xcoder - 3:00 am on Sep 13, 2012 (gmt 0)

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

The point i am trying to make is that you can not compare apples and oranges. You simply can not compare eCommerce to some forum or blog taking free registrations. People will absolutely kill to have a 15% conversion over an eCommerce site... try 2%-3% conversions when it comes to popular competitive products and that's when times are good and Google doesn't mess much with the secret sauce, randomize geo targeting, and what else have you, over 24-48 hours cycles...

As someone else has mentioned earlier, they've cornered the market and are now killing (by thousand cuts) many small legit businesses that are not ready to pay...

[edited by: xcoder at 3:36 am (utc) on Sep 13, 2012]