But that's exactly what everyone is saying and the OP was trying to get at. The Google Search before this WASN'T broken with this 'imperfect product' like it is now. It worked really well and that's why it became #1.
You guys wouldn't have to do all this social rigging if you hadn't broken the web's tried-and-true link graph in the first place by making sites' feel like they had to 'hoard' pagerank and link-condom every outgoing link citation with a no-follow flag.
Unintended consequences for sure, as no-follow was well-intentioned and designed to help with blog comment spam, but unintended consequences can be a bugger. The result is still sad.
I'm sure there's no rolling back now to the 'old' google with 10 blue links, but I sure miss it.
Interesting. The CTR on the Deck Ads is impressive, especially considering the fact that the traffic is so highly targeted demographics-wise.
I'll bet you get a lot fewer fraudulent clicks and impressions (or as Google would say "Invalid Clicks") than you would using Google mobile or regular Google Display Network ads. The publishers of the sites you're advertising on aren't really incented to pump the numbers when they're all on flat rate. Either they have the influence or they don't.
KISS is still independent and unlikely to be able to afford the legal fees to fight it to the bitter end, increasing the trolls chances of getting quick settlement dollars. I hope KISS pays them in pennies.
Google "Facebook ads" and check out the Adwords ads. Facebook themselves advertise directly via Adwords. I'm going to transcribe myself talking to a brain-dead call centre rep about alien life and give it a catchy article headline to complete the troll.
You guys wouldn't have to do all this social rigging if you hadn't broken the web's tried-and-true link graph in the first place by making sites' feel like they had to 'hoard' pagerank and link-condom every outgoing link citation with a no-follow flag.
Unintended consequences for sure, as no-follow was well-intentioned and designed to help with blog comment spam, but unintended consequences can be a bugger. The result is still sad.
I'm sure there's no rolling back now to the 'old' google with 10 blue links, but I sure miss it.