Ask HN: Why doesn't GitHub use the free impressions to sell ads?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9294356
by jfoutz • 11 years ago
1 2 11 years ago

Github is getting a huge number of requests to execute javascript on host pages. Injecting an advertisement for Chinese reading expats seems like a fantastic use of that traffic. It both helps defray the cost of bandwidth, and also discourages that type of attack.

I don't know what headers they're receiving, but i'd guess the search terms are included. How much would you pay for complete control of 0.01% of google's search results?

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