About sponsored articles.

[wurstpistole]

Recently, more and more sponsored articles have been popping up on the front page. I have seen three of them in the past weeks and can't help but notice that they are utterly irrelevant to anything that Gbatemp is actually known and browsed for. Copy-and-paste electronics shops and smartwatches? How many people are interested in that, here, and actually made to visit those pages via sponsored articles? Personally, I see the [Sponsored] in the title and immediately scroll over it. What are your opinions on that?

 

[Deleted User]

Recently, more and more sponsored articles have been popping up on the front page. I have seen three of them in the past weeks and can't help but notice that they are utterly irrelevant to anything that Gbatemp is actually known and browsed for. Copy-and-paste electronics shops and smartwatches? How many people are interested in that, here, and actually made to visit those pages via sponsored articles? Personally, I see the [Sponsored] in the title and immediately scroll over it. What are your opinions on that?

Site has to make money somehow, it's not free to run.

Nothing wrong with sponsored posts, provided they are still related to the site

 

[Dust2dust]

^ This! I see nothing wrong either. You're not forced to visit them, and gbatemp has the decency to tag them as "[Sponsored]", so no one will visit them by mistake. Not all sites would be so thoughtful to their users. And they're not enforcing anti-adblock code either. I appreciate that!

 

[Rahkeesh]

The complaint isn't that there is sponsored content. Its that the content is poorly targeted so it might be getting few clicks.

However I'm pretty sure GBAtemp exactly how many people are clicking on their articles, and to what degree their sponsors actually care about clickthrough. Although I agree that it feels odd seeing super cheapass Chinese sites for non-gaming goods.

 

[wurstpistole]

The complaint isn't that there is sponsored content. Its that the content is poorly targeted so it might be getting few clicks.

However I'm pretty sure GBAtemp exactly how many people are clicking on their articles, and to what degree their sponsors actually care about clickthrough. Although I agree that it feels odd seeing super cheapass Chinese sites for non-gaming goods.

Thanks, you got what I meant. I understand that sponsoring is necessary, I just wondered about the kind of odd selection of sponsored products or websites there. They're not really related to anything gbatemp, despite that they sell electronics of any sorts maybe.

 

[The Catboy]

I am personally not a fan of them but considering the issues related to advertising and the cost of the site, I can see why they are there and simply ignore them if they don't interest me. Plus, I am glad we aren't like that trash site, Maxconsole, and actually label them as "Sponsored."