Overture Minimum Bid Rates Doubles - GoFuckYourself.com

WiredGuy · 02-06-2003, 08:23 PM

As forecasted on many PPC/SEO boards, the minimum per click rate just doubled effective 10pm EST (7pm PST). Just thought I'd let everyone who advertises on Overture know...

Attached the email from Overture:

--- New Minimum Bid ---
In the year ahead, you're going to see a number of innovative enhancements to the Overture service that will take your paid search program to a whole new level, allowing you to capture even more qualified leads from a wide range of affiliate partners. To help make these changes happen, as well as to offset the increased costs associated with securing long-term domestic and international distribution partners, Overture is instituting a moderate price increase, raising the minimum bid from $0.05 to $0.10, beginning today

WG

Raph · 02-06-2003, 08:25 PM

that's not so bad considering that 99,5% of every profitable keyword were already going for more than 0,05$ in the first 10 positions

Masters · 02-06-2003, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WiredGuy
As forecasted on many PPC/SEO boards, the minimum per click rate just doubled effective 10pm EST (7pm PST). Just thought I'd let everyone who advertises on Overture know...

Attached the email from Overture:

--- New Minimum Bid ---
In the year ahead, you're going to see a number of innovative enhancements to the Overture service that will take your paid search program to a whole new level, allowing you to capture even more qualified leads from a wide range of affiliate partners. To help make these changes happen, as well as to offset the increased costs associated with securing long-term domestic and international distribution partners, Overture is instituting a moderate price increase, raising the minimum bid from $0.05 to $0.10, beginning today

WG

Yeah, a whole new "Low" level for your bank account and a whole new "High" level for theirs...

PeekHoles · 02-06-2003, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Raph
that's not so bad considering that 99,5% of every profitable keyword were already going for more than 0,05$ in the first 10 positions

I know what ya mean I wish 90% of my keywords were 10 cents.

WiredGuy · 02-06-2003, 09:11 PM

Funny how they took in $199 million in revenues for Q4 of last year, reported a 140% increase in traffic growth over 2002, and they have the nerve of telling customers that the additional 5c per click minimum is to offset increased expenses.

WG

Raph · 02-06-2003, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WiredGuy
Funny how they took in $199 million in revenues for Q4 of last year, reported a 140% increase in traffic growth over 2002, and they have the nerve of telling customers that the additional 5c per click minimum is to offset increased expenses.

WG

you know how it is, the more you got, the more you want ..

and it's even worst (or better for some people) if the company is public ..

clickpimp · 02-06-2003, 09:19 PM

our minimum is still 3 cents. we distribute results to most of the same network. and - we love our adult webmasters

hit me up and we'll get you started on an adult pay per click se account from an adult ppc se.

if you don't have an account yet, click here, sign up and i'll match you 25%. when's tha last time Overcharge did that for you?

-mattb

bigdog · 02-06-2003, 09:36 PM

i wonder how big the staff is at Overture.They need to cut some jobs not raise bids lol

McSpike · 02-07-2003, 04:33 AM

I read the rumours on PPC boards too and was submitting like mad these days. Some shit went through, other is still waiting for their editors.

What I wonder is will they accept my pending 5c bids when they review it or will they just update them to 10c.

Pornkings · 02-07-2003, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WiredGuy
Funny how they took in $199 million in revenues for Q4 of last year, reported a 140% increase in traffic growth over 2002, and they have the nerve of telling customers that the additional 5c per click minimum is to offset increased expenses.

WG

I lost my ass with them on a pretty big deal.

Shit the tgp traffic coming in did alot better

Mr.Fiction · 02-07-2003, 04:39 AM

moderate price increase

100% increase is moderate?

Shooter · 02-07-2003, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
moderate price increase

100% increase is moderate?

My thoughts exactly.

