Last updated: 18th September 2024
At Mint SEO, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website and to distinguish you from other users, which helps us improve our online service.
Cookies are small text files containing letters and numbers. They are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. These cookies transfer information back to your hard drive.
We use various types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in securely, use a shopping cart, and access secure areas of our website.
- Analytical or Performance Cookies: They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors navigate our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for instance, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
Here is a detailed list of the cookies we use and their purposes:
| Cookie Title | Cookie Name | Expiration Period | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga | 2 years | Gather information about how visitors use our site and the source of their visit. |
| _gid | 1 day | ||
| _gat | 1 day | ||
| gat# | 2 years | ||
| collect | session | ||
| Google DoubleClick | test_cookie | 1 day | Check if the user’s browser supports cookies and track interactions with ads for effectiveness and targeted advertising. |
| IDE | 1 year | ||
| Google reCAPTCHA | _grecaptcha | 2 minutes | Provide spam protection, potentially storing information about your browsing device. |
| Facebook Cookies | _fbp | Collect and process statistical data on user behaviour. | |
| Google AdSense | _gcl_au | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency. |
| Google.ie | ads/ga-audiences | Session | Used when a user is about to leave the website to encourage staying engaged. |
You have the option to control the cookies you allow:
- Essential cookies
- Analytical or performance cookies
- Functionality cookies
- Targeting cookies
Please note: Blocking all cookies through your browser settings may restrict access to certain parts of our site.
