Did you know Disneyplus automatically opts you into the Nielsen ad ratings system?

Tried that post about turning off ad tracking on android and suddenly my Instagram isn't forcing influencer nonsense at me and I'm getting ads in German for lawnmowers.

Nature is healing etc.

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How do you determine the efficacy of your advertising? Monitoring the advertising reaction to every ad you run is the solution. You can gauge the success of your advertising whether you run an online marketing company, a mail order operation, a retail store, or a service provider. Which journals turn a profit? Inquire about the source of new clients’ contact information when they call or come…

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Don't let Chrome's big redesign distract you from the fact that Chrome's invasive new ad platform, ridiculously branded the "Privacy Sandbox," is also getting a widespread rollout in Chrome today. If you haven't been following this, this feature will track the web pages you visit and generate a list of advertising topics that it will share with web pages whenever they ask, and it's built directly into the Chrome browser. It's been in the news previously as "FLoC" and then the "Topics API," and despite widespread opposition from just about every non-advertiser in the world, Google owns Chrome and is one of the world's biggest advertising companies, so this is being railroaded into the production builds.

Google seemingly knows this won't be popular. Unlike the glitzy front-page Google blog post that the redesign got, the big ad platform launch announcement is tucked away on the privacysandbox.com page. The blog post says the ad platform is hitting "general availability" today, meaning it has rolled out to most Chrome users. This has been a long time coming, with the APIs rolling out about a month ago and a million incremental steps in the beta and dev builds, but now the deed is finally done.

Users should see a pop-up when they start up Chrome soon, informing them that an "ad privacy" feature has been rolled out to them and enabled. The new pop-up has been hitting users all week. As you can see in the pop-up, all of Google's documentation about this feature feels like it was written on opposite day, with Google calling the browser-based advertising platform "a significant step on the path towards a fundamentally more private web."

The argument here is that someday—not now, but someday—Google promises to turn off third-party tracking cookies in Chrome, and the new ad platform, which has some limitations, is better than the free-for-all that is third-party cookies. The thing is, third-party cookies mostly only affect Chrome users. Apple and Firefox have both been blocking third-party cookies for years and won't be implementing Google's new advertising system—it's only the Chromium browsers that still allow them.

That's actually what started this whole process: Apple dealt a giant blow to Google's core revenue stream when it blocked third-party cookies in Safari in 2020. While it was a win for privacy, Google's not following suit until it can secure its advertising business. The Federated Learning of Cohorts and now the Topics API are part of a plan to pitch an "alternative" tracking platform, and Google argues that there has to be a tracking alternative—you can't just not be spied on. The Electronic Frontier Foundation also argued this when it called Google's FLoC a "terrible idea," saying "[Google's] framing is based on a false premise that we have to choose between 'old tracking' and 'new tracking.' It’s not either-or. Instead of re-inventing the tracking wheel, we should imagine a better world without the myriad problems of targeted ads."

Chrome has some controls for this built into the browser now. Just go to the Chrome Settings, then "Privacy and Security," then "Ad privacy" (alternatively, paste "chrome://settings/adPrivacy" into the address bar). From there, you can click through to each of the three individual pages and turn off the top checkbox, and in a mere six clicks, you can presumably turn off the ad platform. If you leave it on for a while, you can check out the "Ad topics" page, where Google will show you what ads Chrome thinks you would like to see. This list gets sent to advertisers when you visit a page.

Google says it will block third-party cookies in the second half of 2024—presumably after it makes sure the "Privacy Sandbox" will allow it to keep its profits up. Did any user in the world want a user-tracking and ad platform baked directly into their browser? Probably not, but this is Google, and they control Chrome, and this probably still won't make people switch to Firefox.

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my brain loves to continuously shit out horrible ideas and for some reason i decide to do them

This is a greater compliment than you can even imagine

I am not a puppet

I actually knew all my friends and wouldn't think to count how many of them liked every single thing I did or said or took a picture of. #advertising #manipulation #emotionalmanipulation

Repeat after me. I am not a puppet. No, don’t do what I tell you to do. Decide for yourself. Are you deciding for yourself? Put down your phone for a day. Do you have a different answer now? Back in the nineties I used to feel like I was doing creative work on the World Wide Web, and making meaningful connections with people who I would never have met otherwise. I actually knew all my friends…

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Ledsleap - Why this is a must join, especially when you are just starting

Imagine you are just starting with marketing. Easiest way to go? Affiliate marketing. Usually the companies give you a bunch of generic splash pages, landing pages, lead capturing pages and they tell you to promote these.

While all seems good and well, there is a huge problem: competition. You see, it is not only you, all the other affiliates of this site get the same pages as you. The solution to that is that you need pages that make you stand out from the rest like sore thumb. So how do you create these pages, especially if you don't have your own hosted domain and do not have a clue of HTML? Leadsleap comes into play with it's amazing Page Builder. User friendly, drag-and-drop, with lots of templates and royalty free images. Look at a sample page I created within minutes.

Then you need to drive traffic to these pages. Leadsleap again has you covered. As a matter of fact there are many ways Leadsleap can get traffic to your pages:

 Through its own advertising platform. You look at other members ads, they look at yours.

Through its ads widget. People earn advertising credits and income (by PPC) by displaying the Leadsleap ad widget on their pages (yes, even the ones created by Leadsleap). So you can place this widget on your pages and your ads will be displayed on the widgets on other people's pages.

Through social reviews. You can add your review of a site/product/service in the designated area. These reviews get traffic from the search engines.

Through its advertising co-op. Not only do you get advertising credits by promoting your coop link, but you are also getting paid for every thousand visitors you send to it.

Then you need to capture the details of your visitors, so you need a list management system. Leadsleap has you covered here as well with its integrated Sendsteed list management system. Of course you need to know which traffic sources and pages perform and which don't, so you need a tracking service. Leadsleap provides an unmatched tracking service called The Real Tracker. This tracker also has the ability to detect the real views to your offers, something very helpful, especially when you use paid advertising. Another service provided by Leadsleap is the Pop-Up Expert. This is an awesome servicce, which has provided me with many subscribers to my lists. I use a subscription form which is activated when someone leaves a page, see this page and watch what happens when you try to close it (feel free to subscribe if you want). There is a free and a pro membership in Leadsleap. The free one provides a generous, but limited version of the above features (traffic and tracking though have no limitations), whereas the pro one provides unlimited versions of everything. On top of that, the pro membership provides a great funnel builder. The pro membership is 30 USD per month, however if you upgrade within the first week that you have joined, you will have a 30% discount for as long as you keep your pro membership. Oh, did I mention that they have a generous affiliate program? Leadsleap gets my highest recommendation, so have a look and join. It is free, so you have nothing to lose. You 'll be glad you did.

what will it take for google to list me as LGBTQ+ in ad recommendations like i’ve been watching the gayest shit possible on youtube and nothing. ridiculous what is the point then 

New season's coming tomorrow, so Din's got an upgrade (shiny new weapon) and his kid in hand

(I've got new ideas to explore in this Hades style exploration besides the already existing interactions with Boba and Cobb - and look there is a pocket Luke already next to pocket Din in the background!)

Hey how are we holding up tonight, lemon demon fans.

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Ok everyone quick question:

I know I'm asking this on the No One Drives website, but after a long commute I got curious. Also, if you're comfortable, tag the country you're in!

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