Tracking Pixels & Retargeting
How does Facebook know that you doubted to buy something on another website? They use tracking pixels! A small image that is added to other websites & track your activity and interests. Let’s Simply Explain how they work.
Tracking pixels are small 1x1 images that are practically invisible, and yet, they can transfer your personal data to advertisement networks like the ones from Facebook, Google and Amazon.
Links
- Brave browser: https://brave.com/sav458 (Affiliate link)
- Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
- Ghostery: https://www.ghostery.com/
- Privacy Badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
Sources
This video wouldn’t be possible without the work of others. Here are the sources I’ve used during my research & script writing:
Tracking Pixel. Retrieved from https://en.ryte.com/wiki/Tracking_Pixel
Evans, J. (2019). How tracking pixels work. Retrieved from https://jvns.ca/blog/how-tracking-pixels-work/
Hecht, D. (2014). A Beginner's Guide to Retargeting Ads. Retrieved from https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/retargeting-campaigns-beginner-guide
Conversion rate of online shoppers worldwide as of 2nd quarter 2019. (2019). Statista. Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/439576/online-shopper-conversion-rate-worldwide/
Making It Personal. (2018). Accenture Interactive. Retrieved from https://www.accenture.com/_acnmedia/PDF-83/Accenture-Making-Personal.pdf
Email Tracking. Yesware. Retrieved from https://www.yesware.com/feature/email-tracking/
Wilander, J. (2019). Preventing Tracking Prevention Tracking. Retrieved from https://webkit.org/blog/9661/preventing-tracking-prevention-tracking/
Camp, D. (2019). Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default Plus Updates to Facebook Container, Firefox Monitor and Lockwise. Mozilla. Retrieved from https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/06/04/firefox-now-available-with-enhanced-tracking-protection-by-default/
Online Buyers Notice Retargeted Ads. (2013). eMarketer. Retrieved from https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Online-Buyers-Notice-Retargeted-Ads/1010122