Ask HN: Why Does Hacker News pay for Google Ads? 10 points by sizei8ht 7y ago ↗ HN When I Google "Hacker News" the first result is sometimes a Google Ad for Hacker News. Why does Ycombinator take out ads for Hacker News if they are first in natural results already?
[–] Corrspt 7y ago ↗ Hum, it could be to prevent that someone from having a place on top of the first result for hacker news.
[–] sctb 7y ago ↗ We don't! Bizarre. Would you like to email us a screenshot to hn@ycombinator.com? [–] sizei8ht 7y ago ↗ I'll email you a screenshot now. Just Googled and still seeing the ad.
[–] Daktest 7y ago ↗ Is it possible that some 3rd party unrelated to HN or YC is running these ads? Weird...
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