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Good point. I think today DuckDuckGo is using contextual ads like Google used to do in 2005. I grew up in the 90's so I don't remember much about Yellow Pages.
by spectramax 8y ago
Good point. I think today DuckDuckGo is using contextual ads like Google used to do in 2005.
I grew up in the 90's so I don't remember much about Yellow Pages. Wouldn't it be great to have a Yellow Page full of, say for example, headphone manufacturers? As a company, they pay a monthly fee to be on the list just like old Yellow Pages. When I am thinking about purchasing Headphones, I go to this list (which btw would be devoid of any referral links to Amazon, etc. and would only have the subscription of the list membership as a revenue model) and see a list of various manufacturers. Clicking the link takes me to a page that describes their products in all its glory - like a full page ad. I am ready to be convinced and I wouldn't mind all kinds of ways to convince me why I should buy your headphones. If I don't like it, I hit back and I am now looking at other manufacturers.
May be a startup idea? This would truly be a "pull" because I am actively seeking headphones and I don't want to go to some stupid article titled "Top 10 headphones of 2019!" full of bullshit opinions only to get me to click a referral link.