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Comment by ta1234567890

4 years ago

> now everytime I have an opportunity to suggest businesses I work with not to use any of Google services, including GCP, I do exactly that

What would you recommend as a good alternative to google (and Facebook) ads?

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edoceo  4 years ago

Reddit is like the #4 site in the USA. Can get pretty targeted too.

  • ta1234567890  4 years ago

    Good suggestion. Unfortunately Reddit is not that popular for the target demographic I have in mind (B2B in a Spanish speaking country).

josephcsible  4 years ago

Why do you say "(and Facebook)"? Even if Facebook were this ban-happy, a lifetime ban from them is way, way less disruptive to most people's lives than a lifetime ban from Google is.

  • 2cb  4 years ago

    I realise this is an edge case, but if you don't have an FB account but you set one up to create a page for your business and set up ads for it etc, it'll likely get shut down very quickly by FB's algorithms. So basically if you are a non-FB user you cannot use FB ads.

  • ta1234567890  4 years ago

    I personally dislike FB. I don’t have a FB/Instagram/Whatsapp account and would hate creating one just to run ads.

    Unfortunately I feel like 90%+ of my target audience uses Google for search and at least one of FBs properties. It’s hard not to want to advertise on those platforms.

DarkmSparks  4 years ago

not using ads.... /runs

in all seriousness, I think in app purchases is probably a better model all round, As a user and a developer these ad platforms are all just nasty.