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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I don't see adds on ToTV (I also don't usually use google), but that has nothing to do with being logged in.
Ads are controlled through cookies and cookies don't require you to be logged in. When you search for an item Google will either place a cookie on your computer with an ID and record the searches done by that ID or it will place a cookie on your computer that contains the searches (the former is more likely). Assuming ToTV is using Google's ad service (likely) then it will pull that cookie from your computer and feed you an ad relevant to it.
I have not thought about this much, but if you have ever logged in to Google in that browser then Google might know who you are whether you are logged in or not. When you are logged in, Google could place a cookie on the computer with your ID in it. Whenever you access Google again from that browser it could retrieve the cookie and retrieve the ID that it used when you were logged in and know who you are whether you are logged in or not. Maybe I'll look into that sometime.
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Really? I had no idea about "cookies"... Are they oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip?