Google Introduces 'Interest-Based' Advertising
Google just announced that it will now let you decide which ads you want to see as you surf the web by allowing you to create a profile of your interests. Thanks to Google's new Ads Preferences manager, you can now add your own interests, or wait for Google to customize them automatically based on your browsing habits. Fearing a backlash from privacy advocates, Google also provides users with a number of ways to opt out from this "interest based advertising."
Google, of course, made its fortune by matching ads to the content of a page, but now, Google will go a step further and also take your own interests into account when it decides which ads to show. Theoretically, this should make the ads more relevant and - in return - make Google and its publishing partners more money.
In order to keep track of your activities, Google will set a persistent cookie on your system, though the company goes out of its way to say that it is doing so in the most transparent way possible and is giving users the option to control their settings. Google also made a plugin for all the major browsers available that makes sure that Google will continue to respect your opt-out decision even after you delete the cookie. Yahoo, it should be noted, also offers users a similar option to opt out of its customized ads.
Behavioral Advertising
Most importantly, though, this represents a major shift in Google's advertising strategy, especially because it now also features behavioral advertising, which will target ads to you based on sites you visited previously.
Both privacy advocates and government representatives have long been suspicious of the privacy implications of behavioral ads. Just last month, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission released a report (PDF) with a number of recommendations for how the industry could self-regulate itself, but for some, these measures don't go far enough to ensure that users' privacy rights are respected.
Overall, Google seems to go beyond the FTC's recommendations to ensure its customers' privacy - and they are definitely not the first company to implement behavioral advertising - but given the size and scope of the personal information that Google already stores, we can't help but feel slightly queasy about this.
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Imagine that. They FINALLY got around to ASKING US. I'm still waiting for them to prompt for the location on obvious geographically limited searches (for video stores or restaurants for example).
I would think that the search engines would implement the obvious much faster. Perhaps geeks STILL don't "get" that ordinary humans are not very likely to learn to use advanced or boolean searches even after all these years.
P.S. Do you know that when we click Preview they don't? They Submit instead. Thought you might want to know.
Another attempt by the Doubleclick gang to track the user. We've been hearing this strategy since 1992. Has Google found the secret sauce? Or have they unleashed public anger that leads to their growth peak? Tough strategy that needs careful public management.
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Google is absorbing and expanding the technology from DoubleClick's acquisition. Super duper big brother is watching us (we know and even allow it) now.
This is very important step in the evolution of search! The era of keywords is almost over! Era of interest-based advertising just started.
People search the internet according their short or long term interests. Therefore all searches are just expression of these interests. Interests are the driving factor of search on the Internet.
For the list of top interests look at http://www.interestmatrix.com/top1000.php
The next step will be using cross-reference of interests. Like if you are already indicated interest in X you should be also interested in Y. The only site that has a list of practically all interests and cross-reference of them is http://www.interestmatrix.com
To participate in Google beta you have to fill out the form http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/request.py?display=form&f=audience
Hey guys,
I fear that we should be more than just "queasy" about this =(
Could you give this: http://tav.espians.com/say-no-to-google-intrusion-of-privacy.html some coverage by any chance?
This is the story the BBC on line posted today on Google's, behavioral ads. Brits are a little "queasy" to. Enough so that some want Parliament to look into it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7937201.stm
This is not "a major shift in Google's advertising strategy" at all. GMail has always scanned your e-mails and advertised accordingly. Google already tries to deliver ads relevant to us based on our web history, the only difference is that now they are also asking us what ads we want instead of only making an informed guess.
Google are always changing their process ,I am happy with their new functionality this help me a lot to manage my add as well save time.I am waiting their next tools.
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I agree with some of the other comments... this won't make a big difference at all.
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I don't think this will make a difference to the average user. For as long as I have been using the internet I've been reading about the controversy over cookies and personal privacy.
I would have preferred Google to make you have to opt-in rather than opting-out, but overall I dounbt most people will even notice.
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I don't think this will make a difference to the average user. For as long as I have been using the internet I've been reading about the controversy over cookies and personal privacy.
I would have preferred Google to make you have to opt-in rather than opting-out, but overall I dounbt most people will even notice.
This is not "a major shift in Google's advertising strategy" at all. GMail has always scanned your e-mails and advertised accordingly. Google already tries to deliver ads relevant to us based on our web history, the only difference is that now they are also asking us what ads we want instead of only making an informed guess.
Google adwords is very easy to use.
How is yahoo for advertising?
This is not "a major shift in Google's advertising strategy" mantolama at all. GMail has always scanned your söve e-mails and advertised accordingly. Google already tries ısı yalıtım to deliver ads relevant to us based on our web history, the only difference is that kartonpiyer now they are also asking us what ads we want instead of only making an informed guess.
have they unleashed stüdyo public anger that leads to their growth peak? stüdyo Tough strategy that needs careful public management.
I like google and google advertising, so you can use it with small budget also big.
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