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I wonder how much of their traffic is angry people who ended up there by mistake. They could save a lot more than $2M if they just set robots.txt to disallow ev

I wonder how much of their traffic is angry people who ended up there by mistake. They could save a lot more than $2M if they just set robots.txt to disallow everything.

pictur 3y ago
it hurt
qwerty456127 3y ago
Or allow convenient usage without registration. It seems whatever I look for mostly is there, I just go away because I don't want to sign-up&in nor be tracked. I wouldn't realy mind if there were some reasonable non-intrusive content-relevant ads though. I probably might even sign-up some day if I weren't repelled by this being required every time I come. I even stopped reading Quora, and, most recently, Twitter because of this - they started requiring signing-in while I don't want to stay signed in and be tracked even though I actually have respective accounts.
kramerger 3y ago
That perfectly describes my usage of Pinterest. People have written browser extensions to remove Pinterest from search results, as it is almost always a dead-end
- giancarlostoro 3y ago
  Maybe to you, but my wife uses Pinterest a ton. It is where a lot of the women I know go to for ideas for just about everything, from house decor to even the ideas for our wedding. Pinterest is useful just not for us nerdy guys. I am not sure why Google keeps it though or how they benefit, unless Pinterest uses AdSense exclusively, then one can determine that its some sort of partnership. You would think Google would be smarter about who to send over to Pinterest if thats the case.
  - bradleykingz 3y ago
    It's one thing to use Pinterest intentionally, a whole other to have it shoved down your throat.
    - swarnie 3y ago
      Where / How are you finding Pinterest links? I've just searched about two years of browser history and i haven't landed their once.
      - ceejayoz 3y ago
        They've infested Google's image search for years.
      - albedoa 3y ago
        ?? That just means you haven't clicked on the links. Of course the pollution will not be represented in your browser history. Nobody is saying they are forced to visit the site.
      - KomoD 3y ago
        > Where / How are you finding Pinterest links? Google, I google anything and they show up (ESPECIALLY IMAGES). Blacklist one domain in search? Don't worry they've got 200 other ones. I ended up doing a wildcard blacklist with uBlacklist
      - giancarlostoro 3y ago
        Are you using Google Images? Because thats the main culprit.
        swarnie 3y ago
        I am not, that might explain it. Not sure exactly why/when the switch over happened but Bing has dominated Google for image and video search for years.
  - amelius 3y ago
wahnfrieden 3y ago
Why on earth would they do that? It’s intentional and drives growth for them

I wonder how much of their traffic is angry people who ended up there by mistake. They could save a lot more than $2M if they just set robots.txt to disallow everything.

pictur 3y ago

it hurt

qwerty456127 3y ago

Or allow convenient usage without registration. It seems whatever I look for mostly is there, I just go away because I don't want to sign-up&in nor be tracked. I wouldn't realy mind if there were some reasonable non-intrusive content-relevant ads though. I probably might even sign-up some day if I weren't repelled by this being required every time I come. I even stopped reading Quora, and, most recently, Twitter because of this - they started requiring signing-in while I don't want to stay signed in and be tracked even though I actually have respective accounts.

kramerger 3y ago

That perfectly describes my usage of Pinterest. People have written browser extensions to remove Pinterest from search results, as it is almost always a dead-end

giancarlostoro 3y ago
Maybe to you, but my wife uses Pinterest a ton. It is where a lot of the women I know go to for ideas for just about everything, from house decor to even the ideas for our wedding. Pinterest is useful just not for us nerdy guys. I am not sure why Google keeps it though or how they benefit, unless Pinterest uses AdSense exclusively, then one can determine that its some sort of partnership. You would think Google would be smarter about who to send over to Pinterest if thats the case.
- bradleykingz 3y ago
  It's one thing to use Pinterest intentionally, a whole other to have it shoved down your throat.
  - swarnie 3y ago
    Where / How are you finding Pinterest links? I've just searched about two years of browser history and i haven't landed their once.
    - ceejayoz 3y ago
      They've infested Google's image search for years.
    - albedoa 3y ago
      ?? That just means you haven't clicked on the links. Of course the pollution will not be represented in your browser history. Nobody is saying they are forced to visit the site.
    - KomoD 3y ago
      > Where / How are you finding Pinterest links? Google, I google anything and they show up (ESPECIALLY IMAGES). Blacklist one domain in search? Don't worry they've got 200 other ones. I ended up doing a wildcard blacklist with uBlacklist
    - giancarlostoro 3y ago
      Are you using Google Images? Because thats the main culprit.
      - swarnie 3y ago
        I am not, that might explain it. Not sure exactly why/when the switch over happened but Bing has dominated Google for image and video search for years.
- amelius 3y ago

wahnfrieden 3y ago

Why on earth would they do that? It’s intentional and drives growth for them