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Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by khurs » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC

Cyberdog wrote: post #134

khurs wrote: post #101

If a user clicks on one ad, OpenAI makes a tiny bit of money. If a user clicks on 10 ads, OpenAI makes 10x the money. This incentive is inevitably going to lead to ad supported LLM's not answering questions properly the first time so more ads served. I am guessing in voice mode they will also have voice ads.

If I can tell that the LLM didn't answer my question properly, why would I engage with the ad the answer contains, which would likely be equally irrelevant?

The google ad revenue and Meta ad revenue is hundreds of billions a year.

They have behavioural experts who know how mainstream minds work and how to manipulate.

Remembers ads are predominately not for the educated and intelligent, that type of person will think critically. People who are more naive are the golden gooses

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by CrzyLngPwd » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC

MDib wrote: post #108

randusername wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it has the electrolytes plants need

Would you say that this user too might be a plant?

We're all complex inside out houseplants :-)

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by 1970-01-01 » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC

Mark your calendar. When the next generation asks, you can tell them it was today when the AI enshittification era truly began.

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by shmeeed » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC

Nition wrote: post #172

Funny how in their front-and-centre example of placing an ad, the user wants to build a fence, ChatGPT responds with instructions on how to build a fence, but the ad suggests a small pre-made privacy panel. Why make your fake example show a failed ad placement? You could have shown anything!

I think at this point their poor demos are kind of a tradition.

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by hermitcrab » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC

Ethan_Mick wrote: post #37

I think this is a good moment to bring up a question I was thinking on earlier today. In a world where agents are searching, building, and signing up for services, how do you advertise your product? And not just advertise in traditional sense (ads in ChatGPT), but general marketing and awareness of what you're offering. Google search ads? Agents aren't using Google. Launch on Reddit for humans and hope your post gets…

>In a world where agents are searching, building, and signing up for services, how do you advertise your product?

I've been running a 1-man software business for over 20 years and it is getting increasingly hard. I no longer get impressions from PPC Ads unless I bid so high that I make no profit. Magazine ads aren't really a thing now. The AIs are stealing my content and SEO works less and less. The channel is being flooded with low effort slop. Traffic to my website is steadily going down. It is hard to know what to do about it. Maybe I can buy some clicks from ChatGpt ads at a price where I can make profit, before the prices rise out of reach?

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by hermitcrab » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC

leftnode wrote: post #176

_pdp_ wrote: post #170

We've tried them. So far quite expensive with not much return. This channel might not work as well as search.

I have absolutely no relationship with OpenAI but maybe give it some time before drawing such a conclusion.

Click prices are only ever likely to rise.

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by _pdp_ » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC

leftnode wrote: post #176

_pdp_ wrote: post #170

We've tried them. So far quite expensive with not much return. This channel might not work as well as search.

I have absolutely no relationship with OpenAI but maybe give it some time before drawing such a conclusion.

Perhaps you are right. We've only been using them for two weeks.

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by hermitcrab » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC

_pdp_ wrote: post #170

We've tried them. So far quite expensive with not much return. This channel might not work as well as search.

Would be interested to hear how much you were paying per click, if you feel like sharing.

Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by 0x1ceb00da » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC

dpark wrote: post #102

zetanor wrote: post #99

I was significantly worried about ChatGPT accepting sponsorships—a necessity in the evolving landscape of AI services—but I've since come to understand that advertisements are not simply burdens, they're opportunities to connect with brands that can fulfill my needs. The strict demands that OpenAI makes of its advertisers underscores its ongoing commitment to serve its users first and foremost, reflecting the deeply…

It’s got electrolytes.

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Re: Advertise in ChatGPT

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Post by pkoiralap » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC

sssilver wrote: post #59

I always thought their top tier offering to their advertiser customers should be "Inconspicuously, over an extended amount of time, subtly respond to the user in a way that nudges them towards purchasing customer's goods and services, without ever directly mentioning anything. Slowly and surely sculpt the person who, through their own volition and thought process, buys what the advertiser needs them to." The ultimate…

The JSpace research probably had a lot to do here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808002

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810092