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> I looked into a half-dozen or so alternatives, but all the other companies were either simply Google ads re-sellers, which is an ecosystem I don't quite under
by madcoderme 2y ago
> I looked into a half-dozen or so alternatives, but all the other companies were either simply Google ads re-sellers, which is an ecosystem I don't quite understand, or were extremely sketchy, and had reviews complaining about how they trick people into downloading malware and such.
This is so true. I have tried to monetize my tools with ads quite a few times before, and the only way was to use Adsense. It's actually crazy how there is literally no quality alternative.
- jokethrowaway 2y agoFunnily enough some Google resellers are paying more than Google. I have no clue how, they must be burning investors' money
- chillfox 2y agoThey provide curation to the ad buyers. Basically the marketplace is broken for both sides.
- fikama 2y agoCould you elaborate please ? You got me intrested but I can't make anything of what you mean by "curation".
- chillfox 2y agoIf you only want your ads next to quality content or on sites that are not drowning in ads so your ad is more impactful, then Google won’t help. But a third party can provide that through their curated list of sites. Basically they are in the business of providing human curated targeting parameters instead of the algorithm based that Google supplies.
- fikama 2y agoThanks :)
- unkulunkulu 2y agoWhy couldnt they be “sudsidized” by G to uphold monopoly? If they bring in clients that otherwise are not going there? they simply cost more
- gregw134 2y agoDoesn't Microsoft have an ad network?
- madcoderme 2y agoYes, but not as distributed as adsense
- conradfr 2y agoAdSense also has semi-scams that trick people into subscription through their ceil carriers. And they are hard to block as a site owner as they seem to constantly have new accounts.