704 Comments Update 3/12/2010 I have disabled new comments on this post. If you are reading this because you have been hit by this scam, I built a new website that you can use to share your story and help others avoid losing thousands to the same scammer. Please visit www.fightthescams.com and share any info the scammer [...]
2 Comments For the last month, I’ve been link building the hell out of Yahoo! Answers. My focus on a single vehicle classifieds site has been extremely successful (and easy). A week into my campaign, I read a blog article that made the Sphinn homepage about how Yahoo Answers traffic can actually eclipse Yahoo search traffic. Boy, [...]
No comments Here’s a screen shot of the Search Engines Goal Conversion tab on Google Analytics for a classifieds site I’ve been marketing since December 2006. The goal Conducted Search is reached when a visitor to the site searches the vehicles for sale database. The percentages represent the amount of traffic from each search engine that searched for [...]
No comments I’m always looking for new places to syndicate auto listings, and people like me are currently unwelcome at Windows Live Expo. Microsoft’s free classified service launched earlier this year, but you won’t find many dealer listings with a search. This service does not support data feed bulk uploads. Windows Live Expo currently does not support bulk uploads [...]
1 Comment Jake of HigherTurnover has concluded round one of his Autotrader vs Craigslist split test, and discussed his conclusion on the HT company blog. If I made a living out of selling cars, I think first and foremost I would buy the right inventory, and second I would put more emphasis into Craigs List than Autotrader based [...]
No comments Dear Vehix Inventory Provider: We are pleased to announce that Vehix has selected HomeNet, Inc. to consolidate inventory polling services for our website. Vehix will utilize HomeNet’s Inventory Online (IOL) technology to upload new and used vehicle inventory data for the Vehix.com site. HomeNet is a leading provider of vehicle inventory data solutions and has [...]
No comments Autotrader claims that their website is a free service on their About Our Site page. Someone should call every car dealer in America and tell them they’re getting ripped off. This FAQ page is obviously targeted at the shopper, but it says what it says. Is AutoTrader.com a free service? Absolutely! False.
No comments This brand new vertical search engine combines classified listings from thousands of websites, providing a fantastic shopping experience. And out of the middle of bloody nowhere. I found out this morning that one of my classifieds sites (obviously just got listed and) just received a cool 200 leads overnight. As search technology gets better and [...]
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