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Are you trolling? Social shares are a pyramid scheme and a nonviable way to drive traffic?

• Silhouette 10y ago
  Driving traffic isn't the goal. Generating revenue is. My original point was that driving traffic that doesn't generate revenue one way or another is actively bad for a commercial site.
  • soared 10y ago
    For most sites I would say that distinction doesn't exist (eCommerce), but I guess for adblockers its true. I think if Forbes lost 100% of their adblocker traffic they would be worse off though. I don't know how I would justify it directly through revenue generated though. If they were smart they'd realize that long term their monetization method is going to change, and the value of someone as a lifetime reader is worth more than the lost revenue of a couple years of adblocking. There is something to be said about adblockers still seeing native ads, but thats unfortunately the route we are heading down.