I never understood online ads. I have been online since the late 90s and the amount of times I bought something because of an online ad is… I think never? I did find something I was interested in (an online coding school) but I don’t recall ever signing up.
I did use sites I was told by ‘live’ ads (youtubers plugging in their sponsors) a few times. But those weren’t conventional ads. I used expressVPN once and used the Angry Video Game Nerd’s sponsorship code, and godaddy web hosting once (because it was learning webdev) from Penn (of Penn and Teller fame). But it was because I was also looking for very specific services.
It’s intentional. Hiding what you’re looking for makes you search more pages and see more ads. Google results turning to dogshit.
I never understood online ads. I have been online since the late 90s and the amount of times I bought something because of an online ad is… I think never? I did find something I was interested in (an online coding school) but I don’t recall ever signing up.
I did use sites I was told by ‘live’ ads (youtubers plugging in their sponsors) a few times. But those weren’t conventional ads. I used expressVPN once and used the Angry Video Game Nerd’s sponsorship code, and godaddy web hosting once (because it was learning webdev) from Penn (of Penn and Teller fame). But it was because I was also looking for very specific services.