[cobbzilla]

The funny thing is, for ad networks like Google, the publisher is not the customer. There is no incentive to treat them well. The customer is where the revenue comes from: the advertisers. For Google, publishers are just "supply". And there is a glut of supply.

[a3n]

Ah. Not being a publisher, it hadn't occurred to me that they're a product just like us.

Always follow the money.