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Also, the revenue of large ad platforms are pretty correlated with efficacy, because of conversion tracking and competitive bidding. IE, advertisers pay $x per
by dalbasal 8y ago
Also, the revenue of large ad platforms are pretty correlated with efficacy, because of conversion tracking and competitive bidding. IE, advertisers pay $x per widget sale. If a widget sale requires twice as many clicks because of fake clicks, the market will react pretty efficiently halve the price of clicks.
It's not perfect and adding noise/volatility bothers the industry, but it will be really hard to affect much at scale.
..maybe targeting one industry at a time, causing mayhem, and going after advertiser confidence in the platforms.
- ilikehurdles 8y agoHalving the price of clicks makes the ad market less valuable. Publishers getting less money means publishers switching to a different marketplace or ditching ad-based revenue altogether. Also not likely to happen unless it’s at scale, but the point is cheaper clicks are make for a weaker ad market.
- dalbasal 8y agoThe number of clicks also doubles