I'm going to agree. I've run quite a few ads on Reddit recently and our CTR was ... | Hacker News

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		shiftpgdn on July 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: reddit gold, one year later (spoiler: the naysayer... I'm going to agree. I've run quite a few ads on Reddit recently and our CTR was absolutely abysmal. One ad campaign had .01% CTR with 0 conversions. On other sites we typically see 1-3% with a decent conversion. I threw a lot of money at Reddit and was REALLY disappointed with the outcome.

bane on July 18, 2011 [–]

We've been toying around with advertising on reddit since our product is designed for the reddit userbase...we've been hesitant for exactly that reason...and their advertising seems a bit pricey considering.

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