Bimmerpost adverstises for Porsche? - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

whats77inaname · 09-18-2012, 10:18 AM

I hit the bimmerpost.com homepage today and was greeted with this *lol*:

My335iTT · 09-18-2012, 10:34 AM

No.....most ads are geared toward what you have been looking at. I was just on amazon looking at music and I just got a ad for Amazon.com ......

Fox128i · 09-18-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by My335iTT

No.....most ads are geared toward what you have been looking at. I was just on amazon looking at music and I just got a ad for Amazon.com ......

That happens to be as well.

Brey335i · 09-18-2012, 12:09 PM

I get an ad for Chromebook

M_Six · 09-18-2012, 12:16 PM

Use Firefox and AdBlock Plus and you won't see any ads anywhere. Makes pages load must faster.

bga23 · 09-18-2012, 12:24 PM

Ad makes sense to me, many BMW owners "move up" to P cars.

ragingclue · 09-18-2012, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by My335iTT

No.....most ads are geared toward what you have been looking at. I was just on amazon looking at music and I just got a ad for Amazon.com ......

This, it's from your own cache I believe.

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Use Firefox and AdBlock Plus and you won't see any ads anywhere. Makes pages load must faster.

+1

Unless you like ads, then it would be -1

txz4 · 09-18-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by My335iTT

No.....most ads are geared toward what you have been looking at. I was just on amazon looking at music and I just got a ad for Amazon.com ......

....explains the constant barrage of buttplug ads.

bolinp78 · 09-18-2012, 01:15 PM

I was wondering why I kept getting Shamwow ads poppin' up all over

iBoost · 09-18-2012, 01:27 PM

That explains the pornhub that pop'd up in mine.

whats77inaname · 09-18-2012, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by My335iTT

No.....most ads are geared toward what you have been looking at. I was just on amazon looking at music and I just got a ad for Amazon.com ......

Aware of that, but I 1) clear my cache and history when I close my browser, and that is the first page I opened this morning and 2) really don't care for most P-cars, so you can rest assured I wasn't searching for/looking at them *lol*

ragingclue · 09-18-2012, 04:13 PM

Then it's probably the doing of that large German man standing over your shoulder.

Maestro · 09-18-2012, 04:35 PM

If the Forum is using google to provide ads and google knows who you are, like logging into your google account they keep track of what you are doing and put up ads which they deem appropriate for your liking. As someone said above, there are plugin you can get for your internet browser which will allow you to block the ad, the nice side affect is the pages usually load a lot faster.

Clearing out yous caches and cookies will help google not tracking everything you are doing and every search you done and every ad you may have clicked on.

Sara504 · 09-18-2012, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by iBoost

That explains the pornhub that pop'd up in mine.

evo119 · 09-18-2012, 06:12 PM

Bimmerpost is probably part of an ad network that sells real estate (jargon for ad placements) to their clients. Clients can range from anything, but the key is targeting the most relevant ad to maximize exposure. Since this is a car forum, it makes sense. Prolly targeted to a certain demographic who are interested in automobiles.

If you want to get real technical, they could go deeper into targeting ads to you by way of installing a cookie on your computer. That will essentially learn your behavior in which websites you visit and sorta builds a profile of your interests.

Yea it sounds stalkerish but that's the jist of it.

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09-18-2012, 12:24 PM	#6
bga23 Dirty old man Drives: 2011.99 E90 Alpine White Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Yeah, but it is a dry heat Posts: 289 iTrader: (0)	Ad makes sense to me, many BMW owners "move up" to P cars. __________________ 2011 AW E90 (current) 2007 MB ML63 (sold) 2006 Porsche 911 C2S (sold) 2005 Hummer H2 (sold) 2004 BMW 330i w/ZHP (sold)

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bolinp78 G35 convertee Drives: 2008 335i (AW) Join Date: May 2008 Location: . Posts: 983 iTrader: (1)	I was wondering why I kept getting Shamwow ads poppin' up all over __________________

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Brey335i Brigadier General Drives: e46 ///M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 4,741 iTrader: (11)	I get an ad for Chromebook

09-18-2012, 01:27 PM	#10
iBoost Colonel Drives: slow as f*ck Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: City of Sin Posts: 2,452 iTrader: (11)	That explains the pornhub that pop'd up in mine.

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ragingclue My interior is turrible Drives: stickferanaxle Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: mulletville Posts: 6,667 iTrader: (1)	Then it's probably the doing of that large German man standing over your shoulder.

09-18-2012, 04:35 PM	#13
Maestro Captain Drives: 2007 335i Sedan Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 715 iTrader: (0)	If the Forum is using google to provide ads and google knows who you are, like logging into your google account they keep track of what you are doing and put up ads which they deem appropriate for your liking. As someone said above, there are plugin you can get for your internet browser which will allow you to block the ad, the nice side affect is the pages usually load a lot faster. Clearing out yous caches and cookies will help google not tracking everything you are doing and every search you done and every ad you may have clicked on.

09-18-2012, 06:12 PM	#15
evo119 Private Drives: 328i SG sedan Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 60 iTrader: (0)	Bimmerpost is probably part of an ad network that sells real estate (jargon for ad placements) to their clients. Clients can range from anything, but the key is targeting the most relevant ad to maximize exposure. Since this is a car forum, it makes sense. Prolly targeted to a certain demographic who are interested in automobiles. If you want to get real technical, they could go deeper into targeting ads to you by way of installing a cookie on your computer. That will essentially learn your behavior in which websites you visit and sorta builds a profile of your interests. Yea it sounds stalkerish but that's the jist of it. __________________

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