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SW-User
Isn't ad revenue based on clicking on the ad anyway, not views?
Faust76 · 46-50, M
@SW-User Kinda depends on the ads. As https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/9902 explains for AdSense: "By displaying ads with AdSense for content, you can display ads that are paid when users click them or when users view them. All ads compete in an ad auction, and our system automatically picks the advertisers who are willing to pay the most while ensuring a good user experience."
SW-User
@Faust76 Interesting. But we don't know if SW does click or view.
Faust76 · 46-50, M
It's an auction, so they'll probably get both, and many of the ads seem so poorly targeted they must have a horrible click-through rate ;) I guess they generally pay $1 or little more per 1000 ad-views though. There's three ad-slots/units per page I guess, one which you can hide without being VIP, so I guess that's 0.2 cents per page-view.

Now I should calculate the average number of views on my posts and multiply it by the number of posts I've made to see how much I've earned them. xD It's on their paid infrastructure, design and user-engagement of course, so don't go getting any ideas. Sometimes I DO wish sites offered people rewards for the ad-revenue they drive in, but that would surely lead to lot more s*it-posting.
SW-User
@Faust76 My ideas are towards [i]less[/i] ads. Your money-making ideas are safe from me. 😄