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What happened to "Shoot 5 Ducks", "You are the Millionth visitor" kinda ads?

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Re: What happened to "Shoot 5 Ducks", "You are the Millionth visitor" kinda ads?

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Based on no scientific evidence of my own, I would imagine they just went away because the trend of those kinds of banner ads simply kind of vanished. I haven't seen very many "Lose belly fat with this one secret tip only single moms know" ads in a while (I think they were all pitching Acai or something). There are definite trends of ad types across the various ad networks, but like any other market looking to hawk the-next-big-thing, I would think they dried up because business was elsewhere.

Re: What happened to "Shoot 5 Ducks", "You are the Millionth visitor" kinda ads?

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Based on no scientific evidence of my own, I would imagine they just went away because the trend of those kinds of banner ads simply kind of vanished. I haven't seen very many "Lose belly fat with this one secret tip only single moms know" ads in a while (I think they were all pitching Acai or something). There are definite trends of ad types across the various ad networks, but like any other market looking to hawk t…

evergreen ads still convert, maybe you have adblock turned on?

Re: What happened to "Shoot 5 Ducks", "You are the Millionth visitor" kinda ads?

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They are still with us, unfortunately. Maybe you don't see them because you live in a country for which there are enough proper ads. I ... I see them all the time, though admittedly less than I used to.

Yep. I moved to the Czech republic 8 years ago, and those ads are still live and kicking out here.

Re: What happened to "Shoot 5 Ducks", "You are the Millionth visitor" kinda ads?

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Maybe they were replaced with "One cool trick that will save you thousands...", "President Obama said..." , and "[Insert big industry] hates this!" ads. I see those all the time.

Yes. This. If you turn off adblock, you see ads like "How does mom in [Your geolocated city] make $55/hr staying at home? Find out how!" all the time.

Re: What happened to "Shoot 5 Ducks", "You are the Millionth visitor" kinda ads?

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December is usually dominated by brand advertisers and holiday shopping ads which pay a higher CPM than direct response advertisers (like "shoot 5 ducks" and "you are the millionth visitor")will pay. You'll see these ads again come January, when CPM's drop to their normal rates.