Aside from going to school, I write articles (to pay for school.)
In order to be successful in writing an article I have to take a peek at what people might be searching for and I've come across a couple of chemistry keywords. Some, I selfishly write about on a site where I earn ad revenue.
Would it be wrong to ask questions here for the sole purpose to get more traffic for Chemistry.SE? As in, I don't really care about the topic or need an answer, but my question could potentially pull in traffic from Google search, such as this question (which I asked out of genuine curiosity.)
I feel like in doing so, I could be potentially sucking energy away from people who answer questions and could otherwise be helping a user that really needs help.
On the other hand, if we get more traffic to Chemistry.SE, we might end up with more question-answering type people.
For example, if someone were to ask a question about negative delta s, that is, asking about the existence of negative entropy and what it means, this question might do well in Google search. hint hint
Update: One such question that came out as a result of this post has since garnered 66k+ views. It would likely be worth exploring what other unasked but highly searched-for questions might be beneficial for the network to have.