mistermodal@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoFavorite Firefox addon that isn't just ublock, darkreader, etc? I throw out Singlefile but you probably have thatmessage-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1message-squareFavorite Firefox addon that isn't just ublock, darkreader, etc? I throw out Singlefile but you probably have thatmistermodal@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIt’s basically just burning through the credit they’ve paid Google and making their numbers look like the ad was effective, but conversion was low Google has been caught doing similar things to make their metrics look better This does hurt advertising in a nebulous kind of accelerationist way, but it does end up with more ad money being given to Google
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIndeed. This in turn devalues ads by dropping their conversion rate. Thus people won’t use Google services anymore.
It’s basically just burning through the credit they’ve paid Google and making their numbers look like the ad was effective, but conversion was low
Google has been caught doing similar things to make their metrics look better
This does hurt advertising in a nebulous kind of accelerationist way, but it does end up with more ad money being given to Google
Indeed. This in turn devalues ads by dropping their conversion rate. Thus people won’t use Google services anymore.