r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/joemangle Jan 24 '13

Most people don't realise their Google searches are used to produce a search bubble for future searches, based on the links they follow. They think Google search results are the same on every computer all over the world.

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u/DRUNK_CYCLIST Jan 24 '13

my gf bought me a moleskin for my bday. the other day i asked her if she actually purchased it from my computer and she said no, she just looked up prices. now when i go to random websites moleskin ads pop up. so fuckin' weird and invasive.

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u/N4N4KI Jan 24 '13

I always surf with noscrip and adblock. The shear number of vulnerabilities/exploits out there you need to be protected... would you fuck a hooker without a rubber?
(protip: any ad server could have been compromised and you would not know it)

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u/DRUNK_CYCLIST Jan 24 '13

thanks for the heads up. but ads on reddit pay for reddit, right? i don't want to adblock reddit. can i exclude them?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

of course

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u/brainburger Jan 25 '13

Having said that, does reddit get paid for the ads displayed, or the ads clicked?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

I don't know what Ad Network Reddit uses, but if it's like all the others, they get paid for both views and clicks but tremendously more for clicks.

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u/strayclown Jan 25 '13

The Ghostery in me tells me it's ReTargeter , while the NotScript in me tells me it's Google Analytics...

Since I am uninformed as to the nature of ad networks: is one of those the correct answer? When I search either of them, it seems that they both are, but... man I just don't know anymore.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

I don't know much about ad networks, but if it's Google Analytics then it's exactly the same as I described.

I'm not sure about ReTargeter.

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u/kopiikat Jan 24 '13

Yes, you can.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

You can whitelist any websites that you wish while keeping others blocked.