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04-06-2005, 08:32 AM #1Temporarily Suspended
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Adwords sold out ??
With the per click prices I am paying on Adwords I used to be on around 7th postion like 4 months ago. Now I am on 12th position. I am still getting the same amount of visitors though but am concerned that if it goes on like that one day you have to pay those insane $5 per click prices if you want traffic from Adwords. What do you think ? Is Adwords sold out ?
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04-06-2005, 12:00 PM #2Retired Moderator
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I am still getting the same amount of visitors though but am concerned that if it goes on like that one day you have to pay those insane $5 per click prices if you want traffic from Adwords.
Maybe advertising is not too expensive, maybe the profit margins are too small. Or maybe the sales closure rate is too low and you should work on the copy you're using...
What do you think ? Is Adwords sold out ?Last edited by ldcdc; 04-06-2005 at 12:07 PM.
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04-06-2005, 12:05 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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$5/click is cheap. Its highly targetted visits and if your sites working correctly then conversion from adword clicks is great!
$5/click is almost our MINIMUM spend, if you can spend $5-10 and gain 1 client out of it then thats very cheap and money well spent!Matt Wallis
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04-06-2005, 12:10 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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If course... it also depends on the price you sell hosting for.
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>$5/click is almost our MINIMUM spend, if you can spend $5-10
>and gain 1 client out of it then thats very cheap and money well
>spent!
That means your conversion ratio is around 75%. Is that right ?
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04-06-2005, 12:26 PM #7Temporarily Suspended
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I just looked at it again and found I mad a mistake while looking at my campaign I used to get a lot impressions for a certain keyword where I was ranking 3rd but now I am getting many impressions from another keyword where I am on 13th position. I though my ranking decreased because instead of looking at the ranking of the specific keyword I looked at the total ranking which decreased due to the fact that I was getting more traffic from another keyword where I am ranking lower...
Puh... I was really scared
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04-06-2005, 01:52 PM #8Junior Guru
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$5 per click? - and then I wonder why I was getting zilch.
Seriously how many times can you afford to pay $5 per click in each day? - I know google lets you set a limit but last time I tried google it ran up over $60 costs on a $2.50 per day budget - within 5 days I might add.
Google really tried to google me out of my hard earned cash.
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04-06-2005, 02:04 PM #9Web Hosting Guru
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If google is taking $5 click they are ripping Adwords users and Adsense publishers off, Im droping Google from my site.
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04-06-2005, 02:11 PM #10Retired Moderator
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it also depends on the price you sell hosting for.
That means your conversion ratio is around 75%. Is that right ?
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04-06-2005, 02:31 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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No no no, not 75% conversion.
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04-06-2005, 03:11 PM #12Web Hosting Evangelist
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Thomas,
The fact that the click prices are growing is nothing new. As PPC advertising becomes more and more popular, companies jump on the bandwagon and obviously, the prices increase.
The key to this is that the visitor that used to cost .50c a few years ago is now the exact the same quality as a click that costs $5. The difference, however, is that good advertisers have become a lot more meticulous about their advertising and constantly finetune their campaigns, their websites, their sales process, keywords, etc.
Ultimately, we all have to accept that the prices will continue to increase, but as of now, Google AdWords and Overture still hold tremendous potential.
There is a guy, called Kevin Gold, that wrote a 3-part article called:
What to Do When Your Pay per Click Keyword Bids Increase?
If you Google the term, you'll find it. It's a very good read.
Matt, I also wanted to respond to your comment. Honestly speaking, I don't think that $5 per click is cheap. As long as it delivers conversions and brings you actual profit, it's a worthwhile expenditure, but I'd say that your ads are not performing up to their potential, if you pay so much.
From my experience in the hosting market and the Pay Per Click advertising industry, I don't think that you should settle for $5 clicks.
Hosting industry is a competitive one, but when it comes down to PPC, too many large companies simply aim for the top positions and plunk down as much money as it takes without carefully analyzing and tuning their campaigns. This is especially important on AdWords, because you can get higher positions and pay less than your competition, if your ads get a high CTR.
Just my $0.02
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04-06-2005, 03:14 PM #13Backup Guru
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Originally posted by WebDogPro
If google is taking $5 click they are ripping Adwords users and Adsense publishers off, Im droping Google from my site.Scott Burns, President
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04-06-2005, 03:24 PM #14WHT Addict
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Originally posted by AdWatcher-Boris
Matt, I also wanted to respond to your comment. Honestly speaking, I don't think that $5 per click is cheap. As long as it delivers conversions and brings you actual profit, it's a worthwhile expenditure, but I'd say that your ads are not performing up to their potential, if you pay so much.
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04-06-2005, 03:37 PM #15Temporarily Suspended
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>paying no more than an average of 8 cents per click
I used to have a campaign like that. I got it by accepting traffic from all the world (search + Adsense). I got a lot of cheap traffic but only few sales. Now I am only taking traffic from civilized countries and getting much better results although my CPC is around 0.30. I am paying less for the campaign and getting more sales.
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04-06-2005, 03:40 PM #16Temporarily Suspended
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>If you pay $5 per click, and have a 10% conversion rate, you're
>only paying $50 per sale.
The problem is if you are a cheap host it will take you like a year to get your money back. And if you are a high price host you are not gonna get a 10% conversion ratio. See what I mean ?
The only companies that can pay such rates are the big players who only buy that space to prevent their competition from becoming larger.
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04-06-2005, 03:59 PM #17Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally posted by thomas.smith
>If you pay $5 per click, and have a 10% conversion rate, you're
>only paying $50 per sale.
The problem is if you are a cheap host it will take you like a year to get your money back. And if you are a high price host you are not gonna get a 10% conversion ratio. See what I mean ?
The only companies that can pay such rates are the big players who only buy that space to prevent their competition from becoming larger.
If you're a high priced host, "cheap web hosting" is not the right keyword for you no matter how much you're paying per click.
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10% conversion rate is extremely high.
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04-06-2005, 06:04 PM #19WHT Addict
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Originally posted by thomas.smith
>paying no more than an average of 8 cents per click
I used to have a campaign like that. I got it by accepting traffic from all the world (search + Adsense). I got a lot of cheap traffic but only few sales. Now I am only taking traffic from civilized countries and getting much better results although my CPC is around 0.30. I am paying less for the campaign and getting more sales.www.HowToSellHosting.com - How to start a hosting business (free download)!
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10% conversion rate is extremely high.
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Originally posted by ldcdc
I know it for a fact that 5% is doable though, which will make a sale cost $100 (with a $5 per click price). For some it might sound very high, but depending on various factors it can be quite profitable.
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Originally posted by UH-Matt
$5/click is cheap. Its highly targetted visits and if your sites working correctly then conversion from adword clicks is great!• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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04-08-2005, 07:29 AM #23Junior Guru
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How does one determine your conversion ratio? What is the equation?
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04-08-2005, 08:08 AM #24Web Hosting Master
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(Sales-From-Adwords-Referrers (can be cookie tracked for return visitors) / Adwords Clicks) * 100 = Percentage Conversion ratio for adwords
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Originally posted by angelic81
How does one determine your conversion ratio? What is the equation?
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