Once the companies paying for auto targeting also figure it out, the internet will collapse fast.
I was looking to buy a couch, I got a lot of ads for different places selling me couches.
I bought a couch.
The ads keep coming.
I think Google and Facebook know I bought the couch, but they are basically fleecing the ad buyers because there probably isn’t a “if the person buys a big ticket item, stop trying to sell them one - setting “
Once the companies paying for auto targeting also figure it out, the internet will collapse fast.
I was looking to buy a couch, I got a lot of ads for different places selling me couches.
I bought a couch.
The ads keep coming.
I think Google and Facebook know I bought the couch, but they are basically fleecing the ad buyers because there probably isn’t a “if the person buys a big ticket item, stop trying to sell them one - setting “
"If we try hard enough, maybe they'll buy a second, non-matching couch! Or maybe they'll return the one they got and buy ours!"
Hell no. They would be Mad if they knew.
It’s why they advertise to people who are looking for couches.
They don’t want to waste money on people who aren’t actively looking. Otherwise they would just be ads and not premium targeted ads.