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It doesn't matter what it says, it matters what users perceive it to be. It's obviously meant to deceive the users while providing the author (not very) plausi
by richcollins 15y ago
It doesn't matter what it says, it matters what users perceive it to be. It's obviously meant to deceive the users while providing the author (not very) plausible deniability of the deception.
- TheCapn 15y agoAgreed. The sooner a site I can live without starts using scummy tactics to drop ads the sooner I drop them. Nothing like losing viewers because you're too hard pressed to run legit content. (Obviously this is my opinion. I understand the whole "if you're not paying for it then you're the product" stuff, I just think its dishonest to lead people on one way or another)
- aidenn0 15y agoHow do you think this compares to google's ads at the top of search requests? That is the comparison this article is making.
- richcollins 15y agoThose are deceptive as well
- tripzilch 15y agoYeah, thanks to this article I took a critical look at those Google sponsored top result ads and realized how deceptive they were. Probably not the point the author was trying to make, but I still got a lot of interesting out of it :)