website i looked at is now on every other page i look at - numerous times!

[joko]

earlier today i looked at a website - just an ordinary one very.co.uk ... clothes etc...

and now almost every site i go one has about 4-5 separate ad boxes showing the exact items i looked at on this site...

i have never seen that before - how have they done it?

have they installed something on my machine or something?

the site is not dodgy as far as i know... my mum buys from it.

thanks

[chas2008]

delete temp files & cookies, i believe that should cure the problem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

[snags]

^ and install an adblocker?

[Ellipsis]

Next to the ads, you may see a little link. Click that and it should lead to a page that explains what is going on.

Here's some further explanation from a company involved in this kind of business:

http://www.criteo.com...eting/privacy-matters

[chas2008]

http://arstechnica.co...he-sites-you-love.ars

[jno]

awww, chas, now you're making me feel like I've shot Bambi

[joko]

haha... if they didn't make the ads so irritating people wouldn't install adblockers...!

i have never and would never follow an ad that pops up and irritates me with music etc and asks if i'm 'sure' i don't want it, its basically junk mail... and that goes in the bin too.

i suppose i feel a bit sorry for the decent companies who lose out because of it and i may miss a few good things but thats their problem...

i do have an adblocker...these weren't pop-ups, they are just the ones you see round the edges of sites.