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Yeah, no. This sort of purposefully doing fake clicks at websites you're a fan of thing ups the chances of that website of getting banned from their ad network

Yeah, no. This sort of purposefully doing fake clicks at websites you're a fan of thing ups the chances of that website of getting banned from their ad network. Which is paying their hosting bills. Which simply puts them out of business.

anotherbrownguy 9y ago
Yes, it might put those sites out of business - the websites which rely solely on web traffic use fake titles, sensationalist headlines, click baits, troll baits, fake news i.e. most of what is wrong with the internet. It harms them in the short term... and the most evil company in the history of the world in the long term. I see it as win-win.
- JohnTHaller 9y ago
  Again, no. How do you think nearly all small legit websites that aren't being bankrolled by a single passionate person stay up? Ad revenue. As an example, PortableApps.com isn't exactly small, but without ad revenue I'd shut it down. It doesn't make enough in donations and a handful of drive sales to survive.
  - smichel17 9y ago
    Ideally we'd find other ways to bankroll websites. Obligatory snowdrift.coop plug here (best intro, though with outdated visuals, remains https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/intro https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/intro )
    - JohnTHaller 9y ago
      Ideally. But everything has failed so far except donation-style things for a handful of specific niches.
      - deleted 9y ago
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      - hedora 9y ago
        Why not sell display ads that are relevant to your target audience? Use pay per impression instead of pay per click. (To the extent AdNauseum succeeds, pay per click won't pay well anyway)
        JohnTHaller 9y ago
        If there were an ad network or agency that did this with a similar level of revenue (or even just close), I'd switch. There isn't. I've looked. For years. I wish there were.
        jhasse 9y ago
        If everyone was using AdNauseam, there would be one.
dingo_bat 9y ago
That's exactly my purpose. I want all ad supported businesses to die.
- JohnTHaller 9y ago
  Stop visiting sites that use ads you don't like. "Vote with your feet"
  - dingo_bat 9y ago
    Why should I do what you tell me? I have other options too, and I can do those too. One of them is ad nauseum.

anotherbrownguy 9y ago

Yes, it might put those sites out of business - the websites which rely solely on web traffic use fake titles, sensationalist headlines, click baits, troll baits, fake news i.e. most of what is wrong with the internet. It harms them in the short term... and the most evil company in the history of the world in the long term. I see it as win-win.

JohnTHaller 9y ago
Again, no. How do you think nearly all small legit websites that aren't being bankrolled by a single passionate person stay up? Ad revenue. As an example, PortableApps.com isn't exactly small, but without ad revenue I'd shut it down. It doesn't make enough in donations and a handful of drive sales to survive.
- smichel17 9y ago
  Ideally we'd find other ways to bankroll websites. Obligatory snowdrift.coop plug here (best intro, though with outdated visuals, remains https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/intro https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/intro )
  - JohnTHaller 9y ago
    Ideally. But everything has failed so far except donation-style things for a handful of specific niches.
    - deleted 9y ago
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    - hedora 9y ago
      Why not sell display ads that are relevant to your target audience? Use pay per impression instead of pay per click. (To the extent AdNauseum succeeds, pay per click won't pay well anyway)
      - JohnTHaller 9y ago
        If there were an ad network or agency that did this with a similar level of revenue (or even just close), I'd switch. There isn't. I've looked. For years. I wish there were.
        jhasse 9y ago
        If everyone was using AdNauseam, there would be one.

dingo_bat 9y ago

That's exactly my purpose. I want all ad supported businesses to die.

JohnTHaller 9y ago
Stop visiting sites that use ads you don't like. "Vote with your feet"
- dingo_bat 9y ago
  Why should I do what you tell me? I have other options too, and I can do those too. One of them is ad nauseum.