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Exactly. I’ll pay to host my own content - but if it’s just static content - that’s essentially zero. Also, I’ll make tools to make it easy for anyone to crea
by ricksharp 6y ago
Exactly.
I’ll pay to host my own content - but if it’s just static content - that’s essentially zero.
Also, I’ll make tools to make it easy for anyone to create their own self-hosted website.
No ads needed.
And if I make a product or service of value, I’ll sell it - without ads.
Word of mouth recommendations are great. Somebody can make a review or a blog post about it because they like it.
Others can find it when they search for it - because they need it.
Think about it - how many things/services do you buy because you saw an ad versus because you had a need and sought out the best product that could fulfill it.
In fact, I think it would be awesome if a new search engine could step up - ad free web search (excludes any website that uses ads).
- rightbyte 6y agoThe big problem I believe is discoverability. People use Google's algorithmically culled search which favors big sites and SEO spam. Earlier there was a logistic with web rings and link-lists. They are pretty much gone. I mean since the phone book where I live is not printed anymore I can't look up what companies operate plumbing or pizza in my area because there are no such lists anymore. I can find a few on Google. Google pretty much put the information collect and arrange business out of business and didn't replace it. "The information age" should really be called "the age of colored noise".
- ricksharp 6y agoI don't think the web-rings ever worked well, but maybe there exist a search engine for the little guy: - Adfree Only (No Ads or Tracking Allowed on the domain)