Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All?

From	Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All?
Date	2014-09-11 10:24 +0300
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Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> writes:

> I realize there's no magic, they are displaying ads to match me, but
> under those conditions, it's no longer vague ads that I won't buy
> from, it's things I was looking at and they keep nagging at me, as if
> I was really going to buy, rather than merely looking at it wondering
> if it was suitable to buy.  Nagging me won't make me buy sooner.

Yeah. I've heard also that the ads will keep nagging at you even if you
buy. It just keeps coming. But maybe that's better than them pushing
accessories or batteries or shoelaces to things you bought in the past?
That would probably feel rather uncomfortable...

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A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-09 02:57 +0000
  Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-09 07:58 +0000
  Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-09 20:15 +1000
  Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-09-09 16:14 +0000
    Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-09 19:23 +0000
      Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-09-10 09:18 -0400
        Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-10 16:28 +0000
        Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-09-10 16:37 -0300
          Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-09-10 20:10 +0000
          Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-10 20:35 -0400
            Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-09-11 10:24 +0300
          Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-13 10:51 +0200
            Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-09-13 15:51 -0300
        Re: A Dangerous Question: Does Internet Advertising Work at All? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-13 04:17 +0200

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