Be Careful what you Advertise

Yes, Google Adsense can make you a lot of money but at the same time it can hurt you. Notice anything wrong with this photo?

Solution: Go to Google and filter out your competitor list…

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16 Responses to “Be Careful what you Advertise”

Chris
May 15th, 2008
7:17 am

Red Hot Pwned!

That was too easy to pass up.
Peter Cooper
May 15th, 2008
8:40 am

The very day that Google launched “Site Targeting” I went straight on to it and advertised my business on competitors’ sites in the same way! It was funny for a couple of days but ultimately the ads didn’t perform (and it seemed a bit silly anyway) so I pulled them off.

It was very interesting at the time though, because Google didn’t make much noise about the feature to start with, so I might even have been the first to give it a go!

I don’t see these targeted site ads very often on Adsense blogs at all nowadays. I wonder why that is.
Yuval
May 15th, 2008
8:54 am

Noah, I’m not sure Dan can hook you up with either twin.
Sheamus
May 15th, 2008
9:01 am

Wouldn’t it be just a perfect world if the Adsense on Chess.com linked back to Red Hot Pawn, with a banner that said, “OK… WE LIED. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK.”
Erik
May 15th, 2008
9:41 am

google targeted placements + inattentive competitive webmasters = fun
Erik
May 15th, 2008
9:43 am

Noah, when are you going to send me that feedback on why Chess.com “isn’t ready”?
frank
May 15th, 2008
9:44 am

dood, that is the best book ever… oh ok, now i just noticed i left a similar comment on your book report about that book.. uhhh.. anyway, so yeah, people.. that book is worth it.. and i’m not trying to enter the competition because i already have the book.. just trying to encourage others
Ray
May 15th, 2008
11:03 am

waste of a check, mate
Noah Kagan
May 15th, 2008
1:47 pm

I did this with mint.com on all the financial blogs.

Erik,

I will send you an email:)
Zach Hale
May 15th, 2008
4:11 pm

Which do you prefer, chess.com or redhotpawn.com? Maybe it’s for the best.
Erik
May 15th, 2008
4:27 pm

he prefers RHP because he hasn’t spent any time on Chess.com really just like how some people still use AOL email address because they haven’t taken the time to learn gmail…
Juan
May 16th, 2008
9:03 am

There is a say in Spanish, or more likely, in Argentinean, that says: “The crocodile who sleeps, becomes a wallet” or something like that would be the translation. In this case, it could be: “The King who sleeps, becomes a checkmate”. Did I win the book??
Chuckles
May 17th, 2008
3:13 am

Noah,

Minimum moves for black checkmate?
Harish
May 17th, 2008
12:16 pm

Well, when nerds don’t get any action, they play/watch some Red Hot Pawn. The advertisement is just a quick escape to something a little less.. hot, for when the SO comes home
Noah Kagan
May 21st, 2008
7:26 pm

i prefer redhotpawn for some things since its just for playing chess while chess.com has many more features. it reminds me of a multi-printer that can do a lot but vs. a stand-alone printer it won’t do as well in printing.

the winner of difficult conversations is chris;)
Yuval
May 22nd, 2008
6:12 am

Ok, I just Googled “pwned”. Chris should get 3 copies