Fuck Overture

applejacks · 02-07-2003, 05:22 AM

Anyone here bought click from sex.com before?
How did it go?

x-vision · 02-07-2003, 06:21 AM

Here's the complete email that I got:

Dear Overture Advertiser,
Over the last several years, Overture's pioneering Pay-For-Performance? search model has helped thousands of advertisers reach their online marketing goals with one of the Web's most targeted, cost-effective marketing vehicles. Today, the Overture network continues to be the largest of its kind, enabling advertisers to reach 80 percent of active U.S. Internet users through strong partnerships with leading portals and Web sites such as MSN, Yahoo!, AltaVista, Infospace, Lycos, CNN and many others.

New Minimum Bid

In the year ahead, you're going to see a number of innovative enhancements to the Overture service that will take your paid search program to a whole new level, allowing you to capture even more qualified leads from a wide range of affiliate partners. To help make these changes happen, as well as to offset the increased costs associated with securing long-term domestic and international distribution partners, Overture is instituting a moderate price increase, raising the minimum bid from $0.05 to $0.10, beginning today.

New "Grandfathered" Bids

To minimize the financial impact this change will have on our valued advertisers, all existing listings with bids between $0.05 and $0.09 will be "grandfathered" at their current max bid for the foreseeable future. Going forward, if you wish to make any bid changes to these grandfathered listings, your new bid must be at least $0.10. However, you may continue to update titles, descriptions and URLs for your grandfathered listings without affecting your bid. All new listings created from today forward must meet the $0.10 minimum bid.

Previously Grandfathered Bids Below $0.05 To Increase

As you know, your Overture account currently contains at least one listing priced below the former minimum bid of $0.05. Because you are a long-time advertiser and we appreciate your business, Overture will continue to offer you our lowest possible cost per click for these listings, moving them to $0.05 on March 29, 2003. Please note, as mentioned above, if you choose to make any bid changes to these listings, your new bid must be at least $0.10, however you may update titles, descriptions and URLs for these listings without changing your bid.

You may view all of your listings with bids below $0.10 by logging into the DirecTraffic Center®, accessible via the following link: http://dtc.overture.com. Once there, click on the Manage Listings tab and go to the Max Bid column. By clicking on the up arrow on the left, you can sort your listings from lowest to highest bids.

Again, we appreciate your business. If you have any questions about Overture's minimum bid requirements, you may wish to review a list of frequently asked questions, or contact us using the Support Request Form, available under the Support Center tab within the DirecTraffic Center.

Sincerely,

Paul Schulz
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Overture Services

Theo · 02-07-2003, 06:28 AM

they suck cock. There are many mainstream keywords that can't be profitable at 10cents. They do know that and will end up all to same big affiliates like ebay.

thesexattic · 02-07-2003, 08:34 AM

This should be beneficial to people like Findwhat, Kanoodle and search123. More cost efficient traffic they can gobble up now....Our avg CPC w/ all of them combined is about 6 cents and we are doing just fine with a couple of our other sites....

vegasdude · 02-07-2003, 08:36 AM

this can indeed turn out good!!!

Theo · 02-07-2003, 08:42 AM

i prefer hitbot over kanoodle

vegasdude · 02-07-2003, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
i prefer hitbot over kanoodle

true dat sales are much higher on good hitbot traffic!

thesexattic · 02-07-2003, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
i prefer hitbot over kanoodle

At first I was doing well with Hitbot, but that slowed way down. Kanoodle does well for me. I like their personalized rep service. They have had the same guy doing all the adult stuff over there for like 3 years he knows his shit. Search123 does good too.

Eugene_K · 02-07-2003, 09:55 AM

Bad news.

I still have an account with a bunch of 1c bids, which brings me 500 to 1000 clicks a day. At 10c a click it will be 10 times more expensive.

Fuck overture! Do you agree?

Manga1 · 02-07-2003, 09:58 AM

The markets don't seem to be too impressed with the bid increase. Overture's stock is getting hammered again today, and has been getting killed for the past month or so.

Raph · 02-07-2003, 09:59 AM

Overture was incredible 2 years ago (when it wasn't called Overture anyway), but getting good SE placement was a lot easier in that time anyway

Cash · 02-07-2003, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by McSpike
I read the rumours on PPC boards too and was submitting like mad these days. Some shit went through, other is still waiting for their editors.

