Online advertising getting so smart that it's dumb?

V4NT0M · 22 Apr 2011 at 13:53

I've got adblock installed but I'm not really proactive with it, I have noticed a massive increase in adverts popping up to advertise things to me that I have already bought from the retailer that I bought it from...

A chair from ryman, Blu ray from Play, a desk from Amazon, all advertised to me over the past few months, but I've already bought them! lol

paulh · 22 Apr 2011 at 13:58

Yeah but you might need another one....??

Antelopethy · 22 Apr 2011 at 14:36

I've noticed this as well, especially with the rainforest place - I bought a memory stick, so now all the adverts are along the lines of "You bought this USB stick - we recommend you buy all of THESE memory sticks!"

tigerstyle · 22 Apr 2011 at 14:57

I hate these type of posts, but hopefully this is the most stupidest one yet:

Worst I can afford office furniture thread ever...

V4NT0M · 22 Apr 2011 at 15:06

tigerstyle said:
I hate these type of posts, but hopefully this is the most stupidest one yet:

Worst I can afford office furniture thread ever...

Such a luxury

Tefal · 22 Apr 2011 at 15:07

Skyfall said:
Such a luxury

in my day we used the interns for chairs! :mad:

Sida · 22 Apr 2011 at 15:09

Amazon annoys me with this kind of thing. They wait until you buy something, then email you with alternative versions of the same product for about a month.

gothic_hobbit · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:52

Don't you just love capitalism ?

Evilsod · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:56

Sida said:
Amazon annoys me with this kind of thing. They wait until you buy something, then email you with alternative versions of the same product for about a month.

Maybe the marketing department watches too many quiz shows?

"Oh well, but here's what you could have won!" And starts showcasing tons of things cheaper or better or with offers on them.

manic111 · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:59

This is actually remarketing. The likelihood is that at some stage for these products you looked at their page or even put them in your cart, but then didn't buy them (although may have done in future). Play, for example, would then have cookied you, knowing that you looked at the product page and attempting to direct you back their through affiliate ads on other sites.

RomanNose · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:03

Here is a fix
here.

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:16

Yup - noticed this a lot. It's beginning to get hugely annoying. I cannot go anywhere without being offered hotel rooms in a country I've already booked a hotel in from a retailer I've already booked with.

shifty_uk · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:18

I keep getting offers for my car from webuyanycar or product recommendations from Amazon and Halfords. It's annoying!

Judgeneo · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:20

Yeah I got the same when I bought my jacket.
Quite amusing really

Sin_Chase · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:40

I get the same thing from my insurance company in the post!. Every year, same damn thing, wanting me to buy the same damn product.

I mean wtf? :confused:

Amp34 · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:19

chaosdestro0 said:
Here is a fix
here.

May work on some, but not all. A lot of it is now coming from ISPs analysing the web pages you frequent which means no matter how many cookies you block it won't help.

Greenlizard0 · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:21

You're annoyed by this?

I'm embarrassed by it.

E61 Grouphead · 27 Apr 2011 at 23:06

Greenlizard0 said:
You're annoyed by this?

I'm embarrassed by it.

What have you been ordering?

Smitho3 · 27 Apr 2011 at 23:38

not half as annoying as having your place of work take over virtually all adspace on any given legitimate web page. Just when you think your work day is over you get a stupid ad pop up asking you to buy the very thing you sell! whats the point advertising it to me eh? As the OP says, its becoming so smart its dumb.

wilko49 · 28 Apr 2011 at 02:47

I was showing my dad a web page earlier (on his computer, on his account), and I got adverts for his work, for the jacket he was wearing, and... ann summers? should I be worried?