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Re:Ruin My Search History by vacri on Thursday June 09, 2016 @09:23PM (#11873671)
I always find it amusing when you sign up for a service, and then for the next little while, half the ads you see are for that service. "Uh... but I've already signed up..."
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Re:Ruin My Search History by ECrownofFire on Friday June 10, 2016 @12:33AM (#11874322)
It's especially hilarious when you see ads for something while you're using it.
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Re:Ruin My Search History by BillyParadise on Friday June 10, 2016 @12:17AM (#11874271)
So they got the retargeting part right, but forgot to add a second tracking code for those who signed up. "Woops"
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Re:Ruin My Search History by witty_username on Friday June 10, 2016 @12:39AM (#11874333)
I got ads for a mouse (similar model) after it was bought.
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Re:Ruin My Search History by reitanqild on Friday June 10, 2016 @01:09AM (#11874426)
I think I learned in my marketing course that we (statistically) tend to look out for ads for things we have bought after the purchase.

The reason is hypothesised to be because our brain is actively seeking confirmation of previous decisions.

That said, your case most definitely was because of indiscriminate retargeting. Also I guess the effect I mentioned is more visible for bigger purchases : )

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