Phoenix
09-23-2005, 03:34 PM
I don't know if I got the memo from Ask or not, but I have been testing out there platform for the last month, and in the last couple weeks I have slowly started to see my CPC for keywords raise about 400%-500% to levels consistent with those from my Adwords campaign. The weird part is, I am the ONLY one bidding on some of these phrases, so why the increase. Many are quite niche and I don't see how I could go from 0.15 CPC to 1.83 CPC in one week?
When I started using Ask about a month, I could set a high CPC and secure #1 placement for the terms. They would incidentially charge me only 0.15 to 0.50 per click. I would then be placed above the Google Ads and pay less per click then my clients Google competitors. Now they are raising CPC on me like gas prices go up around here. What is the deal?
FYI. I am confirming my status as the single bidder but looking at the properties of links in the top 3 spots. You either see http://tm.ask.com/r? for Ask ads, or http://www.google.com/pagead for google.
When I started using Ask about a month, I could set a high CPC and secure #1 placement for the terms. They would incidentially charge me only 0.15 to 0.50 per click. I would then be placed above the Google Ads and pay less per click then my clients Google competitors. Now they are raising CPC on me like gas prices go up around here. What is the deal?
FYI. I am confirming my status as the single bidder but looking at the properties of links in the top 3 spots. You either see http://tm.ask.com/r? for Ask ads, or http://www.google.com/pagead for google.