Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'Change has come to macosxhints.com...' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Change has come to macosxhints.com...
Authored by: robg on Sep 10, '04 10:21:44AM

The ads here are not necessarily based on click-thrus, though those are certainly tracked. The problem with click-thru sales is that (a) the stats are easily swayed by robots, etc., and (b) if an ad is 'ugly' or unappealing, the site owner is punished when nobody clicks it. Hence, these are sold as exposure ads (so many page views for so much money), but advertisers will look at click-thrus when they go to renew.

So yes, viewing helps, as does occasional clicking if you're interested. But mass clicking, etc., doesn't help, as the stats will just get cleansed of obvious mass clicks :).

-rob.



[ Reply to This | # ]