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by ddxv 7 days ago
Anyone else run ads? I found the results really poor with little visibility in into what was going on. Also sky high costs. I couldn't see any (?) traffic coming through for my $3 click (wow!) ad so I paused them.

This was a few weeks ago and I didn't have time to dig in, so might try again later this month when I do.
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eggbrain 7 days ago
About the same thing I saw. I kept having to increase my bid every day, and even at $4 CPC basically saw nothing converting.

As you said, it's also really hard to get visibility: metrics are poor, and targeting seems more like a whim/suggestion than anything else (their label for context hints basically tells you they only _might_ take your guidance on who they will show your ad to).

Audiences consists of hashed emails or phone numbers -- no targeting demographics, job titles, etc.

Overall it's just not there yet -- I paused my ads today.

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throwaway_7274 7 days ago
It costs advertisers three whole dollars for a user to click on one of these things? That’s hilarious. I’m switching to ChatGPT and I’m going to click on every one. Maybe I’ll even write a browser extension that does it for me.
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