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What was the last time you clicked on an ad? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google's and Meta's main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don't these ads feel phishy to them?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've clicked retargeting ads a few times, if they're offering me an abandoned cart coupon ("finish your order at our store and save 10%"). I've worked in ad tech in the past, and retargeting ads (ads that show products you've previously viewed or expressed an interest in) have extremely high clickthrough rates.

I saw an ad in Instagram reels around a week ago for a Chinese company that makes big LED signs like you see at the front of stores like Safeway or Best Buy or whatever. Not interested in the product, but I was intrigued because the guy in the ad was Chinese but had a Texan accent. Turns out he uses a different accent in each of his ad videos. That was amusing. I did click the ad to see the quality of the product.