{"id":559430,"date":"2023-03-04T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:00:04","slug":"dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dear Advertisers, I Already Bought It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e8b9f2dab1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e8b9f2dab1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it\/#%E2%80%9CDear_Advertisers_I_Already_Bought_It%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Dear Advertisers, I Already Bought It&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it\/#How_Do_Targeted_Ads_Work\" >How Do Targeted Ads Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it\/#Why_You_See_Ads_for_Things_You_Already_Bought\" >Why You See Ads for Things You Already Bought<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dear-advertisers-i-already-bought-it\/#How_to_Opt_Out_of_Targeted_Ads\" >How to Opt Out of Targeted Ads<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDear_Advertisers_I_Already_Bought_It%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Dear Advertisers, I Already Bought It&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-874598\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Instagram-ad-on-phone.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Instagram ad on a phone\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Justin Duino \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Targeted ads are everywhere. Do one simple search for\u00a0computer mice and now they\u2019re following you from Instagram to the sidebar of your favorite blog. These ads can sometimes be helpful, but not when I\u2019ve already purchased the product.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_Targeted_Ads_Work\"><\/span>How Do Targeted Ads Work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk a little bit about what targeted ads\u2014or \u201cpersonalized ads\u201c\u2014are and how they work. Simply put, targeted ads are ads that have been presented specifically to you because the advertiser thinks you\u2019ll like them.<\/p>\n<p>Companies track your activity across the internet and compile information to create a profile on you. The information can include race, sex, age, level of education, income level, employment, economic status, personality, attitudes, opinions, lifestyle, and other interests.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a lot more cost-efficient for an advertiser to show you something you might actually click on rather than a completely random product you\u2019ll probably ignore.\u00a0Ad providers such as Google, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and Amazon\u00a0use cookies to track you around the web. That\u2019s how Instagram knows what you were looking at on Amazon.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_You_See_Ads_for_Things_You_Already_Bought\"><\/span>Why You See Ads for Things You Already Bought<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-874623\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22_16-05-59.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Hide ad choices on the web.\" width=\"786\" height=\"341\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Putting the privacy issues aside, there\u2019s one big problem with targeted ads. Advertisers are great at knowing which products I\u2019m interested in, but they never know when I\u2019ve actually purchased a product.<\/p>\n<p>This h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens all the time. I\u2019ll be looking for new shoes for a couple of days on Amazon and Zappos. The ads for shoes I\u2019ve looked at follow me around the internet. Eventually, I finally buy a pair of shoes, but the ads don\u2019t stop\u2014even ads for the exact pair of shoes I purchased.<\/p>\n<p>This is the glaring weak spot of targeted ads. It\u2019s somewhat useful to see ads for shoes when I\u2019m in the market for a new pair, but it\u2019s not helpful when my search is over. In fact, it\u2019s pretty annoying. Why is an ad for a pair of Nikes I already own interrupting my Instagram Stories!?<\/p>\n<p>There needs to be some sort of \u201cAlready Purchased\u201d button on ads. On websites, you can usually click an \u201cX\u201d icon to stop seeing an ad, but there\u2019s never an opt-out for a specific product. Plus, ads in apps on your phone are usually harder to dismiss.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Opt_Out_of_Targeted_Ads\"><\/span>How to Opt Out of Targeted Ads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-874621\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-22_16-11-23.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Instagram hide ad choices.\" width=\"730\" height=\"288\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So what can you do about these annoying ads? Sadly, there really isn\u2019t a direct way to tell advertisers you\u2019ve already purchased something. Instagram allows you choose \u201cI already bought an item in this ad\u201d when hiding an ad, but it\u2019s rare to see that across the web.<\/p>\n<p>Your best bet is to opt out of targeted ads altogether. There are a number of different ways to do this, depending on how aggressive you want to be. You can go with the blanket approach with a tool called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/optout.aboutads.info\/\">WebChoices<\/a> and opt out of targeted ads from a bunch of companies at once.<\/p>\n<p>To be more specific, you can opt out from individual advertisers. Amazon and Google\u2014two of the biggest ad providers\u2014allow you to turn off targeted ads from them. Instead, you\u2019ll just get generic ads that aren\u2019t tailored to you.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>I\u2019m not necessarily anti-targeted ads. There have been times where I\u2019ve found genuinely useful products from ads. However, there\u2019s not a lot of nuances in targeted ads, and that\u2019s what we really need. Just please stop showing me shoes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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