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You've never opened a newspaper up to the classifieds? Those are ads. You may not know of a tree cutting service until you look there. You may not know where

You've never opened a newspaper up to the classifieds? Those are ads. You may not know of a tree cutting service until you look there. You may not know where to get a car part until you look there. Having ads riddled throughout the internet is one thing, but having a directory where ads are supposed to be is another. Yes billboards are annoying, that doesn't make classifieds equal. (oh and you could just pay $3/mo or not use the service if you have no use for classifieds)

ajsnigrutin 4y ago
But there's a difference if you're searching for a tree cutting service in the yellow pages, or if you're googling a chainsaw sharpener, and you get a tree cutting service ad.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  Is there? You are searching for keywords and paid information is presented usually in some order that puts paid items near the top and more visible.
  - ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    But i'm searching for a sharpener, not a tree cutting service. When I open youtube and click on the chainsaw sharpening tutorial video, i wasnt to see that video, not 6 ads for something i didn't search for and don't need.
    - ipaddr 4y ago
      You wanted to see Golden Girls but they showed you ads on teeth glue before your program started? That is to be expected. You might not need it but someone thought enough viewers would to make it profitable
dismalpedigree 4y ago
If ads are truly so useful, perhaps they should withhold them unless you pay $3/mo. Oh right. They are a negative user experience and bring revenue in without providing any value (possibly negative value) to the user. Nothing groundbreaking here, but lets not pretend this is anything but a money grab.
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- ipaddr 4y ago
  They do as most newspapers are not free at the newsstand. To get those local classified ads you have to pay. They can be a negative or positive depending on the ad and when/where you see it Some people love to see new products and ads show those.
  - squeaky-clean 4y ago
    There are some free ones but they're also 90% ads :p Then again I used to subscribe to tech magazines back in the day, and you can think of the articles and reviews as well thought out and curated ads. (At least the good magazines).
    - chrismorgan 4y ago
      My regional local paper (where “local” means “it’s headquartered in a town of 20,000 people 100km away from myself and has a catchment area of maybe 50,000 people”), titled The Weekly Advertiser, is consistently almost exactly 75% ads by surface area (measured on a few different occasions).
  - SoftTalker 4y ago
    Yep, back when I was into photography (which was well before the web existed) I would buy photography magazines mainly for the ads. Same with the Computer Shopper, it was almnost entirely ads and people paid for it.
- otabdeveloper4 4y ago
amelius 4y ago
What you need is yellow pages.

ajsnigrutin 4y ago

But there's a difference if you're searching for a tree cutting service in the yellow pages, or if you're googling a chainsaw sharpener, and you get a tree cutting service ad.

ipaddr 4y ago
Is there? You are searching for keywords and paid information is presented usually in some order that puts paid items near the top and more visible.
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
  But i'm searching for a sharpener, not a tree cutting service. When I open youtube and click on the chainsaw sharpening tutorial video, i wasnt to see that video, not 6 ads for something i didn't search for and don't need.
  - ipaddr 4y ago
    You wanted to see Golden Girls but they showed you ads on teeth glue before your program started? That is to be expected. You might not need it but someone thought enough viewers would to make it profitable

dismalpedigree 4y ago

If ads are truly so useful, perhaps they should withhold them unless you pay $3/mo. Oh right. They are a negative user experience and bring revenue in without providing any value (possibly negative value) to the user. Nothing groundbreaking here, but lets not pretend this is anything but a money grab.

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ipaddr 4y ago
They do as most newspapers are not free at the newsstand. To get those local classified ads you have to pay. They can be a negative or positive depending on the ad and when/where you see it Some people love to see new products and ads show those.
- squeaky-clean 4y ago
  There are some free ones but they're also 90% ads :p Then again I used to subscribe to tech magazines back in the day, and you can think of the articles and reviews as well thought out and curated ads. (At least the good magazines).
  - chrismorgan 4y ago
    My regional local paper (where “local” means “it’s headquartered in a town of 20,000 people 100km away from myself and has a catchment area of maybe 50,000 people”), titled The Weekly Advertiser, is consistently almost exactly 75% ads by surface area (measured on a few different occasions).
- SoftTalker 4y ago
  Yep, back when I was into photography (which was well before the web existed) I would buy photography magazines mainly for the ads. Same with the Computer Shopper, it was almnost entirely ads and people paid for it.
otabdeveloper4 4y ago

amelius 4y ago

What you need is yellow pages.