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oldwiseman999

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Since: Oct 30, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:26 am
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Just been to http://www.simego.net/ a site selling an Admin tool for MS SQL
Server - they're using Google Ads which throw up 5 of their competitors on
their home page.

<shakes head>

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:26 am
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OldWiseMan wrote:

 > Just been to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.simego.net/" target="_blank">http://www.simego.net/</a> a site selling an Admin tool for
 > MS SQL Server - they're using Google Ads which throw up 5 of their
 > competitors on their home page.

I don't think it's stupid.

You have to individually enter all the URLs of sites you don't want to
display.

You firstly have to KNOW the URLs of all your competitors whose ads you
don't want to display.

Also, you may be happy to take the revenue from the click throughs. If
they are clicking out of your site to the competition then you have failed
them anyway, so you may as well get paid when they depart!

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karim34111

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:26 am
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On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:26:28 +0100, OldWiseMan wrote:

 > Just been to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.simego.net/" target="_blank">http://www.simego.net/</a> a site selling an Admin tool for MS SQL
 > Server - they're using Google Ads which throw up 5 of their competitors on
 > their home page.
 >
 > <shakes head>

One of the ads says "Free MSDE Manager". It's a free trial only. Free trial
is not free software.


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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:10 pm
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Karim wrote:

 > On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:26:28 +0100, OldWiseMan wrote:
 >
 >
  >>Just been to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.simego.net/" target="_blank">http://www.simego.net/</a> a site selling an Admin tool for MS SQL
  >>Server - they're using Google Ads which throw up 5 of their competitors on
  >>their home page.
  >>
  >><shakes head>
 >
 >
 > One of the ads says "Free MSDE Manager". It's a free trial only. Free trial
 > is not free software.
 >
 >

Yes it is. It's free. You dont have to pay to download it. It runs on
your computer. It's software .: it's free software, yes? Smile


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oldwiseman999

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:31 am
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"Charles Sweeney" <me RemoveThis @charlessweeney.com> wrote in message
news:Xns955BA11FCB7mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4...

 > Also, you may be happy to take the revenue from the click throughs. If
 > they are clicking out of your site to the competition


Better to figure out why they are leaving you rather than looking for crumbs
from your competitors' tables Smile

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