10 Mar 09
1 edit
Originally posted by uzlessIf that were true - why would they bother advertising sites that you ALREADY visit...?
The ads I see on RHP are to a large degree for sites that I have visited. The only way for these ads to appear (other than sheer coincidence which it's not) is for RHP to be using software than scans your web history. RHP then provides this information to its advertisers.
How do you feel about your privacy being given away by RHP?
10 Mar 09
Originally posted by ivan2908ya, it's not all of them but enough for me to realize it's more than just coincidence
well, maybe there is something about it after all. It's just than my ads don't seem to correlate with the pages I visit. I get ads for some stupid smileys and some online Starwar-like games.
10 Mar 09
1 edit
Originally posted by Daemon Sinlol, RHP doesn't do the advertising. They make space available for advertisers. Today's advertisers pick and choose the ISP numbers they want to advertise to and then pay the site to show their advertisements on the sites that the person frequents . And they do that by buying and collecting web surfing habits from people that collect the data.
If that were true - why would they bother advertising sites that you ALREADY visit...?
10 Mar 09
1 edit
Originally posted by uzlessThat's not how any modern web advertising works, let alone the various pay-per-click advertising systems that appear on this site.
lol, RHP doesn't do the advertising. They make space available for advertisers. Today's advertisers pick and choose the ISP numbers they want to advertise to and then pay the site to show their advertisements on the sites that the person frequents . And they do that by buying and collecting web surfing habits from people that collect the data.
In all seriousness, I'd usually be happy to explain how the advertising system works here and why you're getting regionally targeted adverts but I doubt you'd listen and, frankly, I'm enjoying watching you whine on like a paranoid moron.
Keep up the good work! 😉
10 Mar 09
Originally posted by Daemon Sinffs. Here is the direct quote from the US Federal Trade Commission. Unlike some of you. I know what i'm talking about because I look things up.
That's not how any modern web advertising works, let alone the various pay-per-click advertising systems that appear on this site.
In all seriousness, I'd usually be happy to explain how the advertising system works here and why you're getting regionally targeted adverts but I doubt you'd listen and, frankly, I'm enjoying watching you whine on like a paranoid moron.
Keep up the good work! 😉
What Is Online Behavioral Advertising?
Online behavioral advertising involves the tracking of consumers’ online activities in
order to deliver tailored advertising. The practice, which is typically invisible to consumers,
allows businesses to align their ads more closely to the inferred interests of their audience. In
many cases, the information collected is not personally identifiable in the traditional sense – that
is, the information does not include the consumer’s name, physical address, or similar identifier
that could be used to identify the consumer in the offline world. Instead, businesses generally
use “cookies”3 to track consumers’ activities and associate those activities with a particular
computer or device.4 Many of the companies engaged in behavioral advertising are so-called
“network advertisers,” companies that select and deliver advertisements across the Internet at
websites that participate in their networks.5
An example of how behavioral advertising might work is as follows: a consumer visits a
travel website and searches for airline flights to New York City. The consumer does not
purchase any tickets, but later visits the website of a local newspaper to read about the
Washington Nationals baseball team. While on the newspaper’s website, the consumer receives
an advertisement from an airline featuring flights from Washington D.C. to New York City.
In this simple example, the travel website where the consumer conducted his research
might have an arrangement with a network advertiser to provide advertising to its visitors. The
network advertiser places on the consumer’s computer a cookie, which is tied to non-personally
identifiable information such as the web pages the consumer has visited, the advertisements that
the consumer has been shown, and how frequently each advertisement has been shown. Because
the newspaper’s website is also part of the advertising network, when the consumer visits the
newspaper website the network advertiser’s cookie identifies the consumer as a visitor to the
travel website who likely has an interest in traveling to New York. It then serves the
corresponding advertisement for airline flights to New York.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/02/P085400behavadreport.pdf
10 Mar 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyRepeat: Buy a an RHP Star. Moaning and whining, hurt feelings and hypersensitivity never did wear that well on the male of the human species.
Why get into operation overthink or attempt to obfuscate routine six business matters by complicating a simple thing. Buy yourself a star.
10 Mar 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAgain Bobby, you project your assumptions where none should lie.
Repeat: Buy a an RHP Star. Moaning and whining, hurt feelings and hypersensitivity never did wear that well on the male of the human species.
The jumped upon conclusion that I am somehow passing judgement on the policies of this site is horrendously incorrect.
I merely stated the facts about how this site uses the information about its users.
You all have interpreted those facts and my bringing them to light in a rather curious (yet not surprising) way.
10 Mar 09
Originally posted by uzlesshttp://www.redhotpawn.com/myhome/privacystatement.php
The ads I see on RHP are to a large degree for sites that I have visited. The only way for these ads to appear (other than sheer coincidence which it's not) is for RHP to be using software than scans your web history. RHP then provides this information to its advertisers.
How do you feel about your privacy being given away by RHP?
10 Mar 09
2 edits
Originally posted by uzlessCookies being set and read by advertisers using your behaviour on the web is NOT EQUAL to "RHP then provides this information to its advertisers."
ffs. Here is the direct quote from the US Federal Trade Commission. Unlike some of you. I know what i'm talking about because I look things up.
What Is Online Behavioral Advertising?
Online behavioral advertising involves the tracking of consumers’ online activities in
order to deliver tailored advertising. The practice, which is typically invisi ...[text shortened]... ment for airline flights to New York.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/02/P085400behavadreport.pdf
The advertisers using cookies to track your movement has nothing to do with RHP. Your browser is accepting cookies from advertising systems etc.
Maybe you should take the word of people who know what they're talking about, instead of showing your ignorance and then arrogantly waving it in his face with a copy & paste that refutes your original claim right in the text you quote.
10 Mar 09
Whats the problem uzless? u should see this as a positive thing.
You now no longer have to surf to these news websites you visit.
You simply only go to rhp, then click your way to the news sites u visit.
This could save you like, maybe a minute max. of your time🙂
"How do you feel about your privacy being given away by RHP?"
Depends, what do they all know? Should i start digging?:p