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FLoC is off the table as Google switches to targeting by Topics

Forget FLoC says Google, betting instead on topics of interest as a means of segmenting and targeting audiences. George Nguyen on January 25, 2022 Google will replace Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) with a new interest-based targeting proposal called Topics, the company announced Tuesday. The Topics API will share a limited number of topics of … Continue reading FLoC is off the table as Google switches to targeting by Topics

Google Introduces Topics For Targeting, Kills Off FLoC

Google Introduces Topics For Targeting, Kills Off FLoC by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, January 25, 2022 Google plans to replace Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) with interest-based targeting it calls Topics. The Topics API will determine and select topics of interest based on the user’s previous three weeks of browsing history. It will not use external … Continue reading Google Introduces Topics For Targeting, Kills Off FLoC