Smartzone from cj is it better for PR

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Smartzone from cj is it better for PR

zeus

12:27 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

I have change almost every banner on my site to smartzone, because I think it is better for a good page rank at google and that way I dont have so many outgoing links from my site if google cant follow the smartzone.

zeus

weisinator

6:10 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

I don't see it having any effect on the PR of a site, good or bad.

There's bigger PR fish to fry than affiliate links.

Nick_W

6:13 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

I didn't think banners worked very well?

Nick

rcjordan

6:33 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

>I didn't think banners worked very well?

Banners in context with the site can still produce a healthy CTR of 4 to 7 percent. They are written off as being tuned out, but my experience indicates that there's more of a "selective tuning" process going on, i.e., they'll stop, read, and click if the banner interests them.

skibum

7:28 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

Absolutely! A good targeted banner can still get decent CTRs.

EliteWeb

7:33 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

Just setup a site with CJ content, if i wasnt needing the content offered then id do the javascript smartzone thing. (: We will see how the site does.

zeus

7:43 pm on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

If I had to use text from the advertisers, then the content of my site will differ to much. I have a realy bad ctr on my site but I dont think I can do anything about it, people just come to my site to get the free stuff, so I hope ones to get permanet ads from companies that are interested in my visitors.

I looking forward to the next update so I can tell you if I have become a better PR, because I dont think Google can see the script, so I do not give my PR away.

I started this after the spider in late june so the update Im waiting for is first late August, my pages have to be spidered again.

zeus

weisinator

1:26 pm on Jul 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

>>>Banners in context with the site can still produce a healthy CTR of 4 to 7 percent. <<<

I won't disagree with that, but my method of advertising (120x60 banners underneath my nav in the sidebar, I view anything more as intrusive) resulted in .5% CTR. Not exactly the greatest.

I have text links that are in context with my site giving me a CTR of 10-22%, depending on the product listed.

The reason: The links are for products my users can't find in a local store, usually special order, so they have to wait for them anyways.

I dropped the banner ads completely. Not worth the bandwidth, IMO.