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Might it be beneficial to run CPM ads on their domain?
That would accomplish two things:
* Advertise your site to your competitor's visitors.
* Reduce the number of AdSense ads that can be seen on the competitors website, possible making more revenue available for your site.
Lets say one did this.
Well then the competitor would see the ads and simple add your web address to the competitor filter (assuming they had enough room, initiative and savvy).
But what if you use AdWords to specify where your ads will be shown, and include all 50 states except for the state listed in the whois information, and its neighboring states? That would severely reduce the chance of your competitor seeing your ad on their site, while still allowing you to accomplish your primary objectives.
In theory would this work? Has anybody done this? Is this unethical? Has anybody already added their competitors to their filter list, even if they didn't see any of their ads on your site?
Might it be beneficial to run CPM ads on their domain
Well then the competitor would see the ads and simple add your web address to the competitor filter (assuming they had enough room, initiative and savvy).
But what if you use AdWords to specify where your ads will be shown, and include all 50 states except for the state listed in the whois information, and its neighboring states?
I have done this when piggy backing someone else's brand or specific keyword phrases. The reason was because I didn't want to invite competition by letting them know I was in their space. I don't block the whole state, though- just the city. I'm not sure this is possible with contextual ads, I've never tried it.
In theory would this work?
Has anybody done this?
Is this unethical
But what if you use AdWords to specify where your ads will be shown, and include all 50 states except for the state listed in the whois information, and its neighboring states? That would severely reduce the chance of your competitor seeing your ad on their site, while still allowing you to accomplish your primary objectives.
Its a nice theory, but bear in mind that if they track their clicks (you could look at their markup to see if they are or not, of course) they will see the clicks on your domain in their logs.
{edit: typo}
How could they track the clicks? Wouldn't they just get the same basic stats in their adwords accounts that everyone else gets, or are CPM ads different?
Do clicks off a site through AdSense show up in the site's raw logs?
And as far as viewing their code, wouldn't it be like everyone else's since nobody is allowed to change their adsense code?
Confused.
I can see how that would catch your CPM ads, but I wonder what percentage of advertisers use something like this?
