This is the summary of an article in Skyje.com. It talks about how behavioral targeting works and what its benefits are for the publisher, online retailers and users. Here’s the link to the original behavioral targeting article: Optimizing Revenue – The 411 on Behavioral Targeting.
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Data Miners Dig a Little Deeper
You are giving off a lot of personal information online. Signing up may ask for your name, zip code, among other info, but big software companies such as Microsoft know more information thank you think they do. For example, they know exactly when you check your inbox, and the average monthly income of your neighborhood. Indeed, these companies aggregate and collect data in very complex ways using complicated tools that record user online behavior merged with other data. Many users are unaware that these companies know so much about them. This is the summary of an article by Michelle Kessler and Byron Acohido, which talks about targeting behavior and mining for online user data. You can get the pdf of the behavioral targeting article here: Data miners dig a little deeper