Comments on: Youtube-eBay-Amazon Mashup Results and Thoughts http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2008/01/youtube-ebay-amazon-mashup-results-and-thoughts My commentary on Tech News, Starting a business, Ebay, and Everyday Life Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sean http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2008/01/youtube-ebay-amazon-mashup-results-and-thoughts#comment-118351 Sean Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:50:32 +0000 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2008/01/youtube-ebay-amazon-mashup-results-and-thoughts#comment-118351 The biggest shortcoming with Mark's script, IMO, is the template. It's just not that optimized for getting clicks. But if you're going to go through the effort of putting them up, you might as well slap some stats tracking code on them to see if they're worth developing further. Never know what you might discover. I grabbed the script and tweaked it quite a bit, as well as fitting the results into a simple, but more ad-friendly, template. I wouldn't call them runaway successes, but the sites I've been putting up have generally been getting between 3% and 7% conversion, which keeps me out of smart-pricing-land with Google. Adsense is definitely the main earner, but I've gotten a handful of Amazon & eBay sales, and even a couple eBay new user signups. Not bad for a 10-minute site builder... ;) The biggest shortcoming with Mark’s script, IMO, is the template. It’s just not that optimized for getting clicks. But if you’re going to go through the effort of putting them up, you might as well slap some stats tracking code on them to see if they’re worth developing further. Never know what you might discover.

I grabbed the script and tweaked it quite a bit, as well as fitting the results into a simple, but more ad-friendly, template. I wouldn’t call them runaway successes, but the sites I’ve been putting up have generally been getting between 3% and 7% conversion, which keeps me out of smart-pricing-land with Google. Adsense is definitely the main earner, but I’ve gotten a handful of Amazon & eBay sales, and even a couple eBay new user signups. Not bad for a 10-minute site builder… ;)

]]> By: 45n5 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2008/01/youtube-ebay-amazon-mashup-results-and-thoughts#comment-118292 45n5 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:56:14 +0000 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2008/01/youtube-ebay-amazon-mashup-results-and-thoughts#comment-118292 there were no claims that the script would make any money ;) like you allude to, it's up to the person on what they do with it by marketing or just letting it sit. it has made money for some and not for others. I use it on domains I buy where I buy a keyword rich domain cause I stumble on it but don't know what to do with the domain. Instead of a basic parking page, google will index this site, give it some pr, and begin aging it, and it only takes a few seconds to upload a the script with a keyword list. there were no claims that the script would make any money ;) like you allude to, it’s up to the person on what they do with it by marketing or just letting it sit.

it has made money for some and not for others. I use it on domains I buy where I buy a keyword rich domain cause I stumble on it but don’t know what to do with the domain. Instead of a basic parking page, google will index this site, give it some pr, and begin aging it, and it only takes a few seconds to upload a the script with a keyword list.

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