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How FB Ads retargeting may collapse with Apple/Safari's cookie lifespan change to 7 days

https://interestexplorer.io/cookiepocalypse-2020/
submitted this linkon December 18, 2020
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    Came across this article recently that I thought would be important for indie hackers as this will change a lot of marketing and user acquisition strategies

    TLDR from the author:

    What will happen:
    🍪Conversions are not attributed to ad clicks when these happened +7 days prior.
    🍪Your retargeting audiences will last for maximum 7 days, then they're gone.
    🍪 Exclusion audiences of past Purchasers will only last for 7 days, after that your ads will start showing again to people who just purchased from you.
    🍪Lookalike seed audiences are super small (filled with just 7 days of users), so the resulting lookalikes will be of low quality.

    Impact:
    🍪 The number of available conversion events will be limited.
    🍪 If you're running ads for app installs, you're basically screwed.
    🍪 Conversion windows will be limited to just 7-day click
    🍪 The size of your website custom audiences will decrease.

    What you can do:
    💡 Start collecting email addresses from your visitors as a major part of your strategy
    💡 Sharpen your customer persona / avatar.
    💡 Verify your domain with Facebook