facebook categories

How many of us have felt like Facebook is listening to ourphone conversations? I swear I just mentioned these new Kendra Scott earringsto my friend and now I’m seeing them in my newsfeed? Disturbing! Right? Or isit just effective? It is absolutely unnerving. You feel like you just mentionedto a friend, or even just thought about an item and then you go on Facebook andthere it is right in your News Feed

The way Facebook determines what ads to show you is based a lot around the information you provide by your online activity. By using things such as your age, location, page likes, app use, and even data from the mobile websites you browse, Facebook profiles you into categories that advertisers can then use to target ads to you on Facebook