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Unfortunately the problem is not with Bing alone. There are multiple ad networks including admob owned by google, who will serve a url, or sometimes a script fo
by azifali 8y ago
Unfortunately the problem is not with Bing alone. There are multiple ad networks including admob owned by google, who will serve a url, or sometimes a script for an ad. That is unfortunately just how advertising works.
The industry never matured (to handle spam, malicious content or fraud) thanks to the Duopoly of Fb and Google, and even the biggest players are not immune to these issues as the onus is on the user to not to click on ads that offer to upgrade browsers, or any system software through ads.
It is the same systems that served malicious election results, the same systems that contributed to the echo chambers that impacted recent elections.
- wtracy 8y agoIronically, this should have been an opportunity for Bing to differentiate themselves: Create a "safe" ad network that is not a vector for drive-by downloads or privacy violations, and go after publishers that are being hurt by ad blockers or experiencing reputation damage from security breaches.
- pishpash 8y agoGiven the cutthroat short term metrics these companies' employees operate under, do you really think such strategic thinking would have ever been incentivized? It's a question whether any salutary effects can even be reliably defined and measured to justify such a project to your boss.