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I think the author really nails it. He isn't object to the ads existing, he is objecting to them being irrelevant. Ads that are relevant almost aren't Ads, the
by sh1mmer 18y ago
I think the author really nails it. He isn't object to the ads existing, he is objecting to them being irrelevant.
Ads that are relevant almost aren't Ads, they are almost content.
- snprbob86 18y agoI agree, but you can't fault them for releasing this as a stop gap solution. The data will surely show that click through rates are lower than web search; when it does, they can be motivated to improving that. Release early, release often?
- jonknee 18y agoHow are they irrelevant? He searched for Brett Farve and got ads about Brett Farve. He was just bummed that they were text ads, not images.
- sh1mmer 18y agoIsn't relevance defined by context? If he was doing an image search he wanted images, not text. What about Ads for products or Stock photography or Celeb sites with more photos?