Behavioral Search & Advertising On Its Way? 186
cyberianpan writes "Imagine a world where advertisers would be able to predict your detailed behavior online. They would know when you are about to buy a song, a car, a present for your spouse — they would know virtually everything you are thinking.
With the acquisition of DoubleClick, Google now has access to the cookies and subsequently browsing history of vast numbers of web users. It would be fair to say that greater than 85% of Internet users frequently come into contact with ads served by DoubleClick.
Google could potentially have access to not only the majority of the world's search history but its browsing and e-commerce history as well. The company could know more about web surfers than they know about themselves."
Advertising? What are these ads you speak of? (Score:5, Funny)
hmmmm, really? (Score:5, Funny)
Could it tell me where I left my keys?
Adblock? (Score:3, Funny)
This is good news (Score:5, Funny)
Whew!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
*puke*
Re:This is good news (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This is good news (Score:3, Funny)
Re:hmmmm, really? (Score:3, Funny)
It'll be easier to shop for others (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm..... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, now I know my secret is safe.
Oh wait.
Geez, ever heard of commas? (Score:4, Funny)
Holy crap, I think we need to undertake an emergency mission to airdrop some punctuation into this guy's office. That sentence was just about incomprehensible.
Your sig (Score:2, Funny)
Then how can you possibly be pro-grammar?
Sorry, sorry, I couldn't resist. Oh god, not the cabbage again. *ducks*
Re:hmmmm, really? (Score:4, Funny)
No wonder he's posting anonymously. :)
Re:Only the ignorant ones (Score:5, Funny)
Predicting what Sheeple will do is easy. They eat (to excess - then diet), have sex, breed, like cars or fashion, watch sports as if they were the Circus Maximus, believe News Corps propaganda is "news", feed on the RIAA's outpourings like SOMA, drink, veg out in front of American Idol, and are far more interested in Britney and Parisite than politics or anything that actually matters. You don't really need any new technology to predict the interests of these kinds of "surfers" - it's pretty much basic animal instincts all the way. When McDonalds produces Soylent Green, they'll eat it and like it, even in the unlikely event that they know what it is.
Sheeple - it's life Jim, but not as we
(As an aside, if no-one's yet formed a band called "Joe Sixpack and the Sheeple", can I suggest that someone does.)
On top of the fridge... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hmm..... (Score:2, Funny)
Why else would they be constantly emailing you porn spam?
Re:Except (Score:3, Funny)