Re: Search Engine bots

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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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 877-561-1656 Private 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Browser compatibility (Was: Re: Search Engine bots) (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  2. Re: Browser compatibility (Was: Re: Search Engine bots) (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  3. Re: Browser compatibility (Was: Re: Search Engine bots) (Dan Strong 2002)
  4. Re: Browser compatibility (Was: Re: Search Engine bots) (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  5. Re: Browser compatibility (Was: Re: Search Engine bots) (Alain Russell 2002)
  6. Browser compatibility (Was: Re: Search Engine bots) (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  7. Re: Search Engine bots (Alain Russell 2002)
  8. Re: Search Engine bots (Dan Strong 2002)
  9. Re: Search Engine bots (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  10. Re: Search Engine bots (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  11. Re: Search Engine bots (Alain Russell 2002)
  12. Re: Search Engine bots (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  13. Re: Search Engine bots (Dan Strong 2002)
  14. Re: Search Engine bots (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  15. Re: Search Engine bots (Dan Strong 2002)
  16. Re: Search Engine bots (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  17. Re: Search Engine bots (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  18. Re: Search Engine bots (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  19. Re: Search Engine bots (Alain Russell 2002)
  20. Re: Search Engine bots (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  21. Re: Search Engine bots (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  22. Re: Search Engine bots (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  23. Re: Search Engine bots (Alain Russell 2002)
  24. Re: Search Engine bots (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  25. Re: Search Engine bots (Alain Russell 2002)
  26. Re: Search Engine bots (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  27. Search Engine bots (Donovan Brooke 2002)
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 877-561-1656 Private 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/ Dan Strong

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