Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier?

Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by joshfee on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:43AM (#30347941)

Glad you're earning some money, but I turned ad-blocker off to see how you incorporated ads on your site - honestly taking up a quarter of the screen with autoplay videos and blinking ads is some toxic 90s geocities stuff... ad-blocker going right back on.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by holgersindbaek on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:33PM (#30353060)

I started with a lot less ads, but have since then put more on. I don't like it either, but people really don't mind it that much it seems. I also have an option where people can pay to remove the ads. Basically no one uses it.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by ffhhj on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:29PM (#30349625)

I use uBlock Origin, but as developer the easier way to earn money is to feed ads to that 90-ish % of users that don't have an adblocker. I used to force interstitials and videos when starting my apps, but removed them to avoid bad ratings. People seem happy with double banners top/down and affiliate links.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by coryrc on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:19PM (#30351304)

Maybe that's because they haven't built a profile of you to give you better targeted ads?

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by FridayoLeary on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:11PM (#30353536)

Please! Won't somebody please give me better targeted ads!

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