2014
Floodwatch
by srcmax & 1 otherFloodwatch is a Chrome extension that tracks the ads you see as you browse the internet.
Behind The Banner
by sbrothier & 1 otherThe entire ad placement network is one of the most complex computational systems on the planet. Behind The Banner is an attempt to understand the underlying interactions that define this ecosystem, and how they impact our daily use of the web.
Floodwatch
by sbrothier & 1 otherWe spend hours a day online, and we see ads on every webpage we visit. But we don’t have any way of tracking the ads we’re being served — we don’t even know how many ads the average person sees in a given day.
« Il faut passer du web du clic au web de l’attention » | Medialand
by sbrothier & 1 otherTony Haile est PDG de Chartbeat, une société basée à New York et connue pour son service de mesure d'audience en temps réel : il équipe de très nombreux sites d'information dont ceux du New York Times, du Monde, de CNN, ESPN, Forbes…
Beware: Your chocolate chip cookie is spying on you | MNN - Mother Nature Network
by sbrothierThe White House may be asking food marketers to be responsible when it comes to marketing to kids, but the snack food industry still needs to keep increasing its profits. Mondelez International, the company that owns brands like Chips Ahoy and Ritz, is going about it in an intrusive and rather creepy way. This is something you need to be aware of.
Facebook turns user tracking 'bug' into data mining 'feature' for advertisers | ZDNet
by sbrothier (via)Facebook announced changes to its privacy and advertising policies on its company blog last Thursday, extending Facebook's ability to track users outside of Facebook -- undoing previous assurances it "does not track users across the web."
Google rompt avec les annonceurs porno — Le Tag Parfait
by sbrothierAdWords, la régie publicitaire de Google, existe depuis près de quinze ans. C’est elle qui glisse de petites suggestions sur la page de résultats lorsque vous louez les services de l’hégémonique moteur de recherche. Vous voulez prendre soin de votre premier bonsaï ? AdWords vous tend une poignée de sites sur lesquels vous êtes susceptibles de dépenser vos sous : des boutiques de jardinage, des bonsaïstes professionnels, et cetera. Toutes ces annonces sont sélectionnées par AdWords en fonction de votre position géographique, de votre langue, du moment de la journée et surtout des termes utilisés dans votre requête.
Opt Out From Online Behavioral Advertising By Participating Companies (BETA)
by sbrothierWelcome to the consumer opt out page for the Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. Our participating companies are committed to transparency and choice.
Some of the ads you receive on Web pages are customized based on predictions about your interests generated from your visits over time and across different Web sites. This type of ad customization — sometimes called "online behavioral" or "interest-based" advertising — is enabled through your computer browser and browser cookies. Such online advertising helps support the free content, products and services you get online.
2013
Advertising Industry Proposal for Do Not Track Rejected by W3C Group | Adweek
by sbrothierThe advertising industry suffered a setback late last night when the Tracking Protection Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium rejected the Digital Advertising Alliance's draft proposal for a universal Do Not Track standard.
Do You Know Where You’ll Be 285 Days From Now At 2 P.M.? These Data-Masters Do | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
by sbrothier & 1 otherMarketers and advertisers, too, would relish the opportunity to target our future selves with ads like, “Need a haircut? In four days, you’ll be 100 yards from a salon that will have a $15 special.” On the social side, there could even be something like a Foursquare of the Future--who wouldn’t want to know where their friends (and enemies) will be for the rest of their lives…or at least for the next 285 days?
2007
2006
Five days / five heatmaps - An Eye Tracking study from Etre (Day Three)
by sigriffinToday, it's Amazon.
Five days / five heatmaps - An Eye Tracking study from Etre (Day Two)
by sigriffin"Over the next five days, we'll be publishing Eye Tracking heatmaps from five websites. We'll give you our thoughts on each and hopefully you'll give us your questions, comments and analysis."
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