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> 1) view their page for ads 2) click on their affiliate links 3) buy the product they're selling. 1 and 2 are trivial to detect. 3 is harder but still not imp
by Nextgrid 4y ago
> 1) view their page for ads 2) click on their affiliate links 3) buy the product they're selling.
1 and 2 are trivial to detect. 3 is harder but still not impossible given Google's machine learning capabilities and existing datasets.
Downrank or ban ads & affiliate links and you remove any incentive for creating spam sites in the first place.
- nikanj 4y agoSo you’d downrank sites like Tom’s Hardware or wired.com? Both of which show ads and have affiliate links
- Nextgrid 4y agoIf other content that doesn’t have those annoyances matches my search query then I would absolutely want to see it first. This would also put pressure on content creators to tone down the ads or explore alternative monetization models.
- scarface74 4y agoDo you pay for Consumer Reports?
- Nextgrid 4y agoI paid for Which? which is the UK equivalent. Would've subscribed again when I needed it (and there's been a few times since) but their dark pattern upon unsubscription put me off from going anywhere near them again. I also spend 50£/month on Patreon to support the creators I watch regularly.
- brightball 4y agoThe problem is half the time the ads are Google ads anyway.
- Nextgrid 4y agoThat's the ultimate problem - Google has a conflict of interest with their users which is why the quality has gone to shit.