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Can that really go on forever? I don't know anyone that deliberately clicks on ads. Ads usually act as a "don't buy" signal to me - I assume the product is of l

by nsxwolf 11y ago

Can that really go on forever? I don't know anyone that deliberately clicks on ads. Ads usually act as a "don't buy" signal to me - I assume the product is of low quality or a scam because of the skeeziness of how they tried to reach me as a customer. Like higher education, the online ads business seems poised to collapse.

kbenzle 11y ago
Are you Russian, this is a common sentiment there :)
- PeCaN 11y ago
  I think this is a common sentiment everywhere.
  - kbenzle 11y ago
    If that was true the US would have A LOT fewer ads.
robryan 11y ago
A large part of our business is built on product listing ads and Google shopping. Regular people have no problem clicking on ads, the ads actually usually provide a much clearer path to buying they product than organic results. In a lot of verticals without ads you would be concentrating most of the sales in the biggest players as it has become very hard to compete in organic search for anyone else.
amlgsmsn 11y ago
Apparently almost half of search engine users don't even realize that there are ads on the page. http://marketingland.com/wsj-search-engines-thumbing-noses-ftc-paid-organic-labeling-103665 http://marketingland.com/wsj-search-engines-thumbing-noses-f... Search engines have been slowly removing background shading and borders over years and make the ads have the same fonts as the search results to drive ad clicks.