When a google search ''Haunts'' you..

chillin117

I googled a fishing rod about a month ago and since then I have been bombarded on all sides, pop ups on facebook about fishing boats, emails, text messages, all fishing related, boat related (Outboards too) !
The funny email this morning for Batter mix in bulk ! (Chipper Batter) Free Shipping ! I am glad I am not paranoid......

me_irl

Use adblock / ghostery.

Korvanica

Local Singles

DamoKen

chillin117 wrote: »

I googled a fishing rod about a month ago and since then I have been bombarded on all sides, pop ups on facebook about fishing boats, emails, text messages, all fishing related, boat related (Outboards too) !
The funny email this morning for Batter mix in bulk ! (Chipper Batter) Free Shipping ! I am glad I am not paranoid......

Lot of sites such as Amazon, Facebook etc will "follow" you around the internet based on your searches on them.

You can switch it off for each easily enough. On Amazon go to Your Account -> Personalisation -> Advertising Preferences and just switch it off.

Don't use Facebook but from googling it there should be an option something like Settings > Account Settings > Ads. You can switch it off there

chillin117

Korvanica wrote: »

Local Singles

Back of a Bus pop up tomorrow ?

Your Face

Are you using Netscape?!
Get Firefox and install Adblock Plus add-on.
Jaysus.

me_irl

Your Face wrote: »

Are you using Netscape?!
Get Firefox and install Adblock Plus add-on.
Jaysus.

'member Netscape?

Aw, I 'member!

uch

Clear your Google search history and log out of it

osarusan

Single fishing rods in your area?

Butters1979

Have you tried turning it off and then back on again?

maudgonner

osarusan wrote: »

Single fishing rods in your area?

"Forget Plenty of Fish, you're such a fly-guy, these sexy singles are just waiting for you to cast your net, you Master Baiter!"

Outkast_IRE

I thought you were going to be talking about the previous searches or suggestions that pop up as typing into the search bar.

Many years ago in college a lecturer was running through the basics of PowerPoint. He had his pc screen displayed on the projector for all to see.

As part of the tutorial he was going to show us how to get an image from the internet and put it onto a PowerPoint slide. The example presentation was going to be on Man Utd, so the lecturer decided he would get an image of Roy Keane for the presentation.

He went to google and started typing "Roy Keane" Tyr suggestions google were bringing up were

Roy Keane Champions League
Roy Keane Walks his dog

Then the final suggestion

Roy Keane **** His Dog

The whole class broke out laughing at the projector screen, and the lecturer being a dozy sod couldn't figure out what we were laughing at for ages and when he spotted it he quickly mumbled something and closed the browser window.

the evasion_kid

I checked out a fishing lure called "deadly dick" on Amazon....Deadly dick followed me around for months afterwards