You're seeing what "They" want you to see

[Marc]

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

[Ajit Basrur]

Very interesting ...

[Marc]

It's the state of the art, so to speak. Google started aspects such as "localization" some years back, but today when you look at things like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ - You name it - Data mining and tailoring to the person.

Good or bad, it is the future. This was just a TED talk I found as I was looking at search engine ranking aspects.

How many of you have heard of Google's Rank Modifying Patent for Spam Detection?

Summary:
During the transition from the old rank to the target rank, the transition rank might cause:

• a time-based delay response,
• a negative response,
• a random response, and/or
• an unexpected response

I can't remember if I shared this with you folks or not.

http://www.seobythesea.com/2012/08/g...ammers-patent/

[Marc]

Here's another: Facebook Bumps Up Its Ad Targeting, Too — Using Your Phone Number and Email Address

http://allthingsd.com/20120830/faceb...email-address/