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I like to think I'm doing my part as a sharehholder. Every so often I'll google something like Criminal Defense Attorney, send money, or file taxes and click
by purple_ferret 5y ago
I like to think I'm doing my part as a sharehholder.
Every so often I'll google something like Criminal Defense Attorney, send money, or file taxes and click on the highest ads.
- echelon 5y agoThat seems like fraud, especially if you were to do it at scale.
- TameAntelope 5y agoA lot of things we do are a little fraudulent, no? The measure is probably impact.
- netr0ute 5y agoYou won't want to know what AdNauseam does.
- echelon 5y agoIt's one thing to click ads. It's quite another to do it for a company you own stock in.
- rige 5y agoHmm, I don't understand what would make that fraudulent, could you explain? Many users, and presumably many shareholders, click on ads that aren't relevant to them, or search for things that aren't relevant to their interests or purchases -- I would think that's just one of the many assumptions built into the advertising market.
- echelon 5y ago> Every so often I'll google something like Criminal Defense Attorney, send money, or file taxes and click on the highest ads. The original poster is deliberately searching for some of the highest cost per click ads [1]. They have no intention of using these services, and they're moving lots of money from the ad purchaser to Google. Up to $50 per click. This person owns stock in Google and has a vested interest in seeing their revenues go up. These effects are minuscule, but it's not far off from stealing a furniture item every time you go to Target. Someone is paying for these and it has a nonzero effect on Google stock. [1] https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2017/06/27/most-expensive-keywords https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2017/06/27/most-expensive...
- seoulmetro 5y agoYou mean like owning Tesla stock and buying a Tesla? What about owning McDonalds stock and buying dinner? Obviously fraud is not easy to label.