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# Google tracks gamers, and they can predict your purchases
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/google-tracking-gamers-and-they-can-predict-84-purchases/
- Published: 2012-09-25T20:30:08.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:52:30.000Z
- Description: By default, Google keeps track of user browsing histories. Many game players are also Google users, so they can follow your game-playing habits from the time you searched “XCOM release date” to “XCOM walkthrough.” Some interesting tidbits: -27% of tip-seekers browse from a mobile device. -84% of gam
- Author: Rachel Helps
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

By default, Google keeps track of user browsing histories. Many game players are also Google users, so they can follow your game-playing habits from the time you searched “XCOM release date” to “XCOM walkthrough.” Some interesting tidbits:

\-27% of tip-seekers browse from a mobile device.  
\-84% of game sales four months after launch can be predicted by Adwords clicks.  
\-Pre-launch search interest is in publisher-released material.

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