Here is a recent video from a meetup hosted by LinkedIn where an engineer explains exactly how LinkedIn advertising works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2YLoyFXvIY&list=PLihIrF0tCX...
Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
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Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
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No, having an account is free. But many features are behind a paywall now, like seeing who is visiting your profile. It used to be it was only not shown if you were browsing privately youself, but recently it changed and you can only see the first two. Also, as you say as a free user you can be reached by more people more easily and I hate that. Some of the high-level contacts I know are not findable at all by using…
> Also, as you say as a free user you can be reached by more people more easily and I hate that. Some of the high-level contacts I know are not findable at all by using the public search and I don't have this option. You do. Check your settings and privacy preferences closer. They employ some dark ux to make it less obvious, but it's there.
Ok fair enough, I will have a look again.. It is indeed all over the place, I went through it all once about a year and a half ago, so it could be some things have changed.
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every been to a big break and motor store and they asked for your zip code? That is because they have someone in the back office to wants to see if the ads - dead tree paper - they spent to your zip code worked. It isn't hard to work the numbers from there, but it is tedious and requires some statistics.
Heh, I always find it funny when I buy a non-recurring thing, but keep seeing ads for it. Best was when I kept seeing ads for a thing I was selling. I visited some big box sites about it to copy the specs on it.
The vacuum problem... the issue is that it's kinda hit or miss to come up with items that are related to the vacuum and to do it over a time period.
I think if ads were smarter, you'd get ads for your vacuum's filter a few months after buying it and maybe replacement pieces just after warranty, but what do I know?
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
#234I’ve experienced the same with Snapchat and their geofencing ads. I geofence a perimeter around a venue where we run an event and run a branded filter. We have a team of 5 in the venue during the hours the ads run. None of them was able to see the filter come up. Snapchat on the other end shows hundreds of impressions and tens of uses. Surely a fraud.
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
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It seems like pay-per-click and similar models should just be discontinued, they don't work since they can be exploited. An independently verifiable metric needs to be used (if the price for the ad should be traffic or interaction based) - or something completely different. Fixed prices?
All the metrics for advertisement sales have been gamed for as long as I know of (at least 20 years); this goes for paper, online, television, and radio. Smart advertisers know what's going on, and they take the 'gaming' into account.
I've been waiting so long for it to be a bubble that pops, web ads just can't be worth that much when they are so bad.
I see some "captive" ads now, and I can imagine those are worth so much more - for example instagram play-between ads. No wonder the open web is dying.
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
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I have a memory of doing that 20 years ago as a pre-teen to make my friend like 50 cents.
Many of the adult-oriented ads paid upwards of $0.50/click. Your parents would definitely wonder why you were receiving checks in the mail from Xpics . Once I left the Visual Basic scripted web control running overnight by mistake...
Thats how i made my first 10k on the web, still have the check:)
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
#237I've long contended that linkedin is essentially like a seedy dating site where we're all the women and the recruiters are the men hounding us.
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when the jig is finally up, since there's so much stuff we're used to getting for free that is currently financed by all of this: email, maps and GPS navigation, staying in contact with college friends, ...
FOSS and paid services will rise and shine.
For navigation to a known address, OSMAnd works great. Google Maps is better at search, particularly for commercial destinations, and has a slicker interface. For everything else, particularly navigation off road (on trails or otherwise) OSM excels. OSM has much more detail than Google Maps for things like parks and trails, frequently even having the locations of water fountains (this has saved my ass a few times.)
I guess my point is the alternatives to Google Maps aren't perfect but they have a lot more to offer than many people assume. When I drove across Canada, from Ottawa to Anchorage, OSM never let me down. It's a viable alternative.
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
Heh, I always find it funny when I buy a non-recurring thing, but keep seeing ads for it. Best was when I kept seeing ads for a thing I was selling. I visited some big box sites about it to copy the specs on it.
The vacuum problem... the issue is that it's kinda hit or miss to come up with items that are related to the vacuum and to do it over a time period. I think if ads were smarter, you'd get ads for your vacuum's filter a few months after buying it and maybe replacement pieces just after warranty, but what do I know?
Maybe some Toyota ads after owning a Mercedes for >5 years?
Re: Ad Fraud on LinkedIn
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
the default setting on Google location targeting is/was "user in [geo] OR user 'interested' in [geo]." which is insane! but could explain the location weirdness
I know this isn't tech support, but is there somewhere I can read about changing this? And you are damn right, it's extremely astonishing seeing as how "target geo" != "interested in" at least on it's face.
From their FAQ: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2453995?hl=en
> If the Google Ads system detects geographic areas that someone is interested in, we may show appropriate ads targeted to that area or surrounding areas (known as "location of interest").
> The default advanced location option in Google Ads will use both physical location and / or location of interest to determine where ads can appear. You can update your advanced location options at any time.
Looks like "interest" is still the default!