June 21st, 2006
New product from Google (yes, another one) – cost-per-action [Beta] – a direct competitor of affiliate networks like Commision Junction, Shareasale, LinkShare, etc. Google wants to become everywhere on the Internet.
Some webmasters report they have got an invitation from Google AdSense team:
The Google AdSense team would like to invite you to test a feature that provides you with a new way to earn revenue from your website by hosting ads that are compensated based on a Cost-Per-Action [CPA] basis. These ads are very different in that you will be able to choose amongst a selection and you will also have more flexibility in promoting them…
The attachment is sort of FAQ. The key Q/ A:
How do I get paid?
You get paid whenever a site visitor clicks on the ad on your site AND performs a specified action, such as generating a lead or purchasing a product.
[via: internet.seekingalpha]
Summary: yes, Google is a great company that offers a wide range of great services to webmasters and ordinary Internet users. But they irritate with their desire to cover all niche on the Internet, to be in control of all online services.
[tags]google, stock, money, investment, internet, search, AdSense, cpst-per-action, cost-per-click[/tags]
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June 21st, 2006
A number of investment advisors recommend not to buy Google stock. Former mutual fund manager Fred Kobrick says: Google is a great search engine but not a good stock.
He lists the reasons. The top one: wars in the search industry are not yet over. Google is a young company, the industry changes dynamically – it is hard to make a strategy forecast for years to come.
Google introduces a great amount of new products – some are useful and successful, others are failures. The impression is that in this way they simply test if some mud sticks. They are also a new kind of company – they can’t borrow the experience of other companies, their business models. For instance, they experiment with the work process arrangement when the employees spend about 20% time working at the projects they want. The impression is that Google experiments with everything and in every aspect.
People buy and hold the stock because Google is some sort of buzzword: everyone hears it, but nobody knows what they own and where they go to.
[via: cnn.com]
[tags]google, stock, money, investment, internet, search[/tags]
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June 21st, 2006
Last week eBay.com – the company never stops searching new ways to expand the business – officially launched its new fixed-price marketplace: eBay Express
What possibilities do eBay sellers get from this new service? Well, your listings may automatically appear on eBay Express if you meet certain requirements, such as:
• Your eBay public profile shows feedback of 100 or more – at least 98% of it positive.
• List your items in Fixed Price or Store Inventory Format.
• Make sure you include
- a photo,
- the item condition
- shipping costs
• Maintain a public feedback profile
• Support your listings with a PayPal Premier or PayPal Business account
• Ensure your PayPal account settings are set to ship to unconfirmed addresses or make sale-by-sale decisions (“Ask me for unconfirmed addresses”)
• Be registered as a U.S. registered seller, or Canadian registered seller shipping from the U.S.
• Allow shoppers to pay by single, combined payments for their purchases.
• Use eBay checkout or the new checkout integration API (for 3rd party order processing)
• Items must be located in the US
• Individual items must not exceed $10,000.00
That’s it. If you meet all above requirements, but not sure if your listings appear on eBay Express do this test:
Paste the link into your browser. Replace “youruserid” with your own eBay.com user ID to determine if your listings qualify.
Summary: new service cost is zero; you do not need to invest a cent to test this opportunity. So this one fact is sufficient to feel good about the new eBay initiative. Will it help with the sales? We will see.
[tags]ebay, selling on ebay, buying on ebay, home business, work from home, ebay auction, ebay motor, ebay buying, search ebay[/tags]
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