tomjuggler

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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   There is no ad - that's organic. Money ran out day before yesterday
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   what community? There's almost nobody there! (it's nice)
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   Page rules did it!! thank you
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   I updated CloudFlare settings, yes. Seems to have worked?
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   My entertainment website typically gets 10-100 visitors per day, yesterday it was more like 1000 per hour. The only reason it's still online is because of CloudFlare CDN! My content is best live and in person but you are right, will be
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   I can't remember I think it's just the assets though - seems to be surviving so far. How do you get it to cache everything, is that a paid thing?
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   Google Adwords just shows your ad at the top of search results. Someone searches for a clown and I'm on top - worth paying for! (when it worked)
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   Shockingly, I did not consider malicious intent as a possible reason. I will look into it. Never did trust the partner networks though, it's not that anyway, just used plain old search network
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   by tomjuggler 9mo ago

   lol I meant coding, can't stand AI slop web content myself. I wrote all the words - what's BSG?
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    NO that's a side project - my product is my juggling/magic shows here in Durban (also good for video though). I made the poi for myself and open sourced it, now people are selling them in Brazil, and Australia. Sometimes I get a b
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Cloudflare seems to be sorting it out (mostly).
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    content, in r/Durban - gets a few views for personal, I'm on lemmy now
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Whoever said that lived with their parents and didn't pay rent
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Great, now my server is crashing again. I thought Cloudflare was supposed to take care of this stuff
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    That is fair. It's dead to me though.
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Thanks for the info. Will definitely be doing a post mortem after I finish scrambling for new work opportunities
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    I don't know what click fraud is but it's a very small entertainment agency market in Durban, South Africa's 3rd largest city. We only advertised locally (specified in AdWords)
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Thanks, we tried them before but many years have passed and things have changed. Our new Instagram campaign just bore fruit in the first hour (4 WhatsApp enquiries with $1.50 spent!), will be looking at FB also
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Trying something different myself. Enough is enough, I have said goodbye to AdWords for good now I think
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Tell me about it - my mother was a librarian, I prefer text content, but have to face facts now I guess
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Thank you I will look it up, never heard of those
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    I forgot YouTube has ads, thanks. I do occasionally post (free) on Reddit, it's not that big here though
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    I hate ads too, I understand. Currently running pi-hole and ublock simultaneously. Have to use a burner phone to see my own ads
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    It's short form video for sure. My wife just got 4 WhatsApp messages from our new Instagram campaign in 1 hour. Spent $1.50 so far. So Zuckerberg is the ref now?
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    I can't rule out competition here, definitely part of it - cost per click has gone up a lot over the years
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Thanks, yeah I see lots of video editing in my future
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Please not that again, my server was down for 2 days last time! (I did join CloudFlare CDN after that)
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    Lol wish I could afford to "fill up Tiktok with ads"! Seriously though, I always felt like Google AdWords (we only used the search network) are the most honest way. Someone searches for what you offer and they see your ad. With th
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    Google is dead. Where do we go now?(circusscientist.com)

    1046 points by tomjuggler 9mo ago|838 comments
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    by tomjuggler 9mo ago

    A blog post lamenting the demise of Google Adwords.