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A lookalike audience is a group of social network members who are determined as sharing characteristics with another group of members. [1] In digital advertising, it refers to a targeting tool for digital marketing, first initiated by Facebook, which helps to reach potential customers online who are likely to share similar interests and behaviors with existing customers. [2]
Facebook has developed targeting technology that allows advertisements to reach a specific audience. This is within the Facebook Ads product, available to users and businesses alike. While posting an ad through the Facebook Ad Manager , an advertiser is provided with a set of characteristics that will define their target market.
Geofencing solution providers allow marketers and advertisers to precisely choose the exact location that their ads show up on. Geofencing uses different types of targeting to identify zip codes, street addresses, GPS coordinates using latitude and longitude, as well as IP targeting.
This includes country, region/state, city, metro code/zip code, organization, IP address, ISP, or other criteria. [1] A common usage of geotargeting is found in online advertising, as well as internet television with sites such as iPlayer and Hulu.
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced the “Do Not Track Me Online Act of 2011”, [30] which would authorize the FTC to promulgate regulations requiring online advertisers and websites to allow users to opt out of having their online activities tracked through the creation of a do-not-track mechanism.
This type of advertising involves targeting different users based on their geographic location. IP addresses can signal the location of a user and can usually transfer the location through ZIP codes. [6] Locations are then stored for users in static profiles, thus advertisers can easily target these individuals based on their geographic location.
Web tracking is the practice by which operators of websites and third parties collect, store and share information about visitors' activities on the World Wide Web.Analysis of a user's behaviour may be used to provide content that enables the operator to infer their preferences and may be of interest to various parties, such as advertisers.
Beacon formed part of Facebook's advertisement system that sent data from external websites to Facebook, for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements and allowing users to share their activities with their friends. Beacon reported to Facebook on Facebook's members' activities on third-party sites that also participated with Beacon.