[Foundation-l] No, even a couple of Google ads on each page would be a fatally bad idea

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Sun Nov 7 16:05:47 UTC 2010


On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 November 2010 15:50, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
>> We use a tab at the top of the article to link to the ad page. No one has
>> to click on it; but if you're looking for buying, or investigating
>> products, you will.
>
> The click-through rate would be tiny and therefore so would the revenue.

I would think the click-through rate would be above-average.  People
who want ads are more likely to click on those ads (also less likely
to be using ad-blocking software).



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