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Re:Just launched! Asking for news.yc feedback. by axod on Thursday October 04, 2007 @02:11AM (#62917)
Being evil would be replacing adsense advert blocks with your own publisher code :D I'm sure if not illegal that would be highly evil.

Children click on adverts, but do they 'convert' - leads or sales. If they do not, that click revenue is going to diminish quickly as advertisers start to realize.

Re:Just launched! Asking for news.yc feedback. by jsjenkins168 on Thursday October 04, 2007 @02:03PM (#63118)
Children dont convert ads to sales, they get their mommies to do that for them.

I'm not married nor do I have kids, but I have definitely seen the effects of a child desiring something. Often that desire comes from the influence of an advertisement.

I dont think online ads have traditionally targeted young kids much because there is not really a reliable means to focus in on them. The demographic can be very specific (as far as age range). Pikluk could be an new way to target a specific age bracket on the internet, which would be very desirable to advertisers.

I hear you about the legal issue of blocking ads and replacing them with your own though. People might have serious problems with that..

Re:Just launched! Asking for news.yc feedback. by rms on Thursday October 04, 2007 @02:49AM (#62927)
Well, an advertiser is pretty dumb if they are trying to sell something to an 8 year old without a credit card. I imagine that a more likely target is a corporation trying to brand a child, like with General Mills's http://www.millsberry.com/.
Re:Just launched! Asking for news.yc feedback. by axod on Thursday October 04, 2007 @06:20AM (#62958)
Sure - I agree. But as far as I see it's harder to get 'branding advertising deals', than results based advertising.