“find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint”

Re:“find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint” –... by iconosynclast on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:06AM (#34924067)

This doesn't seem to work very well at all. I frequently search for a particular vendor of something by name only to be served another similar vendor as the top result. It feels like it should be doable to serve these results in some sort of "you may also like these similar vendors" box or something like that which would massively improve the user experience

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Re:“find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint” –... by londons_explore on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:21AM (#34924197)

It doesn't work if the real company isn't an advertiser, or if they are an advertiser but aren't in this auction due to their targeting rules or being out of budget.

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Re:“find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint” –... by epberry on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:41AM (#34924382)

Appreciate these insights. I'm just getting into setting this up for my company.

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Re:“find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint” –... by AlexandrB on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:55AM (#34924505)

Seeing an ad for another vendor is bad. Seeing an ad that looks like what you searched for but is actually malware[1] is worse.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse...

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