Here is the printout of the results for one general keyword for the last 6 days on Overture. In previous threads in this forum and in the PPC forum there have been posts about improper featuring of certain keywords that are not directly search related. In other words, the partners of Over (or FindWhat, etc.) put a specific term on the front page of their websites and encourage excessive clicking. Note the 2nd last line. The first number is posistion which flucuated between 8 and 10. The second number is impressions. How can one term go from around 100 a day to 1500 on a Friday, generally a slower traffic day? This is a form of fraud as the click throughs are of no value. It is not a "search"!
Date.......POS IMP.
May 18 2003 9 12
May 18 2003 10 20
May 19 2003 9 34
May 19 2003 10 60
May 20 2003 9 44
May 20 2003 10 61
May 21 2003 9 31
May 21 2003 10 72
May 22 2003 8 12
May 22 2003 9 76
May 22 2003 10 15
May 23 2003 8 7
May 23 2003 9 1511
May 23 2003 10 8
