Comments on: Finding Blog Topics in Unexpected Places is Fun!

By: Omar

Omar — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:44:49 +0000

The title alone of the last ad made me giggle.
I must admit that I think ad 3 is quite good. A huge number of smaller companies open AdWords accounts and start… well, basically gambling with their ad spend only to realise 2 or 3 months down the line that they are wasting their money because they don’t know how to get a decent conversion out of the new visitors, nevermind the fact that they will rarely, if ever a/b test ad versions nor will they optimally position-bid ads. Why… why?… I think this is something a growing number of new users who don’t think they can afford to outsource the work would like to know.
Repeating the word why? Not sure, but I think ending this particular ad with the question is good. I think it adds value to the ’secrets’ they can share with you; IF you click Dropping the number 37 is also a nice touch. Makes it all sound that bit more accountable. It offers what every gambler hopes to find one day; The winning system

By: Bibokz

Bibokz — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:29:40 +0000

I seldom to that, get a glass of iced-milk and few pieces of cookies, bring my laptop outside of the night and start to make some post. but PPC topic? maybe later when my newbie blog is ready.

By: msdanielle

msdanielle — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:08:08 +0000

yea i usually have ad blindness but since the email was about ppc, the ad headlines caught my attention. the worst ads will be these types of content ads since CTR doesn’t affect their placement. in search, if your ad sucks, it will slowly make its way down the listings if the CTR is very low. content ads are purely for entertainment jk

By: Make Money Blogging

Make Money Blogging — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:11:57 +0000

That has just cheered me up. I never took as much notice of ad links til you have just pointed it out. I think you should start a contest for the best worst ad on the net ;o)

By: msdanielle

msdanielle — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:07:02 +0000

ryan, i am sure you can could come up with some good variations of those ads. come on…

By: msdanielle

msdanielle — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:05:29 +0000

lol i really wonder about that last one, i mean i think i know where they’re trying to go with it, but there’s no “it doesn’t work because….” it’s just “it doesn’t work and you suck.” where is the solution?
and how the heck do you get “unlimited” ppc traffic?

By: knupnet

knupnet — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:34:57 +0000

Danielle,
Thanks for the good post. It is interesting to think about how PPC has made me more aware. I find myself looking at ads and thinking, “I could do better than that”…. Honestly I probably couldn’t, but I can point out some flaws with an ad here or there

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:37:44 +0000

Wow. What a bunch of poorly written ads. Makes me wonder what kind of results they get. I wonder if any of them even test anything.