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> When Torvalds walked in, he wore flip-flops, shorts, and a T-shirt. "flip-flops" is a link and it takes you to hxxps://www.businessinsider.com/best-flip-flop

> When Torvalds walked in, he wore flip-flops, shorts, and a T-shirt. "flip-flops" is a link and it takes you to hxxps://www.businessinsider.com/best-flip-flops which is exactly what you think it is, a review of some flip-flops with affiliate links. Who thought this was a good idea? I mean the flip-flop article is just referral trash like wirecutter and I guess some people like that but why would you link to that "article" (Ad) from this article? They have nothing in common. I can't tell if this was something gross the writer, editor, or blogging platform itself did but whatever it is I quite dislike it and the trend of linking to completely unrelated things just for referrals/affiliate-links or SEO-type reasons.

jgerrish 5y ago
There's probably ad, biz dev, and other teams and departments in media organizations that do this, not the writer. They probably use specialized tools to scan text for keywords that have high paying ad payouts. Fucking interesting shit honestly. You've got: 1. ad keyword auction data 2. product pricing and product margins 3. internal business goals 4. external business relationships and deals Gross and cool, think quant monster geeks. I'm sure some people love working on this, I wish them the best. It's nice to feel good in what you do and your life.