sebans
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Posted: 2004-Feb-21 15:43
looking deeply into searchfeed system it seems that searchfeed has completely disabled the crediting of all keywords with bids over $ 1 . (not only casino and poker)
So, for example, when a clicked keywords like casino has a bid at more than $ 1 it is not credited, but if the bid goes under one dollar it is credited.
why searchfeed is frauding their partners like this?
becouse is sure nobody will ever find out and will never able to prove it
sebans
[ Message was edited by: sebans 02/22/2004 08:20 am ]
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sw
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Posted: 2004-Feb-22 01:00
Maybe they are having problems with findwhat;sending them too much 'questionable' traffic.
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XRaySearch
Joined: Mar 02, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Mar-02 15:44
actually Searchfeed is not a fair feed.
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aaise
Joined: Dec 28, 2001
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Posted: 2004-Mar-02 16:53
actually Searchfeed is not a fair feed.
Could you explain?
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flyingrose
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Joined: Oct 30, 2003
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Posted: 2004-Mar-16 17:37
It is possible that their system has a problem and doesn't recognize any bids of $1.00 or over or drops all numbers to the left of the decimal point.
Although they could be doing this intentionally it wouldn't be long before various people would notice something as obvious as this. That doesn't prove that no one would steal in this way as many crooks are not known for being brilliant.
If a company wanted to skim money over the long haul they would vary which clicks they kept to avoid detection. Unless enough users could prove what they were doing and make that information public they would be able to claim time differences, or computer glitches and convince most they were not doing it.
Stealing is never the wise choice as there is far more money to be made in the long run by providing a valuable service and charging consistently and fairly.
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sebans
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Posted: 2004-Mar-21 14:26
searchfeed situation worsened to a point that not only the top bids were not credited - as their usual scam - but
ultimately the clicks credited to my account dropped to one third of what they were before this posting that I decided to disable their feed once and for all.
Is completely useless to get 35% of the 30% percent of 1-2 cents bids and damage my other 2 feeds results.
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openxs
Joined: May 03, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Jun-11 08:34
I wonder why I did'nt get any link of $1 or more ??
I never had any problems with SearchFeed, till April 2004. I am a 35% revenue share partner. From May, I think they've reduced their Bid Prices. Avg Bid Price till April 2004 was $0.03, but as of now (from May till now) its $0.0127.
I emailed them about it and I hope they'd solve the lowbid problem (if it is) or increase my revenue share percent.
Been using for a few months and the best thing is they are net10 and Pay ON TIME..I love it. I wont turn it off until they REALLY scam or dont answer my questions.
Tell them your problems and see what they answer.
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slimkim
Joined: Apr 10, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Jun-11 15:41
We have been a Searchfeed affiliate for about a year and a half.
I just did a check and found credit for keywords bid over $1 in the past ten days.
I've done lots of research on PPCs both from a advertiser and a publisher viewpoint. I'm convinced they are the best 2cd tier PPC for both purposes.
Searchfeed may seem to be a little overzealous to protect advertisers. The truth is sometimes this might penalize a good honest webmaster. On the other hand, they have to draw a line somewhere, they have to have rules and guidelines to protect the integrity of their service to advertisers.
The darkside sees outfits like Searchfeed as fair game to defraud and proceeds to find ways to do just that. Hence us honest affiliates must suffer stricter filters and standards than we otherwise would.
Anytime you are an affiliate, you have to play by the current set of rules.
I fill good about my relationship with them and they usually answer emails same or next day, or you can phone for support. That said, Searchfeed is not infallible (no one really is you know). I certainly can't comment about how fairly they deal with their affiliates compared with all other PPCs.
I do think they are big enough and have been around long enough that's obvious they are smart enough to know they must take care of their affiliates. While larger affiliates of any organization usually get catered to first, without affiliates, there can be no advertisers nor revenue.
Without boring you with lots of details, the only thing you can control as an affiliate is to compare your search results with your partners and be certain their top bid advertisers are your top bid advertisers. There are several reasons why they may not mirror each other, but they should or it's costing you and them both.
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shorebreak
Joined: Nov 09, 2000
# Posts: 167
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Posted: 2004-Jun-13 21:43
openxs & others,
I am new to SearchFeed, just having learned about them a week ago. Are you saying that their average advertiser cpc is 1 to 3 cents?
Or that that is the average a distribution site makes each click for distributing their search results ?
I cannot imagine that their average advertiser cpc would be as low as that.
Thanks in advance,
shorebreak
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openxs
Joined: May 03, 2004
# Posts: 177
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Posted: 2004-Jun-14 09:00
Yes, its .1 from May 2004. Was quite high for April and before. It was like .4-5 in April.
But as you've(shorebreak) just begun with your PPC, Searchfeed is the best option for you (pays on time)!
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shorebreak
Joined: Nov 09, 2000
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Posted: 2004-Jun-14 15:52
Does .1 mean ten cents and .4 forty cents?
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openxs
Joined: May 03, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Jun-15 11:03
I mean $0.01(1 Cent) and $0.04(4 Cent)
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sw
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Posted: 2004-Jun-16 07:53
There is a simple explanation for lower average bid prices. Searchfeed stopped providing you with their better listings (higher paying listings, generally provided by findwhat). They are now giving you listings from some other ppc search engines or their own listings, which have much lower bid prices.
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sebans
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Posted: 2004-Jun-18 20:55
enhance.com pays 40%
123search.com pays 50 %
7search.com pays 60 %
why should you accept 35% from searchfeed?
beside that no one of the listed ppc is worth anything now that GOOGLE ADSENSE just started today its NEW WEBSEARCH SEARCHBOX PPC paying affiliates about 60 percent not of 0.1 cent bids but on an average of 30 cents bids.
sebans
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searchmob
Joined: Mar 17, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Jun-22 17:41
I agree, as far as payout goes, this is the worst program we've ever used! It's not even a relevant backfill anymore. We've never seen a check from them (and probably never will). Will be removing all their listings soon.
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openxs
Joined: May 03, 2004
# Posts: 177
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Posted: 2004-Jun-23 10:10
Yes, its not too good for those who already use Enhance etc..
But its quite good for beginners, you get accpeted soon and pays on time.
But for sure, they arent good, they did not reply to my emails and pretend that they did not ever got my mails...
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