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I for one do not like that as people may click on that rather than the ad.
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In fact I have now just seen one add that had no ads but just a whole bunch of links for related searches.
Sounds like about now would be the perfect time fro Overture to create a competign product, same payouts, same MO, no related search... Would you switch? I think I would, if only as a signal to Google and the hope that they will se ethe error in their ways.
Introduction of a similar program by Overture would certainly be good news. I would run a combination (50-50), however with the related searches now, if the ctr and revenue drop significantly and my statistics give me an indication that I am losing many of my users out to my competitors, I may perhaps be compelled to try out more of OV.
[edited by: Imaster at 7:19 pm (utc) on Aug. 7, 2003]
Might be a coincidence, but all the related search links I tried from my ads on several sites took me to searches that had a full complement (6-10) of adwords.
Camster, it may be a coincidence. I have a related search for a phrase that has no AdWords listings. I don't want to get too far off-topic in this thread but the phrase I am referring to is totally unrelated to the specific page or any pages on my site (as are the ads) and are due to Mediapartners spidering the page 5 days ago during a short period when our database was down and the PHP code displayed a MySQL error message instead.
Again, people are assuming that one-size-fits-all.
I run several content sites. I no longer run adsense even though my site has nothing up for sale. There just isn't any reason for me to drive unpaid traffic to google.
Naturally, I do list similar sites of interest on my content pages. That is a completely different situation than what google is doing. Having no editorial control over my own pages? No thanks.
Any person who doesn't mind giving out free traffic to other sites, Email me -- I want to sign up with YOU.
Any person who doesn't mind giving out free traffic to other sites, Email me -- I want to sign up with YOU.
Well if you'll send me even 90% of the money that AdSense does (even today's amount!) I will ;-)
Okay, off to start a new thread. See ya in a few minutes..
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I wasn't sure what side of the fence I fell on regarding the related links, but it is really refreshing to see Google take a step back and take a second look. However it turns out, the fact that Google is listening has impressed me.
Let me add my opinion. ****~!
Now, if google were to pay us for those related searches, I'd be fine with that. Even if it were only a nickle. But come on! They do not pay enough use enough for clicks to start throwing that stuff on my pages. The google link at the top is already on the line... However, at least we knew it was there. Next, google is going to put in a javascript redirect on our pages...
