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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
What people want to see is real information. When I bought a new laptop I wanted real reviews, our holidays are booked after reviewing the places and accommodation. Same goes for loads of products we buy or book online.
As you say people want to see where to buy, what to buy, now a site that gets to the top of the search engine with neither relying on ad sales.
Will Ad Blockers and Spam Filters be another adapt or die situation?
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And part of the real information is also product information, etc., not just reviews.
What comes the ad sales, visitors don't really care about the website's business model, at least regarding this ad reliance issue. Ad is an ad. The both sites those get on top of the search in this case, rely on advertising. You look this from the webmaster perspective, visitors don't.
Showing product(s) is advertising, showing product information is advertising, showing customer reviews is advertising, etc. It is all advertising. It might not be banner, but it sure as hell is advertising (or more broadly marketing).
For example my porn sites. As an affiliate those are one fucking advertising from top to bottom, as all the material is essentially advertising material. There are banners in left side (one at a time aka one banner), but from marketing perspective that is irrelevant as the whole site is one big ad. I advertise subscriptions, whether I sell the subscriptions myself or not is irrelevant. Customers don't know about the ownerships about the sites those subscriptions I advertise.