Re: Search Engine bots
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
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texte = I'm also looking into Overture.com and ah-ha.com, but the jury's still out.-DanOn Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:25:58 +1300 Andrew Simpson
wrote:>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/-------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656Private email: art@StrongGraphicDesign.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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I'm also looking into Overture.com and ah-ha.com, but the jury's still out.-DanOn Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:25:58 +1300 Andrew Simpson wrote:>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/-------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656Private email: art@StrongGraphicDesign.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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