Comment by prodmerc

9 years ago

> I’ve also never clicked on a Google Ad.

I've never done it, either. I clearly remember the only few times I clicked on AdSense ads - once by mistake, and was extremely annoyed at the results (it was a sort of list like search results), and 2-3 times to test my own AdSense ads (yeah, against ToS).

Yet AdSense is raking in billions. I've always wondered who actually clicks on the ads :D

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giarc  9 years ago

If you are on HackerNews, you probably aren't the typical internet user. I bet my 60 year old mom clicks on tons of ads without even knowing it.

ashark  9 years ago

> Yet AdSense is raking in billions. I've always wondered who actually clicks on the ads :D

A lot of users have a really poor sense of what all the stuff on their screen is. Google started putting ads inline with search results for a reason. Well, reasons, rather, all of them fairly "evil", but that was one of them.

roywiggins  9 years ago

The scummy DOWNLOAD NOW ads that end up on legit software download pages has got to snag more than a handful of people. They're big shiny buttons with tiny (actually an ad) disclaimers.