+00:00Comments on Making the Net Work....: There's no such thing as a Free Browse ...Vastmeridianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821679405833610441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post-50827091062049676282013-02-04T20:16:15.841+00:002013-02-04T20:16:15.841+00:00You can't see a downside?
Let's see. You...You can't see a downside?<br /><br />Let's see. You're researching something you want - let's say a laptop. You look at reviews, you look at magazine articles and the tracking companies are saying to the sellers that 'David Reddington is looking at laptops'. When you come to buy, they all KNOW you're looking at laptops. Therefore, as you've already effectively said 'yes I want one', they can add an extra 5% to the price. How will you know? They're advertising the price to one person. You. No-one else. And you've told them you're interested. Shop around, do. But because your search preferences are on your computer - and in their databases - you are not as hard a sell as you'd like to think you are.<br /><br />It's your choice. For me, the less these people know about me the better - period.Vastmeridianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821679405833610441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post-78152450249282182422013-02-04T14:04:49.276+00:002013-02-04T14:04:49.276+00:00Still not convinced.
People can shove ads at me al...Still not convinced.<br />People can shove ads at me all day long. I don't care.<br />I only buy what I want and I can see no REAL downside in the whole game. If other people make money by telling third parties what they THINK I like or do, well good luck to them and more fool the buyers of MY information at least. I would rather at least have the adds targeted as I really DON't need any viagara or thermal underware. In fact I think I'll go and do some searches for rubber knickers and look forward to a flood of pretty girls coming back at me!David Reddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830135571536295501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post-10965729246560801402012-10-11T00:54:30.629+01:002012-10-11T00:54:30.629+01:00Hi, Nice post thanks for sharing. Would you please...Hi, Nice post thanks for sharing. Would you please consider adding a link to my website on your page. Please email me back. <br /> <br />Thanks!<br /><br />Joel<br />JHouston791@gmail.com <br />Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366427989777183086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post-24092314219343431742012-04-17T23:21:54.631+01:002012-04-17T23:21:54.631+01:00Yes, at first glance targeted ads can be useful. ...Yes, at first glance targeted ads can be useful. But this is such a superficial view that glosses over the true nature of these ads and data harvesting systems.<br /><br />You may not put anything interesting or 'secret' on Facebook, but that's not to say you won't want other activities of yours in the public domain. The point is: Facebook can combine data about you from all sorts of web sites and it is THIS that is so sinister. Let me point you at an article in the Financial Times from last September:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/5s26xcz<br /><br />Read that and understand why I am concerned enough to promote this product.Vastmeridianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821679405833610441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post-55253087741822862172012-04-17T04:48:14.263+01:002012-04-17T04:48:14.263+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.David Reddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830135571536295501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388522406803429788.post-31654182246346815412012-04-17T04:44:42.154+01:002012-04-17T04:44:42.154+01:00I Can't see what all the fuss is about. I woul...I Can't see what all the fuss is about. I would not put any information into any of these sites that I wanted to keep secret. (obviously).<br />I am quite happy to have targeted ads and find this useful. One example recently highlighted how effective this is. I had been googling "water Butts" because I wanted to buy one as we now have a hosepipe ban. When I next returned to facebook for a game of scrabble,EVERY advert that appeared on the scrabble page was for water butts! Well they put adverts there anyway, so why not advertise something I have an interest in? It is no skin off my nose as they say.<br />I am not aware of any price I am paying for this mechanism. unless perhaps my wife is looking over my shoulder and notices a rather large number of ads for lets say<br />ladies underwear coming up!!<br />It is not as though I have to buy something just because I see an advert for it.<br /><br />What I would like to get rid of is all the adverts that appear on my facebook "Wall" It is not the ads themselves that bother me but the fact that I have to scroll past them all to see what real friends have posted. (jmtw)[just my thruppence worth]David<br />PS the support for HTML seems broken. I just put "<"i> iether side of "ladies underwear" and I got a message saying Your HTML cannot be accepted: Tag is not closed: IDavid Reddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830135571536295501noreply@blogger.com