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The real issue imho is that there is no shared sales information. So you advertise BMWs to people who may have already purchased a car. I think that is a bigger issue.


This happened to me both times I've purchased a Jeep. I did a bunch of research on models and packages, price shopped a few dealers in my area, and then purchased a vehicle all over the course of a Saturday. For the next 3 months I get jeep ads following me all around the internet. I wonder how much revenue those completely irrelevant ads generated for google.


Don't you give Jeep your name and address when you buy the vehicle? Seems like they are missing an opportunity to improve their advertising.

Also Google could place a survey question instead of an ad, asking "Which of these products have you purchased in the past month?"




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