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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
We are entering a Kafkaesque world where all powerful companies are the gatekeepers, but there is no chance to talk to a human to appeal their decisions. Your only hope is if a) you have an inside contact or b) you can create enough stink o
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
I sympathize. My Google Adwords account (that had been running continuously for 10 years at that point) got suspended for (I shit you not) hyperlinking to another domain. I believe it was due to a very poorly trained contractor. The whole s
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
George Orwell imagined a 'Telescreen' that also spies on you in '1984': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
>I feel like if a product name matches exactly what I searched for, no ad should ever be ABOVE that match. It must be lovely to be that innocent. ;0)
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
The fact that there is a commercial relationship between OpenAi and YCombinator is surely a coincidence.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
As someone who has been doing marketing and buying ads for 20 years, I find your optimism touching. ;0)
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Strange how this went straight from front page to position 157.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Its marketing all the way down. ;0)
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Would be interested to see if the data, if you are prepared to share.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Do they though? It is often very hard to know with ads. My experience is that most people spending money on ads have no idea if they are getting any sort of return. Are there any studies that show billboard ads work? BTW That why money off
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
The cost of clicks tends to rise over time with advertising platforms (Google 'the law of shitty clickthrus'). This effect is very noticeable with Google Adwords, for example. So it makes sense to get in early with a new platform
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
I have bid in Google Adwords on my own product name. If you don't, then a competitor else might, and then they will appear above you in search. It isn't nice, but that is the way it is.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Advertisers getting hosed is pretty much standard with digital ads. Platforms and agencies tell you how amazing their adtech is, but various forms of fraud and dodgy practises seem to be rampant.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Not if you were aiming for the center.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
>isn't it expected that you will get junk clicks with a bid like that? No. Bidding low means less or no clicks, but should not affect traffic quality.
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
>Did they try bidding more? OP here. No. The cheapest version of my PerfectTablePlan software is £19.95 + VAT, one time fee. So I would be insane to bid £2 per click. >It's possible they are just only getting the dregs. Bidding h
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ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage(successfulsoftware.net)
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by hermitcrab 1mo ago
Kudos to Data Colada for sticking to their guns and not being cowed by that law suit. More power to them.
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Six people injured after sign falls at Christian festival(bbc.co.uk)
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It was a sign from God.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Home offices haven't changed that much, have they?
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
This post from 2009 shows the offices of lots of indie software developers: https://successfulsoftware.net/2009/07/27/where-i-program/ Might have some ideas for people thinking of setting up a home offic
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Random fact, Dolly the cloned sheep was named after Dolly Parton: "Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn't think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's." https://en.wikipedi
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Stars who were born into poverty sometimes struggle with being generous (Charlie Chaplin for example). But that certainly didn't seem to be an issue for Dolly. What a life.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
How else are they going to get rich selling something for a tenth of what it costs them?
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Yes, so maybe think twice before eating one.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Trump projects his greed and selfishness onto everyone else. So doesn't understand that there can be such a thing as a win-win relationship.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Yes, hardly apocalyptic!
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Entirely accidental design by Reddit, I'm sure!
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
>I was watching something the other night that mentioned just how obsessed Manson was with the White album IIRC Manson thought the song "Helter Skelter" referred to some sort of apocalypse. In fact, it is just a name for a chil

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