i dont know if i’m just envisioning this but it seems whenever i send an email via hotmail, in the webpage where it says ‘your message to XXX was sent’ there is always an ad to the right that relates to the topic i was discussing. Has anyone else noticed it or is this a coincidence?
for example, i was just discussing college, education, etc. and the ad was for Uni. of phoenix online. i know that i was discussing a few other things in other emails and the ads were about the same topic but i can’t remember the examples. if another comes up i will post it.
it doesn’t bother me or anything, i am just curious.
The real question is… what the hell are you all doing using Hotmail? There’s about a million other free web email providers that don’t expose you to all kinds of advertising, are quicker to load and aren’t a target for anywhere near as much spam. Hotmail is the McDonalds of email.
I like my Hotmail account better than my fuckin ISP email. Of course some jackass took my email there and signed it up to every kiddie porn ring on the 'net.
At least Hotmail deletes 99 percent of the garbage automatically
I like Hotmail. It’s free, easy, I know it will be around for several years, I get almost no spam without having to use my filters. Don’t see the problem.
Back to the OP, it may just be a coincidence and you only notice it when the things line up, but pay no mind the other times.
I just sent a test email from my Hotmail account to my real email. I wrote the following words:
stereo
cd player
receiver
surround sound
recording
entetainment system
An advertisement for electronics came up after I sent it off. I may have to test this some more, using related and unrelated word lists, since it seems to work in the fashion described by the OP.
I get no spam in my Hotmail account. The only thing close to spam is the emails from Hotmail trying to convince me to spend money and get a bigger mail box.
Somehow my Hotmail knows I’m in Australia, as I get ads that are Australian based. I imagine it’s an IP address thingummy, a reasonably simple thing to check.
I have conditioned myself to ignore most ads, so I don’t pay attention to the subject matter usually.