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Marketers Back "Cookies Are Good For You" Campaign
Makarand writes "The increasing numbers of computer users
who regularly delete cookies downloaded by
their browsers is
worrying online marketers and Web
site publishers who feel that the changing
consumer attitude towards cookies is harming
cookie usefulness and unfairly lumping them
with spyware and viruses. This industry group
wants to persuade companies making antispyware programs
to spare legitimate cookies while sweeping hard drives clean
of unnecessary or harmful files.
Some marketers think that providing consumers more information about cookies and how they're used
might change their attitudes towards cookies.
Others are already busy experimenting with newer approaches to serve up targeted ads even if a user has deleted his cookies."
after Dr. Atkins told me I'd get more girlz if I quit eating them.
As of this morning, your mom still says that. Her "milk" along with her "cookies" remain above par after all these years. However, please let her know that she can't cook...
My home page is set to google.com/lg (MyGoo) and recently after clearing out all my Firefox cookies I noticed that when I launch Firefox and MyGoo auto loads, a few seconds later I get a 'Confirm setting cookie' that .starwars.com is trying to set Wookie-Cookie.
Never noticed it before as I do go to starwars.com and 'Allow' cookies from that site, but now with the cookies deleted, www.google.com/lg is causing the starwars.com wookie-cookie to be set on my system....
I don't have time to find out right now what on the MyGoo page is causing connection to starwars.com as I'm off to play with the other grownups in the park, so does another have any ideas on this one?