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(Google ranks websites based on the number of other websites that link back to them — manufacturing “backlinks” is a way to boost credibility and visibility). Calculating the price of an effort like this is difficult. But with a reasonable price per backlink at about $500, it wouldn’t be unrealistic to estimate total spend on promoting the Amazon Post at north of $4.5 million dollars — that’s before factoring in fees paid to an agency providing these services.

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 2y ago

Take the Bay Area city of Richmond, where Chevron maintains an oil refinery. Under the “Incidents” section for the refinery’s Wikipedia page: “1989 explosion and fire,” “1999 explosion and fire,” “2012 fire,” “2014 incident,” “2016 incident.” In the wake of the 2014 incident, Chevron brought something else to the town: a news outlet, called the Richmond Standard. In 2022 they launched Permian Proud, a news outlet for the area between Texas and New Mexico around Lubbock, Midland and Odessa.

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 2y ago

In this region, Chevron has a net daily average production of 303,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

In the last several years, the effects of climate change have become increasingly impossible to ignore.

In the same way, the tools used by oil companies to maintain the status quo are also making their way home. Yes, it’s hilarious that Chevron is spending millions of dollars on what amounts to a fuck-you Tumblr dedicated to a single guy.

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