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copying campaigns?

i want one for "search" and one for "content"

         

NewSkool

10:42 pm on Apr 2, 2006 (gmt 0)



... and i dont wanna write it all over. should be possible to just duplicate them, but nooo..

reason is i wanna pay more on google search than sites for obvious reasons

Nitrous

11:48 pm on Apr 2, 2006 (gmt 0)



This is the MAIN REASON that we should all ban MFAs!

However, this was posted in the wrong forum by mistake I think.

He wanted to post in adwords.

PLEASE leave this here moderators anyway so that the adsense publishers really understand why the epc, credibility etc keeps falling for all genuine real publishers. Think, crappy ROI and MFA sites...

Thanks!

This is the normal mentality. Caused by the advertiser seeing so many crappy get rich quick sites, which are against the TOS anyway for so long.

I really think adsense need to rethink things a bit.

BillDex

11:52 pm on Apr 2, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Can somebody just put a link to show an example of an MFA? B/c not all of us know how they look like.

NewSkool

12:09 am on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)



Nitrous: sorry yeah i wanted to post in adwords. somebody could move it there or something.

what do you mean with MFAs (i know what it stands for)? do you mean that i am one of those?

because i dont have adsense ads there only affiliate links

Nitrous

12:28 am on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)



If you exist only to make money ftom ads and do not sell anything directly then you are an mfa even if you do not use adsense! Its a generic name for the bottom feeding middle layer.

Paris

12:38 am on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Yikes Nitrous, by that definition then eBay would be an MFA too!

And I don't blame an AdWords advertiser for wanting to bid less on the content side than search. And I hate MFAs but that's not the problem with why sponsors often set up distinct campaigns for search and for content. I don't think an MFA site would necessarily convert any worse than an original content site.

If anything, MFAs may have an advantage because they draw in gullible folks searching for something that don't know any better and that may be the perfect audience to drop at the virtual front porch of an online advertiser that is well-prepared to move in for the kill. It's sad, but possibly true.

icedowl

12:54 am on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Can somebody just put a link to show an example of an MFA? B/c not all of us know how they look like.

Can't put a link, but let's try to visualize it. The numbers are the maximum allowed for that type of unit.

Picture a page that has the maximum number of adblocks (3), adlinks (1) and maybe search for adsense (2) units on the page. Buried somewhere in the midst of this is one short little sentence that is well enough written so that all those adblocks and the adlink unit relate to that sentence's topic. The page probably also has a title that is specific to the topic. Everything is color coordinated so that the ads blend right in with that tiny sentence, making the sentence somewhat hard to find.

Another version that I've seen has a bolded short sentence at the top with nothing more on the page but the adsense units.

There simply isn't any real content on either type.

Hope that helps.

BillDex

3:34 am on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)

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It does help, thank you very much, buddy.

Nitrous

9:35 am on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)



But it does not have to be google ads. Yahoo, aff links, banner ads, ANY page full of ads or that does not actually sell a product or service. Ban them. They are all just an extra layer taking money from the advertisers budget and adding nothing.

NewSkool

12:34 pm on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)



maybe call them MFA =made for ads instead of adsense lol

Nitrous

2:38 pm on Apr 3, 2006 (gmt 0)



Or mfyahoo mfaffiliates etc same crap. genuine adsense content publishers dont want them.