Is google tracking me through this site?

[KDM]

I know we have adverts at the top of the page and up until now I thought they were general.

Then this evening I saw a car dealer close to me advertising in the header of rbuk?

How did this site know where I live enough to advertise my local car dealer?

 

[Barneyballbags]

Yeah it's pretty common.. I keep seeing adverts for things close to me as well... Google Analytics will track your location details as well as details of sites which you visit which is why they're able to place ads on pages you visit which are of interest (potentially) to you.

 

[paininthe]

Install ghostery and you'll be scarily suprised about how much tracking is going on. About 5 or 6 on this site.

 

[saltyman]

:shock:

 

[stewlewis]

You location found is based on your ISP, IP adress and their routers etc. The search and advertisement trackers have a rough idea based on IP address info.

Unless you have location services turned on on a mobile device, then it's spot on, especially if the application you allowed location services also allowed to give anonymous details to their advertisers.

Or the search engines know what you (your IP address) have searched for, bikes in London etc, and then target you with ads for bikes in London.

It's clever and it's how most of the money is made on the internet.

When we now have recorded TV and video on demand with the ads missed out they have to get us somehow, albeit targeted to what we like and have looked for anyway, how will they sell us anything new we haven't already thought of wanting?

 

[john]

It's through the google adverts we run on this site. It is indeed clever / worrying the way the can target stuff. Also see similar here and on many, many other sites.

I'm sure someone will be along advising you run some kind of blocker soon. However suggest all be mindful without said adverts this site would cease to exist!

 

[Neil]

It's through the google adverts we run on this site. It is indeed clever / worrying the way the can target stuff. Also see similar here and on many, many other sites.

I'm sure someone will be along advising you run some kind of blocker soon. However suggest all be mindful without said adverts this site would cease to exist!

Beyond these and similar ads maybe seeming a bit spooky to those who aren't au fait with how they work, I can't be the only one to occasionally find such adverts useful?

 

[saltyman]

i dont mind it, im lonely, and these adds make me feel wanted

especialy knowing i can just pop out and meet some hot russian girls in my area :twisted:

 

[john]

Beyond these and similar ads maybe seeming a bit spooky to those who aren't au fait with how they work, I can't be the only one to occasionally find such adverts useful?

Neil, you are a gentleman and a scholar.

especialy knowing i can just pop out and meet some hot russian girls in my area :twisted:

Genuine

 

[ere-tis]

I'm sure someone will be along advising you run some kind of blocker soon. However suggest all be mindful without said adverts this site would cease to exist!

I fully appreciate what you're saying John and if the site depends on advert revenue then that's better than no RB at all.

Saying that, I for one would happily donate or pay an annual subscription if that means the site was advert free.