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Re:What I use instead of Google services by spot on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @09:34PM (#8261121)
> Intuition says Google is selling the valuable information they collect to third-party advertisers.

In this case your intuition has failed you.

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Re:What I use instead of Google services by skierscott on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @09:57PM (#8261172)
You're right; I was wrong. It makes complete sense for an advertiser to say, "Sell adds to people interested in X" and for i.e. Google to show those ads.

Even for less reputable companies, it seems you're right: it makes more sense to sell ads for a keyword rather than to make the advertisers sort through a mass of data. Is that the case?

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