gordon s Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Just curious to know what drives the advertising on RMweb. I can understand all the model railway content as that is a given, but I happened to order a reel of wire from Rapid Electronics two days ago and now find every other ad (so it seems) is for reels of wire from Rapid Electronics. Of course I understand the basics of advertising and targeted adverts, but I started with a Google search for wire or for Rapid Electronics directly as I've bought from them before. None of that was linked to RMweb, so the targeted advertising can only have come from those two sources. What would have happened if I had bought something far more racy and exciting.... Would RMweb pages then be full of ads for things I would rather keep to myself? Needless to say I haven't, but curiosity started to get the better of me and I wondered how these links are made and does anything go through and appear in here without checking it's suitability for possible child audiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2017 Just curious to know what drives the advertising on RMweb. I can understand all the model railway content as that is a given, but I happened to order a reel of wire from Rapid Electronics two days ago and now find every other ad (so it seems) is for reels of wire from Rapid Electronics. Of course I understand the basics of advertising and targeted adverts, but I started with a Google search for wire or for Rapid Electronics directly as I've bought from them before. None of that was linked to RMweb, so the targeted advertising can only have come from those two sources. What would have happened if I had bought something far more racy and exciting.... Would RMweb pages then be full of ads for things I would rather keep to myself? Needless to say I haven't, but curiosity started to get the better of me and I wondered how these links are made and does anything go through and appear in here without checking it's suitability for possible child audiences? I've recently been looking for a replacement laptop for Mrs.Mezzoman's old one. Yesterday I purchased one online that met my requirements. Since then I've been bombarded by ad's for, you guessed it, laptops of the type I bought. Would I really buy another one straight after buying a new one? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The data gathering is clever, but the use of it has much to learn. Ebay has a lot to learn too. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Andy Y breaks into your house overnight and rifles through your desk papers on your bureau. Edited November 9, 2017 by chris p bacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 but curiosity started to get the better of me and I wondered how these links are made and does anything go through and appear in here without checking it's suitability for possible child audiences? Hi Gordon, Only you are seeing ads for reels of wire. No-one else is seeing them, and RMweb doesn't know that you are seeing them. They simply sell the empty advertising slot on the page. regards, Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Hi Gordon, Only you are seeing ads for reels of wire. No-one else is seeing them, ....... Or anyone looking at your computer, which could be a child, maybe? So if your computer is not private, be careful! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 Gordon How much is a reel of wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 Gordon How much is a reel of wire? :) I'd look through his window but he needs to increase the font size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted November 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2017 Or anyone looking at your computer, which could be a child, maybe? So if your computer is not private, be careful! Regards Exactly. Not had the problem with RMWeb but the French weather site I use picks up on the cookies deposited by the websites I have visited and drops an advertising banner based on them. So if I visited Ikea looing for trestles (to support a layout) I get a banner with all Ikeas trestle offerings. If I visited EasyJet I get their offerings of the day and I guess that if I looked on Amazon for life sized blow up dolls...................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I have had the occasional contact from a reader disgusted at some of the adverts which have appeared. I do explain how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I have had the occasional contact from a reader disgusted at some of the adverts which have appeared. I do explain how it works. Best not do a search for French (railway) models then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 What would have happened if I had bought something far more racy and exciting.... Ads for Scalextric - obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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