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Does anyone know any more highly competetive words on GoTo.com where advertisers are paying large click-thru rates(above $5.00 per click)?
I call it knee capping. Some people monitor the bids twice a day, and some may monitor every hour. If you see a pattern of when someone changes bids, you can bid real high, wait for him to react, and then slide underneath with a low bid.
Pretty foolish not to check once in a while....
Just wondering if you could provide us with an updated list. I've noticed a lot of changes since your last post.
This puts me off in a BIG way. I refuse to spend ridiculous amounts to be in the top 3 or 5 and am happy to be number 7 or even 10. I set a limit to the amount I will spend in exchange for a hit and I stick to it - by using this principle and spreading it around as many ppc's as possible, I usefully supplement the traffic derived from my SEO successes.
After a month with GoTo, I've only spent $15 - and they go and charge me $20 anyway.
When my account dries up, I'll be heading for pastures new, and I'll be putting GoTo down to experience.
They might have proved their business model, and pioneered a concept, but their 'imitators' are doing much better for me.
More co-operation from bidders would see an end to crazy prices.
Jackwheeliebin (where rubbish never sleeps)
nice approach, although I don't think that would work that often, but it is a rather amusing thought to contact the webmaster with the higher bid and set up some agreement to reduce bids overall.
This would realy get the likes of Goto spitting feathers :)
I called up another bidder to cut a deal but did a little test first, I did him up and he followed about every two hours but when I slipped back under him he didn't respond and burned up some cash with bid about twice as high as necessary. I gave him a call and hinted to him that he could make a saving. "Thank you very much" he says and we struck a bargin, and he's held to it. OK that time.
charity: $50
I have a feeling this isn't a 'real' bid, but it looks crazy anyway.
Because, really, to get the most bang for the buck, you'd want to bid on your terms right before 'feeding time'. Even if it was a daily feed, you might be able to bid on the top spot for say, an hour just to get the top spot fed everywhere else.
Or, have I just figured out something that y'all figured out a long time ago?
bartek said, "These are public service listings."
I agree, I would assume that they're not being charged for the clicks. GoTo is contributing in the best way it can, by directing people to the site to give donations.
Nathan~
