Re:Acceptable Ads explained: monetization
by tomjen3 on Friday February 26, 2016 @05:51PM
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I can't remember the last time a promoted tweet was relevant for me. I am not going to buy Samsungs new super expensive phone, I am not going to be using mail-chimp.
So why do I keep seeing ads for crap I don't need and products I already know about, instead of new products that are useful that I can actually use? Maybe if ads were useful people would want to see them and so they wouldn't have to be annoying.
Re:Acceptable Ads explained: monetization
by thecolorblue on Saturday February 27, 2016 @11:54AM
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That is a good point, relevant ads are less annoying. Are you fine with ad companies collecting information about you to give you better targeted ads?
Is there any data out there on ad placement effectiveness? It sounds like they are removing the ads that are actually effective and leaving the ads nobody notices, in other words, the ads that nobody would pay for.
As someone who used to work for a SaaS company, it always amazed me how many people expect to get things for free.