I opened the Google News widget on my Android phone, saw a Sponsored link, and found it interesting
Clicked on it, the link opened in Chrome, opening the googleadservices redirection thingummy
Took over 5 seconds to process the redirect
I exited the browser
Guess who missed ad money?
But of course, maybe they got the ad money and the only losers were:
me, who didn’t get to see the website that might actually have had something I wanted
the website owner, who not only didn’t get my business but also had to pay Google, because Google most probably processed the ad first and didn’t care to process the redirect
I feel like I understand why they removed the “Do no evil” sign. Because now, they are messing with both, the product and the customers, only providing as much as is required to take their money, instead of the full, advertised service.
So here’s what happened recently:
Guess who missed ad money?
But of course, maybe they got the ad money and the only losers were:
I feel like I understand why they removed the “Do no evil” sign. Because now, they are messing with both, the product and the customers, only providing as much as is required to take their money, instead of the full, advertised service.