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long and short of it is that i recommend you carefully watch your sprinks traffic for spiders. my experience is that their filtering of this traffic (for the purposes of billing) is extremely rudimentary. i could go on at length about SIMPLE solutions to the problems i saw, and was astounded that they weren't implementing these filtering techniques. which probably explains why conversion numbers are so poor with them, compared to goto...
if the problems i saw are widespread... well... lets just say its huge. check your logs carefully.
<note>to be fair, our listings may use different techniques that many smaller advertisers (we have advanced tracking tools in place, which may have affected us differently then the average joe-advertiser). however, i'd think that other major advertisers would face problems similar to those we faced.</note>
-seoboy
well, goto is the game right now, hands down. i think you'll have better options 6 months from now, as the market diversifies (read: larger websites implement their own versions of goto). goto is proving the business model works and is in demand; other companies would be foolish to ignore this.
in the meantime though, i dont know what to tell you. i thought sprinks was the best play, but they've disproven themselves to me. everyone else generates too little traffic to speak of, honestly. there's a tradeoff between effort and results, after all. but if you're going to consider others, stick with the "second tier" - findwhat (deal with excite) and kanoodle (decent distribution with meta-engines). also, try to build synergy between your listings in different engines, and the payoff will be maximized visibility in the "cumulative" metaengines (like metacrawler.com).
best of luck!
seoboy
I am a client of Sprinks and I am satisfied with the results! I can adfirm that for us Sprink is fine as Goto and cheaper!
I would ask you why Sprinks doesn't send an email when funds are going to finish!
A tools like the Goto keyword suggestion tool would be appreciated too.
Angiolo
We get them.
"Dear Sprinks Client:
This is to inform you that your Sprinks balance for the account, xxxxxxx, as of June 7, is low."
> We get them
Probably now they send an email.
I recharged the funds two times after checking my logs!
Now I monitor my account frequently and I had not the opportunity to receive their message.
Angiolo
GoTo.com (the best traffic)
FindWhat.com (the best online systems)
Ah-ha.com (the best customer support)
Spiders do not index dynamically served pages (which are indicated by a query, or "?", after the URL). Therefore, Sprinks links are not requested by spiders and no charge is passed to the advertiser.
Best,
Colette
I have avoided Sprinks, and even discouraged a fellow SEO just today from using it because of what I have heard from others. Your posting here goes a long way, and I may even give Sprinks a test run as a result. Thanks. :)
Mark wrote:
"I saw your ad on GoTo, and I couldn’t help but wonder why you weren’t
also advertising on Sprinks. As CEO of Sprinks, I’d like to introduce
you ....................etc., etc
Sign up before July 30, 2001 and receive a $10 credit to your Sprinks account."
We wrote back:
Thanks for your e-mail, Mark.
WE'LL TAKE THE $10.00. Please credit it to our account.
As you can see below, we did sign up for Sprinks with $100.00 BEFORE July 30, 2001. In fact, it was on 3/11/2001 that we did so. Therefore we qualify for your $10 giveaway. (Nothing said about existing customers.)
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Sprinks Client Activity Report
03/11/2001
Customer Info
Username: nellbutler
Order DatesAmounts Ordered
2001-03-14 16:45:38100
Total Amount Ordered100
Date BilledAmount Billed
2001-03-14 16:45:38100
Total Amount Billed100
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Perhaps it would prove less embarassing (and less costly) to check your Sprinks customer status of those to whom you spam with your sales letters. I also speak as a shareholder of Primedia,Inc (NYSE: PRM). concerned with Sprinks management image and its unnecessary waste of resources.
Due to rapid expansion and efforts to make more people aware of Sprinks, we occasionally trip up while trying to acquire new customers. However, we will certainly credit the $10 to your account as promised by the email.
We're always looking to make improvements to the Sprinks service and welcome your feedback. Feel free to drop me an email (hklein@about-inc.com).
Best,
Heather Klein
Welcome to the forums!
It is not uncommon that we have general questions about PPC topics, and it is nice to see someone from "the other side" of things drop by.
Please drop by more often! We'd love your contribution and expertise.
-Grnidone
PS 'Heather' is *such* a classy name...only the *really* cool people are named 'Heather'
