[REBOL] Re: Advert on Google
From: carl::cybercraft::co::nz at: 14-Sep-2002 14:55
On 14-Sep-02, [SunandaDH--aol--com] wrote:
> Next time you search on google.com for "rebol", take a look at the
> "sponsored links" -- the advert to the right.
> www.xwt.org ("Open source, zero-install, thin user interface
> platform") are paying around 0.13USD per click for that advert.
> They've "bought" the adword "rebol".
Chuckle.
> It's nice to know that a potential competitor is targeting Rebol.
> Someone other than us developers taking it seriously!
> xwt are not getting many clicks though -- Google estimates 5.2 a
> day. RT could have the top adword spot for an estimated 0.72USD a
> day.
Given they top the results spot, (at least for me in NZ), they're
doing okay for free I think. And they're not doing too bad for "x
internet" either, being in sixth spot - one ahead of something called
the "Internet Explorer Home Page". (:
> Compare that with its estimate for "java" -- an estimated 2700
> clicks a day.
> (You probably won't see the advert if you use national variants of
> Google: google.de, google.co.uk etc. And you may not see it in
> google.com if Google thinks your IP address is from a country for
> which xwt are not buying the word).
No - can't see it. Even if I go to www.google.com, the results URL is
www.google.co.nz.etc...
--
Carl Read
