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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Why am I seeing GM and Toyota adds on a Ford website?!!!
 
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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Google chooses the ads based on your individual browsing history....the site has nothing to do with it.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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I would NEVER browse a GM or Toyota site! Ever!!!! Dodge maybe. GRRRR!!!!!!
 
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Sometimes the ads are based by browsing history, but more often then not, they are based on keywords on the page the ads are located. So if someone was talking about Toyota a lot in a thread, you may get a lot of Toyota ads.
 
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I guess that is the price we pay for free. Reminds me how ugly the chebies are!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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Same thing on one of the Mustang sites I visit, GM ads running rampant. I also have NEVER visted GM sites, so they aren't showing up that way. I think it's more a case of GM doing whatever it takes to sell cars to the people that kept Ford from taking tax dollars, you and me...
 
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$20 for year = ads gone.
 
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Originally Posted by MitchPeters
Why am I seeing GM and Toyota adds on a Ford website?!!!
Because the people with a fetish for a single brand aren't the ones buying new vehicles.
 
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