I was searching for some information about Iframes and landed on a technology forum. I was a little bit surprised to see an ad for Google Knol. As far as I can tell, nothing on the page is contextually relevant to writing contents (see the ad in the image).
However, I spend a lot of time on HubPages.com (A site I founded) that is competitive with Google Knol. We display AdSense ads and use Google Analytics. I’m curious if Google is retargeting me based on my behavior. It’s the first time I’ve seen an AdSense Ad that seems to mimic my behavior.
It doesn’t bother me that Google is refining it’s targeting, but it does bother me that they are using it to promote their own products. This is one of the dangers of sharing data with them. However, it doesn’t bother me enough to turn off Google Analytics and AdSense products. Yet.
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