per month, per year, per lifetime?
Depends on how the data is stored. If privacy mechanisms are high and a client sided encryption option available maybe $10/m.
All ads and all tracking on the net? I'd do between $100 and $200 per year for sure.
The more hypothetical, but interesting question: if you had to pay for it to use it, how much would you spend? Assuming no free bing substitute, I'd gladly shell out $1000/year.
Selling an ad-free version of their services would undermine the value of the audience presented to their advertisers.
It would also be tantamount to admitting that their ads are annoying, if even in a minor way, and this would contradict their efforts to deliver relevant ads unobtrusively.
I don't even notice them. I don't notice ads on most sites unless it's the obnoxious ones. I actually don't even know how the cost-per-click ads generate revenue. I've never clicked one in my life.
A site http://www.reputation.com [1] apparently says you're worth up to $5000 per year. If it's true, people underestimate the value of their information greatly.
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[ 5.8 ms ] story [ 56.7 ms ] threadThe more hypothetical, but interesting question: if you had to pay for it to use it, how much would you spend? Assuming no free bing substitute, I'd gladly shell out $1000/year.
Google ads provide enough value for me on some searches that I would actively seek them out.
I think I am extravagating to say I would actually pay for the ads, but I'd choose them over a free service without ads.
Selling an ad-free version of their services would undermine the value of the audience presented to their advertisers.
It would also be tantamount to admitting that their ads are annoying, if even in a minor way, and this would contradict their efforts to deliver relevant ads unobtrusively.
Or maybe $x per 1000 searches.... I dunno
[1] http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/01/25/who-would-pay-...