What I wonder is will they accept my pending 5c bids when they review it or will they just update them to 10c.

I'm pretty sure they will add them for 10 cents, and not 5c.

I am sure if lots of advertisers sent them a message of "protest" against this raise, they would consider it.

Vendot · 02-07-2003, 11:36 AM

> I still have an account with a bunch of 1c bids, which brings
> me 500 to 1000 clicks a day. At 10c a click it will be 10
> times more expensive.

Ive got one which brings in 7000 clicks a day from almost 12000 listings, all at $0.01

I wont ever look at Overture again if they boost my grandfathered listings to $0.05

Its a shame because everyone is struggling as it is with this problem economy which is going to get worse. Now they're gonna do that and traffic across the web will collapse for a lot of businesses.

I dont understand why they dont just introduce a new minimum for new advertisers instead of messing with everyone elses.

02-06-2003, 08:23 PM	#1
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,482	Overture Minimum Bid Rates Doubles As forecasted on many PPC/SEO boards, the minimum per click rate just doubled effective 10pm EST (7pm PST). Just thought I'd let everyone who advertises on Overture know... Attached the email from Overture: --- New Minimum Bid --- In the year ahead, you're going to see a number of innovative enhancements to the Overture service that will take your paid search program to a whole new level, allowing you to capture even more qualified leads from a wide range of affiliate partners. To help make these changes happen, as well as to offset the increased costs associated with securing long-term domestic and international distribution partners, Overture is instituting a moderate price increase, raising the minimum bid from $0.05 to $0.10, beginning today WG __________________ I play with Google.

02-06-2003, 08:25 PM	#2
Raph Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 439	that's not so bad considering that 99,5% of every profitable keyword were already going for more than 0,05$ in the first 10 positions __________________ Raph

02-06-2003, 09:11 PM	#5
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,482	Funny how they took in $199 million in revenues for Q4 of last year, reported a 140% increase in traffic growth over 2002, and they have the nerve of telling customers that the additional 5c per click minimum is to offset increased expenses. WG __________________ I play with Google.

02-06-2003, 09:19 PM	#7
clickpimp Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,159	our minimum is still 3 cents. we distribute results to most of the same network. and - we love our adult webmasters hit me up and we'll get you started on an adult pay per click se account from an adult ppc se. if you don't have an account yet, click here, sign up and i'll match you 25%. when's tha last time Overcharge did that for you? -mattb __________________ eventually, earth will lose. enjoy it while it lasts.

02-07-2003, 05:22 AM	#13
applejacks Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: GPWC Posts: 750	Anyone here bought click from sex.com before? How did it go? __________________ <A href="http://www.superchargedentertainment.com/adult/"><img src="http://www.superchargedentertainment.com/banners2/graphics/se-120x60-001.gif" border="0"></a>

02-06-2003, 09:36 PM	#8
bigdog Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,964	i wonder how big the staff is at Overture.They need to cut some jobs not raise bids lol

02-07-2003, 04:33 AM	#9
McSpike Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1,042	I read the rumours on PPC boards too and was submitting like mad these days. Some shit went through, other is still waiting for their editors. What I wonder is will they accept my pending 5c bids when they review it or will they just update them to 10c.

02-07-2003, 04:39 AM	#11
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	moderate price increase 100% increase is moderate?

