One sunny day in early September, I thought it would be a great day to stay inside. Instead of playing football with my brother, I decided surfing the web would be more fun. Who wouldn't, eh? Hmm, I thought to myself, I could use a new pair of shoes, looking at my dirty, torn nikes. I finally found a sweet pair that would do the job. Then, I thought, what is a good pair of shoes if you don't have a sports car to drive with them? Nothing. I then proceeded to the Dodge home page. Dang, I thought, I can't afford the shoes and this Dodge Challenger!
I didn't want one without the other, so I closed both of the tabs. Then, in order to satisfy my Facebook needs, I logged on and checked for any messages or interesting posts. As I was watching a hilarious youtube video of the muppets band that someone had posted, I saw something amazing: THE SHOES I WANTED WERE IN THE SIDEBAR!! NO WAY! I thought, these were the exact shoes that I wanted! what a coincidence! But was I wrong. I went to YouTube to further investigate the muppets band when I spotted.....AN AD FOR THE DODGE CHALLENGER!! woah, man...this is getting weird! Turns out, the next video I watched had the same shoes AGAIN!! OK something is fishy, I thought. Maybe they know. In fact, they have always known, and they will always know. They are advertisers. Using your recent searches, advertisers make it easier than ever to attract the consumers to the products. As creepy as this may sound, I think its kind of awesome.
Wow, this sounds cool. At the same time, I don't want those advertisements all the time on my computer. Just because I search for a house doesn't mean I am going to need one in the next 5 years at all. I don't think the advertisers should be able to collect that much information from us. I think that is an invasion of privacy. And then again, the web is a free domain. Do the advertisers have the right to pull stuff off of your computer? Can you block them?
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