VERY INTERESTING!!!

Any of you using it?

Here's a recent thread http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35900 that may be interesting.


Lats...

Google's Adwords IS NOT Adwords select!

Its a new service!

Okay, what's a url to check it out?


Lats...

www.google.com/ads/

the cheapest ones related to web hosting are about $1.00 per click, and rising by the second. :(

Originally posted by dominet
Any of you using it? Probably not many yet; it just went live today! Long anticipated, though.

The user interface is great. And it has some clear advantages over Overture, not the least of which is this: "If the cost-per-click you've specified is higher than what's necessary for your ad to maintain its position, the actual cost-per-click you will be charged will be discounted automatically. "

Thank you for your interest in advertising with Google. We apologize for any inconvenience, but the AdWords system is temporarily down for maintenance.

Please try again in a few minutes.

I set up a Google Adwords Select account the day before yesterday, and am paying $500 a month. While it's probably too early to tell whether it's working or not, so far I haven't gotten any sales from it yet. :(

We just signed up yesterday to give it a try (not hosting, however). It seems that their CPC rates are calculated from CPM/clickthrough rates of the same terms. As such, it's all worked out so that whether you use AdWords for CPM or AdWords Select for CPC, you're paying about the same anyway.

I just signed up for it when I saw it linked off of Slashdot. I got a request for a demo just a few hours after signing up for it...We'll have to see how the long-term performance is though.
AdWords Select combined with overture seems to let you hit all major search engines with a CPC payment model.

The one thing I really like about Google is that they aren't as anal about relevancy and don't have a 3-day turnaround time. I submitted a search listing to overture with the keywords 'php script' and 'asp script' but they didn't approve it because they said those keywords lacked relevancy to the page I was linking to. I changed the page's title from "forum script" to "ASP Forum Script" and then they approved it. Pretty silly.

Just signed up this morning. I like the way in which one can limit spending, and the responsiveness to changing ads. I have already made changes and they took place imediately.

Only a few click throughs so far and no leads.

Well, gogle.com using the overture.com model now? should have happened some day, I think you'll see the price goes up to $7 soon in search keywords like 'hosting'.

$7 for a click through? Damn I think I chose the wrong industry! heh. Seriously though, I think that's a bit of an overkill. It's not worth it, not unless you are selling dedicated servers that make you hundreds of dollars.

Originally posted by papillon
$7 for a click through? Damn I think I chose the wrong industry! heh. Seriously though, I think that's a bit of an overkill. It's not worth it, not unless you are selling dedicated servers that make you hundreds of dollars.
Advertising dedicated servers is $10 a click (go to http://www.overture.com and search for "dedicated hosting").

Originally posted by Intelligent Hosting

Advertising dedicated servers is $10 a click (go to http://www.overture.com and search for "dedicated hosting").

Couldn't any malicious competitor just waste $xxxx of their money by searching and clicking the link or by making a program to do so?

Originally posted by R Doherty


Couldn't any malicious competitor just waste $xxxx of their money by searching and clicking the link or by making a program to do so?


The potential is there, but they often have preventative measures such as limiting to one click per IP address per so many hours, and in this case I think you can put a limit on your advertising budget as well.

Originally posted by Lawrence



The potential is there, but they often have preventative measures such as limiting to one click per IP address per so many hours, and in this case I think you can put a limit on your advertising budget as well.

I think it in overture's financial interest to count as many clicks as they can get away with. :D

Damn where's ***** when you really need 'em?

How about saving some money and getting people to copy and paste your address into a new browser window :)

As a newbie in the industry I was wondering; for those usning oveture and now google, or any tackable advertising for that matter, what would you say is your average click to purchase ratio?