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I think the point wasn't that Yahoo should show no ads. The point was that the ad was in a place where people were accidentally clicking on it and not knowing w

I think the point wasn't that Yahoo should show no ads. The point was that the ad was in a place where people were accidentally clicking on it and not knowing why a window kept appearing. This didn't add any value to the user, didn't add any value for the advertiser and over time wouldn't add any value to Yahoo because advertisers will eventually decide that clicks from Yahoo are worth much less because of the high bounce rate.

purp 14y ago
Yup. I agree with Hilary and Diego. Optimizing for the clickability of the ad is shortsighted. Yahoo is an advertising company. Optimizing for revenue via delivering valuable clicks to your ad buyers seems more a right choice. That speaks of good placement and excellent targeting (better CTR) combined with an overall good experience (to attract/keep users in the first place).