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So who is the author blaming? He's not blaming the end user (the one that makes those ads worth the most to both google and content sites). - Is he blaming Google for maximizing ad revenue for the content site? - Is he blaming the content sites for wanting to maximize their own revenue on page views? (or, perhaps, for being too lazy to sell ads themselves?) - Is he blaming the people who spend the money to get their…
What's the alternative ? Having content locked behind a pay-wall so even less people can access it ? Running ads which are more relevant but don't generate enough revenue to make the site viable in the long term ? Not having the content at all ?
The text ad is the only one served on that page by Google, if you go and look at the actual page the rest are served by AdBlade or Tribal Fusion. I feel like it's pretty misleading to complain about those ads as if they all came from the same company.
Anyway, point is, the page isn't the only signal used for ad targeting; you (and your search history) are another, as is the current time. As well as a variety of other things, I'm sure (I have no direct knowledge of google's ad targeting).
I visited the page myself, and got an ad for the galaxy nexus.
I do agree that the placement of the ad, which makes it look like part of the content, is pretty crummy. As are the ads about e-cigarettes and penny stocks and car insurance.
Install AdBlock Plus. Solved. Not that big of a deal, huh?
Yeah, except that I'm fairly sure that a large percentage of web users don't even know their browser might support plugins, let alone that AdBlock exists.
I'm not necessarily blaming any one company, profit would have inevitably led to this. I just agree with the author that this IS sad.
Do you like to play games Reg?