I haven't advertised with google... recently... but given the amount of money MS has obviously put into the add, and the average click-through rates generally being so low, I'd expect it'd take a lot of clicks before the folks at MS even noticed... You know, tons of impressions at 2% click-through... 5,000 clicks later it goes up to 2.5%... (random numbers chosen for emphasis)... granted, it's all sort of moot anyway as I really was just joking about setting it up as a scheduled task. :)
> Well, as an advertiser I get reports on impressions and > clicks, so I'd be a > little skeptical that I had a number of clicks that didn't > jive with the > number of impressions. > I would think somebody is using me to increase their > profits, or cause me to > lose mine. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:11 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Microsoft targetting CF >> >> > Well if in the DB they have only delivered that ad to >> > the >> > site 50 times, >> > however there are 100 clicks, then wouldn't that be a >> > little odd? >> >> Not necessarily... I suspect they not only allow but are >> grateful for >> if not expect their ads to be cached for a certain period >> of time on >> the server where the ad is delivered -- it eliminates a >> great deal of >> bandwidth usage both for them and for the site delivering >> the add... >> Of course, I could be way-off base, but since every other >> syndication >> technology I've seen encourages (or demands) some form of >> caching, I'd >> be surprised if Google simply said "SUCK OUR BANDWIDTH >> DRY! WE DON'T >> CARE! CRASH OUR SERVERS WITH A GROTESQUE AMOUNT OF >> TRAFFIC!" s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170673 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
