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So who is the author blaming? He's not blaming the end user (the one that makes those ads worth the most to both google and content sites). - Is he blaming Goog
by ericdykstra 15y ago
So who is the author blaming? He's not blaming the end user (the one that makes those ads worth the most to both google and content sites).
- Is he blaming Google for maximizing ad revenue for the content site?
- Is he blaming the content sites for wanting to maximize their own revenue on page views? (or, perhaps, for being too lazy to sell ads themselves?)
- Is he blaming the people who spend the money to get their scammy ads to show up on these sites?
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- buddy_nuggs 15y agoBased on my reading of the article and raganwald's comment below, my understanding is he's blaming talented employees or entrepreneurs who choose to use their skills to create low-value (in societal terms, not monetary) products and services. And it seems he's not so much blaming as bemoaning. The post struck a chord with me because I am evaluating several employment offers. The one that gives me the opportunity to work with the coolest technologies and receive the highest compensation would leave me feeling the ickiest at some level (it involves mobile ad analytics).
- Drbble 15y agoWithout mobile ad analytics, prices are inefficient and therefore ads are biased to the most profitable buyers, not the highest quality. Do you have any reason to suspect that quality is more profitable?