Re: Search Engine bots
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = addwords is good - even just to play around with keywords to see how many searches your likely to get - its a great service ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Strong
To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Re: Search Engine bots > Donovan, > > Since you're willing to spend money on traffic, you should check out Google AdWords > https://adwords.google.com/select/?hl=en > > It'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 - $93.20 > > Loveline (Dating Site Affilliate Link Site) > --------------------------------------------- > Ran for 16 days | 18850 Impressions | 182 Clicks | 0.9% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.52 | Total - $94.58 > > Inner Game (Client Book Site) > --------------------------------------------- > Running for past 24 days | 68460 Impressions | 385 Clicks | 0.5% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.38 | Total - > $144.38 > > Each 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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addwords is good - even just to play around with keywords to see how many searches your likely to get - its a great service ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Strong To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Re: Search Engine bots > Donovan, > > Since you're willing to spend money on traffic, you should check out Google AdWords > https://adwords.google.com/select/?hl=en > > It'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 - $93.20 > > Loveline (Dating Site Affilliate Link Site) > --------------------------------------------- > Ran for 16 days | 18850 Impressions | 182 Clicks | 0.9% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.52 | Total - $94.58 > > Inner Game (Client Book Site) > --------------------------------------------- > Running for past 24 days | 68460 Impressions | 385 Clicks | 0.5% CTR | Avg. CPC - $0.38 | Total - > $144.38 > > Each 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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