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I'm wondering if this concept would work...

I love cheese, and sometimes find that websites don't have enough info about cheese. So I'm trying to help Google and GTM know that I have a significant interest in cheese.

I want to code an extension in FF that looks for a GTM container ID and injects data into that container that sends tags for cheese, cheese products, charcuterie, etc. And even injects data showing large purchases of cheese. This will save Google time, because otherwise I would have to rely on several weeks or months of searches about cheese. Instead, if every site I visit helps me express an interest in cheese, that would be great!

I would, of course, only use this extension myself, and never share such a thing. In the extension options, I would be able to select tags to share, just in case I end up with a similar interest for pine trees, marshmallows, or tomatoes.

Thoughts? Open to any suggestions here.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

solution: don't use google

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago) (1 children)

That's nice to say, but Google doesn't care. They will sign you a shadow profile and still track you across every site with google trackers. Which is most sites. I don't even need to have a Google account for this to ~~poison~~ HELP! their actual db entry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 36 minutes ago

My goodness, NO! Not at all! I would never! For sure not. No idea why you would think that.

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