I am always typing random strings in to Google to test my connection. Most often it's the classic ASDF something. Today I typed in SADFAS and got this
http://www.keyr.com/analysis/sadfas.html
I can't imagine the clickthrough is very good, but I can't imagine the competition is very fierce either. Makes me think that with the skills available here, someone could do this better.
Nice, like this idea. Surprised they've not got more text link ads. Good idea though.
You had better luck with your nonsense than I did then...
https://www.google.com/search?q=fygd
No monetisation on this one
No but it's the idea of monetizing terms that are essentially random - maybe 4 chars is too low and you get too many collisions with strong acronyms
Yea but if you enter too many random symbols there will be no result at all so it probably gas to be in a certain range
I think there is something to this idea, but you will have to address the 2 key components:
1.) you need to rank for the term
2.) you need to convert on the eyeballs
...in SEO terms, traffic + conversion = monetization. If you agree with that, then the secret lies in conceptualizing all the possible scenarios, and finding the 'sweet spot', where 'income' is greater than or equal to 'time + effort + expense + risk + opportunity cost'.... right?
Then the answer is:
1.) you need to figure out how to generate lots of terms and pages capable of ranking.
2.) have an appealing and clickable title related to the KW that can draw the click ...or a title NOT related to the keyword, if you cloak.
3.) convert on whatever you promised.
The benefit of this approach is it sidesteps other issues you will likely encounter along the way, if you choose a line like this...
1.) Since this is not that competitive a term, you optimize the entire page for 'SADFAS', and then throw Google a cyanide bone, with a title like, 'Free Chicken Dinner'. They gobble the bone for 'Free Chicken Dinner' and you feign disappointment, as they ensure you never rank for that term.
2.) A user types in 'SADFAS'.
3.) The user looks up and realizes they totally screwed up, but their ADD gets the better of them and they click on 'Free Chicken Dinner', instead of retyping their original/intended search query.
4.) They land on a nice convincing page they can get a 'Free Chicken Dinner' and they bite, and you get your commission...
I can't see how you can get something from nothing.
I mean, random letters surely is an internet connect test, as I do.
And when the results flash up they will be onto the next thing pretty dam fast. So the chances of a result standing out is practically nil.
Say even if you did get a few clicks, what would you display? They aren't looking for anything in particular and randomly choosing something will reduce your chances even more for a conversion.
My gut feeling is that it's huge effort for nano returns
Agreed, but that is what bottom feeding is all about, right? Figuring something that works then scaling it up to impossible proportions(?)
ummmm I see your point.
Well if that's the case you will have a split second to grab their attention.
A normal serps ad isn't gonna cut it.
You would need a youtube vid or an image ranking instead to get that click.
I suppose also what you could do is use something like this http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/651921-new-pages-mass-destruction-how-quickly-create-massive-profitable-websites.html add analytics code, register with GWT for impression data and try to get the rankings.
At least you could get some actionable data for a better view on the situation.
Hey, I'm with you, this approach was never my style because to play this game well you need to be a coder/sys admin type of person and I'm not. I just am outlining how I might go about solving the problem of monetizing junk terms on a mass scale.
Quote from: Chunkford on November 03, 2012, 07:05:22 PM
ummmm I see your point.
Well if that's the case you will have a split second to grab their attention.
A normal serps ad isn't gonna cut it.
You would need a youtube vid or an image ranking instead to get that click.
I can't see why it would not be possible to rank an image under this setup
Quote from: dogboy on November 03, 2012, 05:40:10 PM
1.) you need to figure out how to generate lots of terms and pages capable of ranking
Well not exactly random nonsense combinations, but for all possible typos it has been possible for ages since TE and the like stuff
> it has been possible for ages
Right, but you still need to use it. I didn't mean you need to re-invent the wheel, just that you needed to address that component.
I would think the skill is in getting the click through not in monetising the page - you could use behavioural and retargeted ads to make quite decent money out of a page with neutral content, but probably an eye catching meta description would be the key? - it would be nice to target that by interest (eg; people who type qwerty are techies and people who type asdaddad are students, but realistically I reckon your best chances are to have semi-topical meta targeted at countries - I know it would be hard to seperate the US and UK (which I think I'd have had the meta about the US election for a couple of months now) but you could almost certainly target any country with a different keyboard layout and the word 'test' in different languages if you thought about it enough?
Just stumbled across this on amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/ETH-NeN-ETHdegreeNeETHdegree/dp/1445234033
Wonder if this could be used to an advantage considering Amazons domain authority.