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Re:Google Made Me Ruin a Perfectly Good Website by 8note on Saturday April 27, 2024 @11:10PM (#40185699)
Google has a monopoly though. Multiple monopolies even.

If Google had competition in the ads space, this would be less of an issue, as the author could pick an advertiser that works for their website, rather than contorting their website for google

Re:Google Made Me Ruin a Perfectly Good Website by bruce511 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @12:59AM (#40186126)
Tell me more about the advertising potential an alternative advertiser would see in this site?

Or to put it another way, what product should this be advertising on this site? Because there are a lot of companies in the world, so of you can identify just one of them, they'll likely pay enough for exclusivity.

Re:Google Made Me Ruin a Perfectly Good Website by bitnasty on Sunday April 28, 2024 @08:05AM (#40187990)
I would think this tool is useful for students or journalists. Grammarly and other writing tools would be relevant. Obviously, people who are interested in government or politics, so political ads are hugely relevant.