Re: Search Engine bots
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 44764
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan,Since you're willing to spend money on traffic, you should check out Google AdWords https://adwords.google.com/select/?hl=enIt's pretty cool, you pick your keywords, set your per-click/daily budget, and you can pause/edit/delete ads on-the-fly and I've run/am running a few different campaigns which I would call minor successes (anything over 1% Click Through Ratio (CTR) and a relatively cheap Cost Per Click (CPC) is considered good):Bizcards (Color Business Card Promo) --------------------------------------------- Ran for 31 days | 18210 Impressions | 266 Clicks | 1.4% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.35 | Total - $93.20Loveline (Dating Site Affilliate Link Site) --------------------------------------------- Ran for 16 days | 18850 Impressions | 182 Clicks | 0.9% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.52 | Total - $94.58Inner Game (Client Book Site) --------------------------------------------- Running for past 24 days | 68460 Impressions | 385 Clicks | 0.5% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.38 | Total - $144.38Each of these programs generated sales and more than paid for themselves.-Dan ------------------------------------------- http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 Private email: art@StrongGraphicDesign.com On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 20:21:21 -0600 Donovan Brooke
wrote: >Thanks for all the comments, I figured this code would be out dated. >The site map is not a bad idea. I see how one could generate a nice, >easy to navigate, site map for a small amount of products. >but what if you have more than a thousand records in the .db? >This would make for a big site map. :-)....( Its an eyebrow cringe when I >land on a page only to wade through a maze of text to find what >I was searching for.) > >In this case, is there no real way to advertise this amount of products >in a nice individual add for each product like manner? > >I suppose I could buy a domain for each 20 products where my index >for each domain would be a page with all the 20 products listed with links >to the correct domain detail product page. (hey, This may actually work. >2000 products and you will have to buy 100 domains.... @ $10/year each that >is a $1000 per year advertising cost which seems doable.) > >Anyway, sorry for the tangent but if anyone has any suggestions on this >problem I'd appreciate it. > >thanks, >Donovan > > > > > > >Andrew Simpson wrote: > >> yes invisible divs will get you banned as will a lot of text that a normal >> browser can't see. >> A whole bunch of pages that say the same thing and do the same thing and all >> point at the same thing will also get you banned. >> >> doesn't normally care about the directory structure however, its more when >> you have multiple domains all pointing at your one product >> >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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Donovan,Since you're willing to spend money on traffic, you should check out Google AdWords https://adwords.google.com/select/?hl=enIt's pretty cool, you pick your keywords, set your per-click/daily budget, and you can pause/edit/delete ads on-the-fly and I've run/am running a few different campaigns which I would call minor successes (anything over 1% Click Through Ratio (CTR) and a relatively cheap Cost Per Click (CPC) is considered good):Bizcards (Color Business Card Promo) --------------------------------------------- Ran for 31 days | 18210 Impressions | 266 Clicks | 1.4% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.35 | Total - $93.20Loveline (Dating Site Affilliate Link Site) --------------------------------------------- Ran for 16 days | 18850 Impressions | 182 Clicks | 0.9% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.52 | Total - $94.58Inner Game (Client Book Site) --------------------------------------------- Running for past 24 days | 68460 Impressions | 385 Clicks | 0.5% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.38 | Total - $144.38Each of these programs generated sales and more than paid for themselves.-Dan ------------------------------------------- http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 Private email: art@StrongGraphicDesign.com On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 20:21:21 -0600 Donovan Brooke wrote: >Thanks for all the comments, I figured this code would be out dated. >The site map is not a bad idea. I see how one could generate a nice, >easy to navigate, site map for a small amount of products. >but what if you have more than a thousand records in the .db? >This would make for a big site map. :-)....( Its an eyebrow cringe when I >land on a page only to wade through a maze of text to find what >I was searching for.) > >In this case, is there no real way to advertise this amount of products >in a nice individual add for each product like manner? > >I suppose I could buy a domain for each 20 products where my index >for each domain would be a page with all the 20 products listed with links >to the correct domain detail product page. (hey, This may actually work. >2000 products and you will have to buy 100 domains.... @ $10/year each that >is a $1000 per year advertising cost which seems doable.) > >Anyway, sorry for the tangent but if anyone has any suggestions on this >problem I'd appreciate it. > >thanks, >Donovan > > > > > > >Andrew Simpson wrote: > >> yes invisible divs will get you banned as will a lot of text that a normal >> browser can't see. >> A whole bunch of pages that say the same thing and do the same thing and all >> point at the same thing will also get you banned. >> >> doesn't normally care about the directory structure however, its more when >> you have multiple domains all pointing at your one product >> >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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