Three sets of advertisements have defined different phases of my life since the first half of 2012. I know there are cookies that track what I search on the net and that's how this happened. When you visit any website, you will get a series of flash / image advertisements. In some cases, your website content and the advertisement never match - like the 3rd instance below!
First half of 2012:
Those times when you are married and want to spend a weekend. The main option that comes to your mind (or atleast it comes to my mind) is movies.
Second Half of 2012:
As per our family custom, my wife went to my in-laws place for delivery. I used to go to Kerala to meet her as much as possible. And this advertisement popped up at that time!
Now:
Now, I am sure you know what's happening in my life and why I am busy now-a-days.. I was really surprised and laughed out loud when I saw this as an advertisement on a football website - that's right, a football website!
Keep checking the advertisements when you open ad-specific websites. Trust me, it'll be fun.
PS: I am not promoting any brand through this post. The brands and images are purely for representation purposes. It's just that I usually surf the above mentioned websites for buying tickets / online shopping.
you are absolutely right... it was only recently that i noticed the specificity of ads based on my searches... besides the travel sites, there were car ads ( I was ogling hatchbacks and reading reviews ), cake delivery sites ( wanted to surprise someone ) and many others that magically appeared once i finished browsing for them/their compatriots
ReplyDeleteThey play on our online searches and shows us "relevant" ads. Its good in a way as they are helping us. Its bad because we feel there's no privacy!
DeleteROFL ROFL :D yeah yeah even I have experienced it :D our browsers are more our current happenings and confusions exposed :D...
ReplyDeleteforget browsing if you write a mail to any travel agency asking for package details and there will be 1000s of notification by travel industry! such is the case!!!!
good one :D Binu :D
Thanks Ramya.. You are right about the email ads.. Google does that. That's the way they earn their revenue. Fair play, I guess. But privacy remains a big area of concern.
DeleteQuite interesting. I always do that but Binu, wouldn't it be pretty 'out of box' if you were actually promoting the brands. :)
ReplyDeleteTrue Saru.It would've been "out of the box" if the mentioned brands pay me money for showing their ads on my blog! :D
DeleteNow that's an interesting post and you always surprise with some very interesting and worth reading posts...:) Never given attention to these Ads. But from now on will see it and will surely remember this blog..Good one, Binu...:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Prashanth. :) And I am sure the ads displayed for you may surprise you too!
DeletePampers is the main item on my list as well, whenever we go out to buy the month's grocery and other stuff !:D Well I guess the internet is collectively conspiring to make life easier for u !
ReplyDeleteSame here about Pampers. But we didnt buy it online. We just checked the price online and bought it from a shopping mall.. :D
DeleteInteresting! I have to pay more attention to the ads to see. I like how you laid out the phases. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my blog :)
DeleteGosh where did my comment go :-(
ReplyDeleteMaybe, the comment wasn't actually published. You might have clicked the "Publish" button, but it didnt happen. I think "the internet" doesn't like my post and is taking revenge! :D
DeleteIt's be fun Ashwini. I bet! :D
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