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Advert on Google

 [1/3] 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

 [2/3] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 14-Sep-2002 16:13


On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:55:15 +1200 Carl Read <[carl--cybercraft--co--nz]> wrote:
>No - can't see it. Even if I go to www.google.com, the >results URL is >www.google.co.nz.etc...
Try going thru http://www.anonymiser.com. Works for me :) -- Graham Chiu

 [3/3] from: carl:cybercraft at: 14-Sep-2002 19:57


On 14-Sep-02, Graham Chiu wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:55:15 +1200 > Carl Read <[carl--cybercraft--co--nz]> wrote: >> >> No - can't see it. Even if I go to www.google.com, the >> results URL is www.google.co.nz.etc... > Try going thru http://www.anonymiser.com. Works for me :)
Okay - that worked. More uses than just making you anonymous. I wonder how/if those with .com addresses can simulate coming from nz? -- Carl Read