Clickbait and Traffic Laundering: How Ad Tech Is Destroying the Web
One aspect of web ads that nobody seems to mention, especially with click-bait articles, is that people click them. They work, and they work very well.Within the insular world of tech people, it all seems so absurd that anyone would be interested in following these ads and click-bait articles, but the truth is people enjoy that sort of content. This is why gossip magazines sell like hot cakes.I am not sure what the solution is. People like all sorts of things that are bad for them.