In 1997, Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen wrote a memorable essay entitled "Why Advertising Doesn't Work on the Web." In the article, Nielsen suggested that Web advertising was popular because old-media advertisers didn't understand how the Web worked. Nielsen suggested that once micropayments (pay-per-view at the page level) took hold, Web advertising would be "irrelevant for the success of the Web." continue
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