Yep, had the same thing happen to me when I was looking at buying a Surface a few months ago. Got ads for months afterwards. I find it ironic that if you bought the product they are advertising, it is effectively a waste of money for the advertiser continually bombarding you with ads for something you already own.
Welcome to the digital age - privacy is a luxury now! -----Original Message----- From: "Greg Keogh" <[email protected]> Sent: 19/12/2014 6:05 PM To: "ozDotNet" <[email protected]> Subject: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of fine-tipped pens, found them at Officeworks, and went down and bought them (as well as some paper and other stuff). This evening I went to this web page: http://www.myerrorsandmysolutions.com/how-to-install-certificates-file-cer-on-microsoft-windows-phone-based-devices/ In the middle of the page is a huge ad for the exact same pens that I bought. The URL of the ad is (truncated): http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk? [cut] &adurl=http://www.megaofficesupplies.com.au/pelikan-artline-draw-system-pen-6-nib-sizes-1-2-3-4-5-8-black-wallet-6/%3Fdfw_tracker%3D2252-8735 I'm really, REALLY pissed off. I hate ads, I hate being tracked, I have a tiny set of white-listed cookies, I erase my browsing history every few days, and I didn't put anything that could identify me in any web pages in the last few days. So how the f***nig hell is this possible?! This is insidious, frightening and depressing. Greg K
