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Advertisers seem to be so focused on shoving ads in front of eyeballs that they’re forgetting why those eyeballs are there in the first place. If you make ads

Advertisers seem to be so focused on shoving ads in front of eyeballs that they’re forgetting why those eyeballs are there in the first place. If you make ads annoying to the point where people can’t even do what they came to do, they will either stop coming or find a way around the annoyance. And now Google is breaking its own search. Half of my most recent searches have been picked apart by Google, showing results for what I didn’t type and expecting me to click a small link to fix it. And, instead of “ending” when there are no more relevant results, they’re including “similar” results as if they match, and seemingly intermixed with exact matches. That breaks search, and it’s getting harder and harder to rely on.

corobo 6y ago
Twitch/Amazon is going through a bit of a midlife crisis with this too They're cramming so many ads down the pipe I'm almost wondering if Bezos is cashing out
- 411111111111111 6y ago
  And you have to pay each channel separately to disable ads. It literally discourages me from browsing and discovering other streams. I haven't watched an unsubscribed channel in month because of that
  - mirages 6y ago
    You have Twitch Turbo that exists long before Amazon buyoff https://www.twitch.tv/turbo https://www.twitch.tv/turbo I never saw any ad since I have it and that works with every channel
    - corobo 6y ago
      Aye I went with this at the cost of two subs too. Had to be done. I've heard that streamers get paid as if you would have seen an ad, anyone know this for sure? I heard it in a quite flimsy way so I'd love to get it confirmed if so
      - corobo 6y ago
        Or just downvote it and move on? Did I do a faux pas?
- RestlessMind 6y ago
  Yes, I experienced this as well. While watching a movie on Amazon, there were 90-120 seconds unskippable ads every 10 minutes or so. I instantly switched to Netflix and felt like writing an email to Bezos asking what kind of fuckery is this. I heard he takes such customer complaints seriously.
ece 6y ago
I've found myself fighting the spell-correct search more often too, worse, it's easily handled by giving me the results I searched for and then including other optional links or results. There's just no excuse when what I'm searching for is right, and a search engine thought I'd like something else. It's dumb af.
- PikachuEXE 6y ago
  Google wants more impression on ads. Quite natural for them to "eager spell-correct" your search query. This is what you get when you search using an ad company's product. :(
  - ece 6y ago
    I don't think I would go that far. It's easy enough to restrict spell-correct to dictionary words. When I search for a specific part number, I tend to get a similar more popular part where spell-correct makes zero sense to have anyway.
lawl 6y ago
> Advertisers seem to be so focused on shoving ads in front of eyeballs that they’re forgetting why those eyeballs are there in the first place. The thing is, you actually can combine both of those things. I've seen some youtubers do this quite well where an entire video is sponsored, but I still want to watch it because the essence of why I watch that particular youtuber is still there. I.e. it's not completely watered down. One recent example of this done reasonably well that comes to mind is from Michael Reeves[0] and the entire video is a gigantic ad for an amazon show I have absolutely no interest in ever watching. But i still watched the entire video because it was still (mostly) a Michael Reeves video. So imo ads can be done rather well, but you have to put in the effort and not slap a news site full of banners. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrrs9LGIfyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrrs9LGIfyQ

corobo 6y ago

Twitch/Amazon is going through a bit of a midlife crisis with this too They're cramming so many ads down the pipe I'm almost wondering if Bezos is cashing out

411111111111111 6y ago
And you have to pay each channel separately to disable ads. It literally discourages me from browsing and discovering other streams. I haven't watched an unsubscribed channel in month because of that
- mirages 6y ago
  You have Twitch Turbo that exists long before Amazon buyoff https://www.twitch.tv/turbo https://www.twitch.tv/turbo I never saw any ad since I have it and that works with every channel
  - corobo 6y ago
    Aye I went with this at the cost of two subs too. Had to be done. I've heard that streamers get paid as if you would have seen an ad, anyone know this for sure? I heard it in a quite flimsy way so I'd love to get it confirmed if so
    - corobo 6y ago
      Or just downvote it and move on? Did I do a faux pas?
RestlessMind 6y ago
Yes, I experienced this as well. While watching a movie on Amazon, there were 90-120 seconds unskippable ads every 10 minutes or so. I instantly switched to Netflix and felt like writing an email to Bezos asking what kind of fuckery is this. I heard he takes such customer complaints seriously.

ece 6y ago

I've found myself fighting the spell-correct search more often too, worse, it's easily handled by giving me the results I searched for and then including other optional links or results. There's just no excuse when what I'm searching for is right, and a search engine thought I'd like something else. It's dumb af.

PikachuEXE 6y ago
Google wants more impression on ads. Quite natural for them to "eager spell-correct" your search query. This is what you get when you search using an ad company's product. :(
- ece 6y ago
  I don't think I would go that far. It's easy enough to restrict spell-correct to dictionary words. When I search for a specific part number, I tend to get a similar more popular part where spell-correct makes zero sense to have anyway.

lawl 6y ago

> Advertisers seem to be so focused on shoving ads in front of eyeballs that they’re forgetting why those eyeballs are there in the first place. The thing is, you actually can combine both of those things. I've seen some youtubers do this quite well where an entire video is sponsored, but I still want to watch it because the essence of why I watch that particular youtuber is still there. I.e. it's not completely watered down. One recent example of this done reasonably well that comes to mind is from Michael Reeves[0] and the entire video is a gigantic ad for an amazon show I have absolutely no interest in ever watching. But i still watched the entire video because it was still (mostly) a Michael Reeves video. So imo ads can be done rather well, but you have to put in the effort and not slap a news site full of banners. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrrs9LGIfyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrrs9LGIfyQ