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		hapless on Sept 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The NSA and CIA use ad blockers If you want to make money on display advertising, you will grasp for whatever pennies you can get Google Adsense is not always the highest-paying option for a given impression There are entire companies that do nothing but figure out quietly, without the publisher's having to do anything, what will pay most at a given moment

nickff on Sept 23, 2021 [–]

I agree with what you're saying, but want to clarify that you're talking about 'AdSense' (the display advertisements), not 'AdWords' (the search ads).

hapless on Sept 23, 2021 | [–]

Oops.

I had already edited my post to change "DoubleClick" to "Google Adwords" and I got the product name wrong!

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