How can you easily opt-out all interest-based or behavioral ads that use companies like Facebook and Google? Using these ads serves targeted ads on your computer or mobile phone.
You probably know about these ads, as we at iGuRu.gr mention them very often. If you don't know though, in a nutshell they are ads that are displayed based on the content of the current websiteσελίδαs.
For example, if you read on our website an article about Web Hosting, it is likely that Google will serve you ads related to Web Hosting products. If you're reading a mobile phone review, you'll see ads for mobile phones,
Interest-based or behavioral ads are the ones that appear on your screen, based on your previous online activity and interests.
To give an example: A woman is pregnant and, of course, lately she has been browsing websites with babies. These websites use cookies, so Google, for example, knows about the upcoming birth of the child and displays ads from stores with similar species.
In other words, the ads follow you around the Internet, even if you switch websites. Advertising display services with the help of program cookies browsing, are able to track you across the web and serve you relevant ads.
Below we will describe how you can block these companies from using your online behavior to provide you with relevant ads. Follow the steps below and opt-out from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon and other ad networks.
Let's see how it works:
1. Google: From address google.com/ads/preferences exclude ads based on your interests if the setting is on.
2. Microsoft: - Go to choice.microsoft.com and turn off personalized ads in this browser ”, to allow only generic ads. The users of Windows 10 they can click on button Start, then Settings – Privacy, then turn off “Apps use my advertising ID” to disable personalized ads that appear in in-apps.
3 Amazon: like Google, Amazon serves too many interest-based ads on its sites as well as external websites. Go to the address amazon.com/gp/dra/info and change the setting that says: “Do not personalize ads from Amazon for this browser to Internet. "
This is a setting for cookies that are not linked to your Amazon account. Therefore, if you delete cookies, your setting will stop.
4. Yahoo: Yahoo has the Ad Interest Manager (AIM) that lets you choose to opt out of interest-based advertising with one click. Go to the address privacy.yahoo.com/aim and click the blue "opt out" button to enter your preference.
5. iOS: In iPhone or your iPad, go to Settings, Privacy, Advertising and turn it on Ad Track Limit to opt out of interest-based ads from iAd, the Apple ad network.
6. Android: Open the Google settings app for the Android phone, tap ads to turn Opt out from interest-based ads.
7. Twitter: Go on Twitter settings and deselect "Tailor ads based on information shared by ad partners." Similarly, for the Twitter app, go to Settings, Privacy Option, Advertising and enable the "Limit Ad Tracking" setting.
8 Facebook: Go on Facebook settings, click Edit in the "Ads according to how I use sites and applications" setting, and select "Off" to view interest-based online ads.
How to Stop All Interest-Based Ads (Total)
Now if you want to stop advertising by interest from all companies on websites or any device, you should use web-based tools such as aboutads.info and networkadvertising.org.
The above tools will help you opt out of interest-based ads from all the networks that are members.
These tools use cookies and therefore use them in every browser and device you want to opt-out. The downside is that your preferences will be lost if you delete your browser's cache.
