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Old 05-07-2003, 11:08 AM   #1
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Is this Biz fading?

I do alot of marketing. A ton of it is PPC. The bids and advertisers are dropping like flies. My conversions are fine still across all the networks I use. Kanoodle, search123, and a little findwhat. Anyone here a past or current PPC or SE user experiencing the same thing?
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:09 AM   #2
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:10 AM   #3
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:12 AM   #4
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you just noticed this?


but if you're not having any troubles converting you are in good shape cuz the herd is being thinned, no doubt about that.
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:12 AM   #5
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:13 AM   #6
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you just noticed this?


but if you're not having any troubles converting you are in good shape cuz the herd is being thinned, no doubt about that.

thinned? i bet for every person who quits, two more join the action.
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:13 AM   #7
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:16 AM   #8
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too much free porn!!
too much free porn but We need more free porn to keep the surfers happy.
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:16 AM   #9
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i hear the sky is falling too, anyone heard that lately?
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:17 AM   #10
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ya, this business is fading quick, i'm just in it for the spanking material.
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:19 AM   #11
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i think we need more free porn to keep the surfers around

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Old 05-07-2003, 11:33 AM   #12
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I believe that all the free porn was put out there by the right wing republicans. To overload and devalue the market!
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:35 AM   #13
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do you mean to tell me that you can make money by doing this? gooohhhlllyyyy,

is any body selling a how to book?
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:36 AM   #14
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i hear the sky is falling too, anyone heard that lately?
What is a 'sky' anyways?
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Old 05-07-2003, 11:39 AM   #15
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I do alot of marketing. A ton of it is PPC. The bids and advertisers are dropping like flies. My conversions are fine still across all the networks I use. Kanoodle, search123, and a little findwhat. Anyone here a past or current PPC or SE user experiencing the same thing?

If you are talking about the SE/PPC angle its quite simple - when advertisers buy large volumes of useless traffic and see no return they don't come back to buy again.

Selling useless traffic however, can make a lot of money these days.

Which side do you want to be on?



Traffic lesson #1: Anyone selling traffic is selling it because they can't convert it themselves. Do you want to buy sloppy seconds?

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Old 05-07-2003, 11:44 AM   #16
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so try selling them more than just more porn. Toys, pills, etc...everyone one offers more of the same. Give them something different to buy. Get creative.
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Old 05-07-2003, 12:14 PM   #17
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so try selling them more than just more porn. Toys, pills, etc...everyone one offers more of the same. Give them something different to buy. Get creative.
Yeah! And spam them with anti-spam tools while you're at it.
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Old 05-07-2003, 12:16 PM   #18
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If you are talking about the SE/PPC angle its quite simple - when advertisers buy large volumes of useless traffic and see no return they don't come back to buy again.

Sell?
If you think PPC is useless thats why there is less competiton. I'll take it all day. I am not leaving the biz....I was just seeing why its thinning outside of the obvious....
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Old 05-07-2003, 12:45 PM   #19
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Traffic lesson #1: Anyone selling traffic is selling it because they can't convert it themselves. Do you want to buy sloppy seconds?
thats not true.

there are a variety of factors involved including risk(don't have to worry about the billing company holding money, company going belly up, etc), wanting to be prepaid and letting people who can convert the traffic buy it.

do you think the owner of sex.com can sell every single niche with the same success as people involved in that niche?
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Old 05-07-2003, 12:50 PM   #20
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Old 05-07-2003, 12:53 PM   #21
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Old 05-07-2003, 12:55 PM   #22
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Old 05-07-2003, 02:18 PM   #23
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is the traffic from Kanoodle and Search 123 better than from 7 search ?
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Old 05-07-2003, 02:18 PM   #24
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Old 05-07-2003, 02:26 PM   #25
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Old 05-07-2003, 03:46 PM   #26
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Old 05-07-2003, 03:49 PM   #27
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Old 05-07-2003, 03:50 PM   #28
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Old 05-07-2003, 03:56 PM   #29
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its called create new ideas,
think outside the box!
ever heard of this!?


stop thinking u r gonna succeed off of an idea just because someone else did,

no business is dying, all businesses are just thinning out the uncreative and copiers,

if it sounds to good to be true it is!
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Old 05-07-2003, 06:18 PM   #31
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its called create new ideas,
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ever heard of this!?


stop thinking u r gonna succeed off of an idea just because someone else did,

no business is dying, all businesses are just thinning out the uncreative and copiers,

if it sounds to good to be true it is!
outside the box? all this time i thought i was suppose to get inside the box...
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Old 05-07-2003, 06:27 PM   #32
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thats not true.

there are a variety of factors involved including risk(don't have to worry about the billing company holding money, company going belly up, etc), wanting to be prepaid and letting people who can convert the traffic buy it.

do you think the owner of sex.com can sell every single niche with the same success as people involved in that niche?


Yes, in the case of sex.com and google I would agree with you.

In the case of %99 of "traffic brokers" and ppc se's I would strongly disagree with you.



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Old 05-07-2003, 06:44 PM   #33
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Yes, in the case of sex.com and google I would agree with you.

In the case of %99 of "traffic brokers" and ppc se's I would strongly disagree with you.



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99%? way too high. most of the traffic that is brokered is from large sites. they can bring in the traffic, but that doesn't mean they can maximize their returns by selling to that traffic.
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Old 05-07-2003, 08:16 PM   #34
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but that doesn't mean they can maximize their returns by selling to that traffic.

My point exactly.
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More!? More!? Free Porn!? I think there is too much already!

I say down with all tgps... then everyone had to purchase porn...
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Old 05-08-2003, 05:22 AM   #40
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My point exactly.
it doesn't mean their traffic is bad, it means they aren't as good at selling to traffic as they are at generating that traffic.

that traffic could be worth more to someone else than it is worth to them. you're just saying the traffic is being sold because it sucks, and most of the time thats simply not the case.

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