02-07-2003, 06:21 AM	#14
x-vision Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: virtual reality Posts: 1,013	Here's the complete email that I got: Dear Overture Advertiser, Over the last several years, Overture's pioneering Pay-For-Performance? search model has helped thousands of advertisers reach their online marketing goals with one of the Web's most targeted, cost-effective marketing vehicles. Today, the Overture network continues to be the largest of its kind, enabling advertisers to reach 80 percent of active U.S. Internet users through strong partnerships with leading portals and Web sites such as MSN, Yahoo!, AltaVista, Infospace, Lycos, CNN and many others. New Minimum Bid In the year ahead, you're going to see a number of innovative enhancements to the Overture service that will take your paid search program to a whole new level, allowing you to capture even more qualified leads from a wide range of affiliate partners. To help make these changes happen, as well as to offset the increased costs associated with securing long-term domestic and international distribution partners, Overture is instituting a moderate price increase, raising the minimum bid from $0.05 to $0.10, beginning today. New "Grandfathered" Bids To minimize the financial impact this change will have on our valued advertisers, all existing listings with bids between $0.05 and $0.09 will be "grandfathered" at their current max bid for the foreseeable future. Going forward, if you wish to make any bid changes to these grandfathered listings, your new bid must be at least $0.10. However, you may continue to update titles, descriptions and URLs for your grandfathered listings without affecting your bid. All new listings created from today forward must meet the $0.10 minimum bid. Previously Grandfathered Bids Below $0.05 To Increase As you know, your Overture account currently contains at least one listing priced below the former minimum bid of $0.05. Because you are a long-time advertiser and we appreciate your business, Overture will continue to offer you our lowest possible cost per click for these listings, moving them to $0.05 on March 29, 2003. Please note, as mentioned above, if you choose to make any bid changes to these listings, your new bid must be at least $0.10, however you may update titles, descriptions and URLs for these listings without changing your bid. You may view all of your listings with bids below $0.10 by logging into the DirecTraffic Center®, accessible via the following link: http://dtc.overture.com. Once there, click on the Manage Listings tab and go to the Max Bid column. By clicking on the up arrow on the left, you can sort your listings from lowest to highest bids. Again, we appreciate your business. If you have any questions about Overture's minimum bid requirements, you may wish to review a list of frequently asked questions, or contact us using the Support Request Form, available under the Support Center tab within the DirecTraffic Center. Sincerely, Paul Schulz Senior Vice President, Marketing Overture Services __________________ Get the VirtualFX 2D to 3D TV Converter or 3D Glasses for your PC. Great affiliate and resale programs available. http://www.realistixxx.com/

02-07-2003, 06:28 AM	#15
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	they suck cock. There are many mainstream keywords that can't be profitable at 10cents. They do know that and will end up all to same big affiliates like ebay.

02-07-2003, 08:34 AM	#16
thesexattic Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somewhere Under Your Pubies! Posts: 256	This should be beneficial to people like Findwhat, Kanoodle and search123. More cost efficient traffic they can gobble up now....Our avg CPC w/ all of them combined is about 6 cents and we are doing just fine with a couple of our other sites.... __________________ Free $5 PPC trial account with Kanoodle.com

02-07-2003, 08:36 AM	#17
vegasdude Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The Royal Family Crew Posts: 3,649	this can indeed turn out good!!!

02-07-2003, 08:42 AM	#18
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	i prefer hitbot over kanoodle

02-07-2003, 09:55 AM	#21
Eugene_K Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 87	Bad news. I still have an account with a bunch of 1c bids, which brings me 500 to 1000 clicks a day. At 10c a click it will be 10 times more expensive. Fuck overture! Do you agree? __________________ AdRevolver - adult ad management and tracking. BP4L !

02-07-2003, 09:58 AM	#22
Manga1 Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Malakiaville Posts: 952	The markets don't seem to be too impressed with the bid increase. Overture's stock is getting hammered again today, and has been getting killed for the past month or so.

02-07-2003, 09:59 AM	#23
Raph Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 439	Overture was incredible 2 years ago (when it wasn't called Overture anyway), but getting good SE placement was a lot easier in that time anyway __________________ Raph

02-07-2003, 11:36 AM	#25
Vendot Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 3,376	> I still have an account with a bunch of 1c bids, which brings > me 500 to 1000 clicks a day. At 10c a click it will be 10 > times more expensive. Ive got one which brings in 7000 clicks a day from almost 12000 listings, all at $0.01 I wont ever look at Overture again if they boost my grandfathered listings to $0.05 Its a shame because everyone is struggling as it is with this problem economy which is going to get worse. Now they're gonna do that and traffic across the web will collapse for a lot of businesses. I dont understand why they dont just introduce a new minimum for new advertisers instead of messing with everyone elses. __________________ "In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act." - George Orwell Last edited by Vendot; 02-07-2003 at 11:45 AM..