http://www.overture.com/d/search/?type=topbar&Keywords=DEDICATED+server

These guys are paying $35 per click.. Selling a server at $99.. My god how can that make any money..LOL


RS this is not a flame just thought it was very funny.. :)

www.rackshack.net (Advertiser's Max Bid: $36.00)

Max bid doesn't mean they are paying $36.00 per bid...

It means that if the other providers move there bid higher, they will go up to $36.00 to outbid them..

But hey, if Robert Marsh has the money to do it, why not?

:eek:That's obsurd.

I wonder if they are usng a tool to bump their ranking to #1. #2 is paying $35/click. I wonder if RS knows that they are paying $36 per click. :D

It would be nice of someone from rackshack to come in and comment on it...

Hope they dont go out of business because of this

$36/click is way to high to be paying IMO.

But like someone else said... if Robert Marsh can afford it and wants it that way...

ohhhh man...

If only I had that much money to burn...:rolleyes:

WOW :eek:

Originally posted by InterServ-JB
WOW :eek:

Thats just what i said to..LOL

Not sure if RS knows what they are paying or not but if its $36 thats not good at all. Not per click any way..

just imagine how many clicks they go through to get a sale.... then multiple by $36. way too much for me.

market share > money

lol, hopefully none of you guys clicked it for fun :rolleyes:

I didn't :blush:

Originally posted by edude
lol, hopefully none of you guys clicked it for fun :rolleyes: :)

this thread is gonna cost RS about 5 grand ...

Guess whos paying for it :D Vortech ;)

shame on me

sport clix are in poor taste

bad dog:blush:

I think RS would pass it to their clients, and I dont think Vortech uses them.

this disparity between 1,2 and 3 is amazing

after that this category is cheaper than 'webhosting'


$36 bux per click is a very serious amount, makes you wonder what things will cost on overture in a year, when we started with them webhosting was $2 seen fights go as high a $10

but $36 is absurd, just hope its not considered a bargain a year from now...

Asia i meant Vortech would be paying for the bill for the search engine ad, because he started this thread, and most people reading this thread would've clicked on the search engine link..

You get the picture :confused:

edude
,

Yes :D

"this thread is gonna cost RS about 5 grand ..."

lol

Originally posted by Vortech
http://www.overture.com/d/search/?type=topbar&Keywords=DEDICATED+server

These guys are paying $35 per click.. Selling a server at $99.. My god how can that make any money..LOL


RS this is not a flame just thought it was very funny.. :)

Ohhhhh that's a lot.

No matter what it costs in the end, it costs a LOT less then buying a side bar ad just from Yahoo. A small fraction.

$36 bucks is outrageous but it does fluctuate. We have paid as little as $10.

We mainly buy this so that we get exposure at Yahoo and AOL without having to buy directly from them.

Very clever headsurfer, there you go..

Words from the head honcho.. :stickout

Smart thinking that proves exactly why he IS the head honcho...

Hmm.. with google we had set a $25 CPC. This means we were right up the top of the list. Now yes this meant paying a lot more for a click but it didnt mean we were paying $25 per click! That is the maximum. According to google it is all done according to time of the day and how busy they are.

Originally posted by headsurfer
No matter what it costs in the end, it costs a LOT less then buying a side bar ad just from Yahoo. A small fraction.

$36 bucks is outrageous but it does fluctuate. We have paid as little as $10.

We mainly buy this so that we get exposure at Yahoo and AOL without having to buy directly from them.

I was thinking the same thing when i saw the Yahoo thing in there ADs there.. :) Very good idea i give you that..

Originally posted by headsurfer
No matter what it costs in the end, it costs a LOT less then buying a side bar ad just from Yahoo. A small fraction.

$36 bucks is outrageous but it does fluctuate. We have paid as little as $10.

We mainly buy this so that we get exposure at Yahoo and AOL without having to buy directly from them. On yahoo rackshack is #2 when you search for Dedicated Servers. So I guess what HeadSurfer was saying is totally correct... http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=dedicated+servers

rackshack isnt even on the first page :confused:

They are #2 in the "Sponsored Matches" at the top of the listings.

Sponsor Matches (What are Sponsor Matches?)

• Dedicated Hosting - Ilisys - Australian dedicated server provider. Host on Sun Cobalt or ...
http://www.ilisys.com.au/html/4_...
• Managed Hosting - Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications - Provides flexible, scalable ...
http://www.macquarie-hosting.com...
• Server101 - Web hosting and e-commerce - Reliable web hosting from $14.60/month, domain name ...
http://www.server101.com/?id=1025


not for me...

Those are the sponsor matches that show up...

Originally posted by edude
Sponsor Matches (What are Sponsor Matches?)

• Dedicated Hosting - Ilisys - Australian dedicated server provider. Host on Sun Cobalt or ...
http://www.ilisys.com.au/html/4_...
• Managed Hosting - Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications - Provides flexible, scalable ...
http://www.macquarie-hosting.com...
• Server101 - Web hosting and e-commerce - Reliable web hosting from $14.60/month, domain name ...
http://www.server101.com/?id=1025


not for me...

Those are the sponsor matches that show up... Yahoo doesn't like you. RackShack comes up #2 in the Sponsored Matches, which means they paid to be there. The Sponsores Matches you are seeing might be country specific, hence you are seeing something different...

Right now (on Overture) Rackshack's down to $11/click for max bid, Verio is in #1 position with $35/click... lmao. This is just like a little race between the bidders... that's what this thread feels like anyway.

Surely, if Rackshack started their affiliate program again and just paid on a per sale basis, their conversion would be much better as no matter how many clicks they get, they only pay if someone buys a server, whereas with Overture, they are paying fo every click. And with the large number of customers that they have, they would get a LOT of clicks, quite a lot being targetted to the market. Let's just click on the Overture link to go to the Rackshack.net website to see if their referral program is still not available (hehe)... I was right, it's still suspended :D.

Alan