I have been shopping on the internet for a couple months for a new mattress. I have purchased one and on every site I go to I still get ads for mattresses. Will clearing my temporary files and cache get rid of those so I can get different ads? Thanks,
That should help if you include cookie cleaning. I use CCleaner every time I close my browser.
A similar thing happened to me last week. I ordered a 16 oz. mug lid from a company called Tervis. The next site I went to had a Tervis banner as on their site.
What you are describing is interest based ads, you can opt out of most of the big ad providers here - Consumer Opt-out | NAI: Network Advertising Initiative
Tracking cookies can also be a big problem.
I use Super Anti Spyware along with other programs.
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The Network Ad initiative identified 107 companies customizing ads for my browser, it only let me opt out of 7 of them.
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