What would be the internet without PPC?

Ever imagined how the internet would have been without PPC , Adsense , affiliates etc ?

Well according to me , the number of sites would have been 50 % less .. and also there would not have been Good sites if webmasters would not have earned money from their sites ..

 

Umm, it would be just like it was a few years ago :0

 

Where is the option for a huge improvement of the overall quality of the net?

 

I semi-agree with the two previous posters, focusing solely on how AdSense/YPN/Chikita/name your favourite have changed the Web.

If you look back, you had banner exchanges (which you still have today), and pop-ups. Contextual ads have changed this, for the better.

However, you've also got an increase in the number of sites that try to make a quick buck because of this. Since you actually have to have content to get good contextual ads, you have to write or obtain content (duh). Because you have content, you're bound to show up in search results (otherwise, if G banned you from search, I assume they would ban you from their other services like AdSense).

Tied in with this, you exploit the system merely because people are clicking on your ads for real content.

Personally, I don't know what's worse - pages of bull geared towards getting high-paying contextual ads, or pop-ups ...




(Wait a second ... I hate pop-ups.)

Actually, no, pop-ups are the worst.



Would you have less content on the Web? Yes.

But, you have to tie in 'Web 2.0' as well. That ... idea has changed the Web as well. Now, how dependent are the two? I'm not too sure.

I guess the question this raises is, "Would you have less duplicate content on the Web?" Absolutely.

What would the Internet be without PPC? Pay-per-access/view and open source? (some of each, that is)

 

the net would be far more better, just think, no dick size viagra sites, people that are dedicated to providing free information (like me) would have less crap to fight off, and less worry of comercial sites only in it for the money,

www would be 100% better all round, your poll sux because you missed out the #1 option that most would choose

 

yes but will people dedicate themselves so much to build quality sites if they dont get any earnings? .. Building site , adding content is time consuming .. and reward is needed

 

I was thinking the same thing.

I think there would be more quality and less trash.

People didn't just build sites to slop on adsense..they built them because they LOVED the topic..no payment needed. Or if they had payment in mind, they knew they had to work hard (in some way or another) to get advertisers. Whether that be through fastclick or through other methods.

 

WebWriter is exactly correct FireStorM (and answered your question). That's why - because people used to only get advertising revenue if they had quality content that brought many thousands of views in per month.

Did the small site owner make money? No, but if they were online they didn't care about money, or they were striving to be able to make money. They either both wrote quality content, or the latter did, and the former used blinking marquee text.

Now days, that blinking-marquee-text site owner can bring in money ... and it becomes less about creating the best Natalie Portman fan site, and more about making money off of AdSense.

 

I don't know about you but my purpose of being online is to make money. I want to be self employed. Nothing in this world is free and the idea of giving away free info for nothing is ridiculous.

This entire discussion is sort of unnecessary because PPC is here to stay and it isn't going anywhere. Asking what the net would be like without PPC is like asking what the world would be like without nuclear weapons, a stupid question that is a pipe dream.

If PPC didn't exist, the owner of this forum as well as a bunch of other people would be out of business.

 

It wouldn't be spammed up with directories and sites made with the fast-money-spirit.

And I know a lot of quality sites without any adsense or other ads.

 

I wont to make money oo, but the question was if internet would be better without ads.

 

Wait no ads period, like not even banner advertising? I think the internet would become pay per view, and more subscription based.

 

I make my money off advertising primarily so I wouldn't make any money. Therefore the net wouldn't be better off without ads. It would be really bad.

 

A portion of the Internet would become pay-per-view, but not all of it. This is based upon the fact that there are a number of news sites out there already that are either a) subscribe or b) view this ad from a sponsor and we'll give you access (to the article, for the day, whatever).

 

But you've already said that you're only online to make money. I'm not sure I understand. If nobody made any money off of the Internet, that would suck? What about the Wikipedia? No ads, free information (albeit somewhat poor information in a number of areas) ...

I don't know, the number of times something online has helped me solve a problem, not to mention learning HTML, PHP, etcetera almost exclusively through free information online ...

Heck, give me a university run Internet any day ...

 

I guess its just a matter of evolving. I could manage to make money on the net without advertising, but it would be tough. It won't ever get like that because advertising is a billion dollar industry, and companies have to have a way to advertise their products/services in order to generate a profit.

 

I agree tesla. Like spam, there's money to be made doing it, so there's little chance we'll ever be spam free ...