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I really don't see why in this case. They aren't actually arbitraging ad space that Dropbox would be in otherwise. If anything, it's Google that is getting fleeced $50 a pop. But really, Dropbox is getting cheap advertising for the low cost of hard drive space, Google is getting fresh-faced hackers to try their cash cow product, aforementioned hackers get larger folders, and people looking for Dropbox find Dropbox, so really it's win-win-win-win all around.


If people are googling for a brand which only has one product, then the sale had effectively already been made.

This extra "advertising" doesn't actually bring in any extra users, and is only an extra cost for Dropbox.


When I did this, most of my most clicked terms were for things like "free online storage". "Dropbox" didn't really get many clicks. Though, I have no way of knowing which terms ultimately converted better.




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