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Where are my cookies?

With all this talk of cookies wouldn’t it be nice to actually see one?
It’s pretty easy to see the cookies that are set on your machine. If you’d like to see them (and you use Windows XP or 2000 and Internet Explorer) go to C:\documents and settings\YOURNAME\Cookies (where YOURNAME is your login name). [...]

What are cookies and why should marketers care about them? (Part II)

As mentioned in the previous post two reports (1, 2) have found that about 1/2 of all users delete their cookies at least once a month. Why does this matter to an online marketer? Well, cookies are used in a variety of ways to measure the performance of online campaigns. If you’re trying to measure [...]

What are cookies and why should marketers care about them? (Part I)

Cookies are the online marketer’s best friend. Basically, they are a tiny text file that a website can write to your hard drive. Although it sounds vaguely sinister, it really isn’t. They are simply used to recognize a user as they travel from page to page. For example, when you log into Amazon they will [...]