Shawn's ebay

[l234244]

Was noticing alot of ebay links in the co-op network so decided to check it out.

http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/ebay_registration.html is ranked 13th out of 148,000,000 in google.

Congratulations shawn

[Weirfire]

Wow, it comes up 11th for me! :)

[l234244]

Even better

[digitalpoint]

Last week it was #9, and it's been as high as #8. Funny thing is it was sort of by accident. I was going for "eBay Registration" with the ad network (which I'm #1 for), and noticed it started ranking #25 for plain old "eBay". So I started to actually target it. :)

[Weirfire]

I take my hat off to you mate. You're a genious!! :cool:

[l234244]

What sort of traffic you seeing?

[digitalpoint]

My goal (it's a bit lofty I know) is to get it up to #4 or #5. :) There will be one hell of a party then. :)

Traffic is decent... enough to make the effort worth it. I want to redesign the page, but now I'm too scared to touch it. hehe

[Such Great Heights]

I wonder how many signups this has gained you in the last 30 days.
I have to imagine it's quite a bit, and I'm sure Shawn is tracking it well.

Good Job.

[digitalpoint]

I'm sure he probably is. ;)

[lorien1973]

If you can get to #4 with ebay (top 6 being ebay listings themselves); you will be master of the universe for real.

[Weirfire]

Do you really think you could pull it off getting #4?

[digitalpoint]

No... but then again, I never thought I could get top 20 or top 10 either. :)

[l234244]

What next amazon?

[T0PS3O]

Go for Microsoft!

[flawebworks]

I saw it at #3 or 4 yesterday.

[digitalpoint]

I saw it at #3 or 4 yesterday.
{lol} No way...

[flawebworks]

ok; I lied. Make that #1:

http://flawebworks.com/shawnebay.jpg

[digitalpoint]

Yeah... but I'm talking about just for eBay, not eBay Registration.

[flawebworks]

ahha! I see you at 10 for ebay.

[digitalpoint]

Don't worry, it's back to the first page of results for all data centers. :)

[Weirfire]

hehe, keeping a very close eye on that 1 eh? :)

[ViciousSummer]

Do you really think you could pull it off getting #4? I got $20 on Shawn... ;)

[Solicitors Mortgages]

ok; I lied. Make that #1:

http://flawebworks.com/shawnebay.jpg

HOLY COW....thats the busiest toolbar i've EVER seen........
how many windows do you need at once???..looks harder to nav than my desktop !!
Good Job !!! Respect !

GEM

[flawebworks]

HOLY COW....thats the busiest toolbar i've EVER seen........
how many windows do you need at once???..looks harder to nav than my desktop !!
Good Job !!! Respect !



You makin fun of my windows, mister? :O Pretty tame today.

Each one has a purpose. Each browser open has at least 4 tabs open on it. My ultraedit has 30 text files open; and dreamweaver has 18 open. 2 mail programs. Don't need the third today.

Unfortunately; I wouldn't know how to act with just one browser and one mail program open. The horror! :D

[misohoni]

and the mis-spelling of "sites" on that page also...

[Infiniterb]

ok; I lied. Make that #1:

http://flawebworks.com/shawnebay.jpg

Heh, and my site is at the bottom of that screen shot for ebay registration. :)

I'm gunnin for ya shawn! :)

Actually, it was more of a test to see how well the coop would actually work. No other links to that page except coop links.

[misohoni]

Wow, now this would be in SEO challenge!

Can anyone beat Position of 10? I'm up for it if you guys are!

[Redleg]

I wonder how many new "competitors" you'll get now because of this thread Digital.. :D

[john_loch]

Actually, I'd like to know just how much weight Shawn has on the network. I see a hell of a lot of ads for his various sites. Given their frequency and distribution, I'd speculate he has 7-10% of the total network weight.

The good thing about ebay (and cc's) is theme becomes virtually irrellevant, they can apply/relate to almost anything.

In other words, (IMHO) it just comes down to sheer volume of linkage.
If you've got it, you might as well use it :)

What is your weight Shawn - how much are you throwing at this thing (if you don't mind me asking) ? :)

[digitalpoint]

I have roughly 4% of the network weight... about half of that as base weight from my sites and about half of it from referrals. I have a lot of links beyond the coop network for my sites though, so don't think it's *all* because off the coop.

[john_loch]

Hah !

You certainly do have a good presence on the network - although i didn't realize you had added links from elsewhere..

