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If google moves forward with this we should all start randomly clicking on ads until advertisers start to realize that they're basically throwing their money aw

If google moves forward with this we should all start randomly clicking on ads until advertisers start to realize that they're basically throwing their money away on advertising that doesn't work :) Let's hit 'em where it hurts.

gjs278 7y ago
google will get paid. you’ll be ripping off their publishers.
Gustomaximus 7y ago
It would be I interesting to make this into an extension. That said it probably wouldn't change marketing budgets, just what people pay CPC/CPM etc to offset the percentage of users doing this.
- PureParadigm 7y ago
  The AdNauseam extension [1] does exactly that, and Google really didn't like it (banned it from the Chrome extension store [2]). 1. https://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/ 2. https://adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html https://adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html
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debacle 7y ago
If advertisers haven't realized that yet, they aren't going to wake up now.
whatshisface 7y ago
There are people who click on random ads professionally, and Google has been fighting them for a long time. Whatever equilibrium has been reached is probably stable. The best thing to do is block ads and to do our best to stay off the grid - the only thing that no statistician can work with is the absence of data.
- cortesoft 7y ago
  They can absolutely work with the absence of data, because you are still doing other things around the web that generates data. They will see you doing other interactions but not ad requests, and they can figure things out from that.
  - whatshisface 7y ago
    That's why uBlock Origin also blocks trackers, third party embeds, and of course, ads.
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sjwright 7y ago
Yes, let's beat Google by giving them more money by increasing the overall advertising hit rate in an organic, nearly untraceable fashion. Wait, what was the logic of that again?
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  It pits advertisers with deep pockets against Google's deep pockets, without the need to have deep pockets yourself.
  - luckylion 7y ago
    From my experience, many advertisers do so little QA, they'll hardly notice that their conversion rate dips a little. And if they do, they'll look for problems elsewhere: Google is never wrong.
teamspirit 7y ago
Someone just posted this to HN: AdNauseam[0]. It appears to describe what you say. [0] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

gjs278 7y ago

google will get paid. you’ll be ripping off their publishers.

Gustomaximus 7y ago

It would be I interesting to make this into an extension. That said it probably wouldn't change marketing budgets, just what people pay CPC/CPM etc to offset the percentage of users doing this.

PureParadigm 7y ago
The AdNauseam extension [1] does exactly that, and Google really didn't like it (banned it from the Chrome extension store [2]). 1. https://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/ 2. https://adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html https://adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html
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debacle 7y ago

If advertisers haven't realized that yet, they aren't going to wake up now.

whatshisface 7y ago

There are people who click on random ads professionally, and Google has been fighting them for a long time. Whatever equilibrium has been reached is probably stable. The best thing to do is block ads and to do our best to stay off the grid - the only thing that no statistician can work with is the absence of data.

cortesoft 7y ago
They can absolutely work with the absence of data, because you are still doing other things around the web that generates data. They will see you doing other interactions but not ad requests, and they can figure things out from that.
- whatshisface 7y ago
  That's why uBlock Origin also blocks trackers, third party embeds, and of course, ads.
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sjwright 7y ago

Yes, let's beat Google by giving them more money by increasing the overall advertising hit rate in an organic, nearly untraceable fashion. Wait, what was the logic of that again?

toomuchtodo 7y ago
It pits advertisers with deep pockets against Google's deep pockets, without the need to have deep pockets yourself.
- luckylion 7y ago
  From my experience, many advertisers do so little QA, they'll hardly notice that their conversion rate dips a little. And if they do, they'll look for problems elsewhere: Google is never wrong.

teamspirit 7y ago

Someone just posted this to HN: AdNauseam[0]. It appears to describe what you say. [0] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam