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The hostess loses money when disinterested people come, munch and leave. When a item sells, the hostess earns a commission. When it happens enough, the products stop arriving and the parties end.
This is exactly how randomly clicking online ads hurt bloggers. Our blogs are the home party that you have been invited to attend. We assume that something in the blog interests you enough that you will essentially join the party. If you see something that you like, then by all means, make the purchase. Otherwise, don't because random clicks through online ads hurt bloggers like myself.
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Good to know! Thanks! Never thought of it that way. Have found some interesting products by clicking on ads though. Just bought a holiday gift through one. Sometimes it's those adventuresome clicks that really pay off!
ReplyDeleteK.W.,
ReplyDeleteI understand how you feel. Ads can lead you to equally great products! The problem is that those adventuresome clicks can cost good blogs to lose revenue. That basically causes a blogger to start all over again with a new blog.
My suggestion is to find out if a blogger that you like writes as a Yahoo Contributor on Voices, contributes to RedGage or Examiner, Knoji or any other content site. If so, then grace the writer with page view love on the other site.
Tweeting, following the blog and promoting to other social media networks is another way to help. Plus, you may get your work tweeted out in return.
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ReplyDeleteI think it becomes a problem if it is overdone, the point about advertising is that a company wants to get an opportunity to sell you something, if nobody looks at their ads then it is a wasted opportunity.
ReplyDeleteGoogle will no doubt become worried if ads are clicked heavily by the same people, out of proportion to the number of site views. If an advert looks interesting then take a look - I must admit that I view very few adverts, some people may be different - but if looking is out of proportion to views on your site or disproportionately by a single (or small number of people) person. They will look to see what is happening.
John, you're right.I also tend to disregard the advertisements. Companies have the rightful expectation that the relative few who do click are interested in their products.
ReplyDeleteAlgorithms are in place to detect negative clicking patterns. Some companies are so strict that accounts are disabled after only a few fraudulent clicks.