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Can someone explain this to me? I find it incredibly limiting that the standard for launching a website is that you have to advertise. If you are offering a ser
by acconrad 16y ago
Can someone explain this to me? I find it incredibly limiting that the standard for launching a website is that you have to advertise. If you are offering a service like Yelp or Google, where you provide information through the browser, is it inevitable that you have to set up an ad network? Aren't freemium and product offerings enough? For any HNers with ads on their sites, what portion of your revenue is driven by ads?
- il 16y agoYou seem to be conflating driving traffic and monetizing. I mostly talk about paying money to sites like Google to drive traffic. You can only do this effectively if you are selling something. Unless you have a Bing-size budget, it's near impossible to arbitrage ad clicks into profitable visitors to an ad-supported site.