It was a great concept 5-10 years ago when ads made a decent amount of money and people didn't spend 80% of their time on Facebook/Google/whatever. In the pres

It was a great concept 5-10 years ago when ads made a decent amount of money and people didn't spend 80% of their time on Facebook/Google/whatever. In the present day, we have large dominant sites, so you need a better way to make money than "I'll get the eyeballs and point them to ads eventually". The eyeballs aren't coming in sufficient quantity to make ads profitable anymore. Either sell them something, affiliate or go mobile.