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This thread suggests that it's probably fun to say: good riddance to the fuckers! (And you might say "good riddance, you fucker" if you were on FuckedCompany..

This thread suggests that it's probably fun to say: good riddance to the fuckers! (And you might say "good riddance, you fucker" if you were on FuckedCompany...) I've met pud and talked with him in an entrepreneurial setup, and I was truly impressed by his early-stage insight. Seriously, he's smart and savvy, so there, but for the grace of God, go I, etc. Rather than piling-on in a FuckedCompany-like sense, I think it's more interesting to think about the trajectory of a company founded by a bright and very in-tune entrepreneur. Looking for lessons: * What do you think went wrong? * What are artifacts of the failure you can enumerate? * What would you have done differently? * How did their competitors excel?

robertelder 14y ago
I had a site with a few thousand page views per day, and they would never display any ads on the site so I stopped using them. I also signed up for an advertiser account to see how the advertiser experience worked, and they immediately flagged my account as fraudulent and wouldn't let me buy ads.
SyneRyder 14y ago
I think the obvious reason is marketshare. Most websites were running Google AdSense, so AdBrite didn't have as large a catalog of websites to advertise on. I remember browsing the websites on there in my niche, and the majority of AdBrite publishers I saw were splogs with scraped content. Sometimes AdBrite wasn't serving ideal ads to publishers. I remember one site that had acai berry & weight loss ads, on a page specifically about not letting mass media dictate your self-esteem about your appearance. I guess AdBrite didn't have the critical mass of advertisers for better ad selection/targeting. On the other hand, as an advertiser I liked how AdBrite was setup. I could target a specific website & specify exactly where on the page of that site I wanted my ads to appear. My most successful display ad campaign was on AdBrite (though I'm something of an advertising newbie). For that reason I'll be sad to see AdBrite go.
- tucson 14y ago
  > "I could target a specific website & specify exactly where on the page of that site I wanted my ads to appear." You can also do that with Adwords.

robertelder 14y ago

I had a site with a few thousand page views per day, and they would never display any ads on the site so I stopped using them. I also signed up for an advertiser account to see how the advertiser experience worked, and they immediately flagged my account as fraudulent and wouldn't let me buy ads.

SyneRyder 14y ago

I think the obvious reason is marketshare. Most websites were running Google AdSense, so AdBrite didn't have as large a catalog of websites to advertise on. I remember browsing the websites on there in my niche, and the majority of AdBrite publishers I saw were splogs with scraped content. Sometimes AdBrite wasn't serving ideal ads to publishers. I remember one site that had acai berry & weight loss ads, on a page specifically about not letting mass media dictate your self-esteem about your appearance. I guess AdBrite didn't have the critical mass of advertisers for better ad selection/targeting. On the other hand, as an advertiser I liked how AdBrite was setup. I could target a specific website & specify exactly where on the page of that site I wanted my ads to appear. My most successful display ad campaign was on AdBrite (though I'm something of an advertising newbie). For that reason I'll be sad to see AdBrite go.

tucson 14y ago
> "I could target a specific website & specify exactly where on the page of that site I wanted my ads to appear." You can also do that with Adwords.