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by somid3 10y ago
Wow, I hear you, that's hard. Can you share some more thoughts on the interview itself, perhaps we can help you here if you provide more details as to the questions and the response.
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by somid3 10y ago
I also have some of the scripts I used to unfollow about 1000 friends at once if anyone doesn't believe me about the timelocks
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You're trapped, and you don't know it(youexec.com)
4 points by somid3 10y ago|4 comments
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by somid3 10y ago
If you need help getting used to the community feel free to ping me.
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Viral gifts(youexec.com)
3 points by somid3 10y ago|0 comments
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by somid3 10y ago
I disagree, I feel its very relevant
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by somid3 10y ago
Given the nature of the topic I believe its anecdotal.
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by somid3 10y ago
I agree, @Soared - where you at?
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by somid3 10y ago
No, of the entering traffic, after they click on the ad, its as if 90% of them are not your typical organic visitor.
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by somid3 10y ago
10% of the entering traffic, acts normal. The other 90% is garbage. So if your initial organic conversion rate is X%, this article suggests your Google Ad, or Facebook ad conversion rate will be 10% * X%. That said, its not an extensive stu
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by somid3 10y ago
Care to elaborate?
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by somid3 10y ago
@Soared, aside from the self-marketing of your firm how about you put your money where your mouth is. Let's use the same landing page - I'll make a campaign, you make a campaign, we each spend $500 and we track conversions in a sp
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by somid3 10y ago
I'd love to hear more. I'll email you tmrw. Interesting background.
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by somid3 10y ago
love the analysis
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by somid3 10y ago
Damn.
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by somid3 10y ago
I'm not suggesting we leave these platforms, but rather that we evaluate their true offering, and perhaps audit the algorithms to make sure its fair for everyone. So far, in this long thread it seems others have noticed the same.
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by somid3 10y ago
I know what you mean, my 9-5 is also at a BigCo, similar story.
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by somid3 10y ago
I would start with public proxy lists like HideMyAss. I can't imagine foreign users pay premium for VPN services like IPVanish, etc.
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by somid3 10y ago
Ah, thanks for your email!
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by somid3 10y ago
One of the visitors to this thread shared this link with me via email: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/?s=ad+fraud - might help others researching the topic.
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by somid3 10y ago
can you email me at somid3 at gmail?
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by somid3 10y ago
Sure, can I can show you my data and make you believe otherwise, I really want to get to the bottom of this since others also believe it to be an issue.
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by somid3 10y ago
Agreed.
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by somid3 10y ago
Do you have a breakdown of % VPN IPs vs. not of your visitors?
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by somid3 10y ago
Thats irrelevant since I'm analyzing clicks from Google and Facebook and then looking at their movements via Fullstory. How does an adblocker alter that process?
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by somid3 10y ago
For the US market, I'd love to see a breakdown of visitors via Google and Facebook and see what % of them use an IP that is associated with a VPN. If the % is high, then there is a case to be made that most of the clicks are from abroa
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by somid3 10y ago
It could be that the 10% traffic does give them an edge, or you're right about the CPC inflation argument as well. Overall, there is something wrong with the current model since it impedes innovation by allowing smaller players to prop
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by somid3 10y ago
Yes, they all wanted to remain anonymous so we used stock images of people similar to them to prevent identification, either via reverse image search or by colleagues identifying them. We run into issues of people judging others when they f
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by somid3 10y ago
I had set my market at United States only. You're correct, about quality score.
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by somid3 10y ago
Correct, this is not a statistical trial or anything official. In fact, my data is not significant. After years of using Google and Facebook ads that I have never seen CPM out beat CPC.

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