I like the ebay idea. A little research shows some interesting prospects too - you know I only just read a post in another thread where you posted a rates table - $10 per registration. That's damn good nosh.

What's more, I'm not even registered with ebay. I couldn't be bothered until now.

I gotta commend you on timing here Shawn.. damn you have the luck sometimes :)

Anyhow - I'm wondering how long you've had that page up.. it looks like (contrary to my original thoughts) you've been at it for several months now.

Did you encounter any delays (sandboxing for want of a better term) or did it climb slowly ?

And of course the biggie, the page looks like a cursory consideration, the JS being a nice touch. If I'm not wrong, that page is a real earner.

Care to share a few figures ? (not money wise, just how many registrations you see in a 24 hour period average with your current rank) - you may not be comfortable sharing info like this - but worth the ask :)


Cheers,

JL

[digitalpoint]

The page has been around for more than a year, long before the ad network was even an idea.

Registrations figures are not bad... hard to gauge exactly because it's a 30 day cookie and it's been on the first page for "ebay" for less than 3 weeks.

The page itself is a little more advanced than it looks also. It actually does some geotargetting based on the country you are in (for example if you are in the UK it will give you a link for the UK eBay). :)

[l234244]

If shawn was not a programmer he could definately be a english politician:

John Loch question - Care to share a few figures ?

Shawn - Registrations figures are not bad... hard to gauge exactly because it's a 30 day cookie and it's been on the first page for "ebay" for less than 3 weeks.

lol

[digitalpoint]

I'm not going to give specifics. ;)

[john_loch]

Yep, I'm not surprised either - hence the caption "you may not be comfortable sharing" etc.

You would make a good politician tho Shawn, your response was evasive, disclosed all but the useful info, all the while engaging enough to encourage further involvement.. this is a trait of politicians the world over ;)

Anyhow, I liked the idea. I've slapped a little something together (in the wee hours when the senses (ad or otherwise) had evapourated with the last of my Fosters.) :)

At the very least it should generate a little extra weight for me in Jan.

I'll go back to it in a month and see how it's doin :)

Cheers,

JL

[anthonycea]

Is CJ the only outfit that Ebay works through, because these guys make you log in about 10 times to get anything done on their crappy site.

Is that who you go through Shawn because someone told me on this forum that you could get Ebay somewhere else also.

[ViciousSummer]

CJ is the only way to get an eBay affiliate program. There used to be two (I think it was CJ and Bfree), but they merged.

[anthonycea]

Summer the following is quoted from Will Spencers quote in the thread "CJ versus Linkshare"

Ebay isn't CJ and Be Free only. EBay also supports MediaPlex.

[schlottke]

MediaPlex is (Im fairly certain) the parent company of Commission Junction (which manages affiliate and search marketing), ValueClick Media (which does web, email, and PPC marketing), etc.

BFast was the other company that merged w/ CJ and began offering some other services through CJ because of that merger.

[anthonycea]

Value Click is the parent company of CJ and Befree or Bfast or whatever they call themselves now.

I think they would be smart to consolidate all of that crap into one decent interface and end all the BS.

I had to log in about 10 times today over and over just to add or delete a website.

These guys shoot themselves in the foot more each time you visit them.

I will get to the bottom of this MediaPlex crap or maybe someone like Spencer will clear up his statement.

PS: Here is your answer Snitch Baby :p

http://mediaplex.com/about.shtml#overview

:rolleyes: ;)

[ResearchTechs]

You got -that- site to be #11? You are a genious :)

[anthonycea]

Yeah, he use to watch I dream of Genie when he was a kid, that is why he is so smart :p ;) :confused:

[schlottke]

#11? Its #8/9 on most Datacenters, lol

[lorien1973]

Yeah I see it at 8 today too. A few non-ebay sites above it; so its still possible to improve :)

[digitalpoint]

Actually, now it's #6 and I have another page which is #11... so I should have a double/indented listing on the first page soon.

[misohoni]

wow, you need one of those icons with the hand clapping or a gawping mouth open.

I reckon there should be a widget on this site which gives a running total as to how much Shawn earns per minute/second.

[a389951l]

#5 & #6 now! Gee it only took three days...

[digitalpoint]

That's pretty good I think, isn't it? #3 and #4 would be better I think.

[chachi]

lol. People are going to start having to call you the master of the universe. That is crazy

[anthonycea]

No, they will just want to "be like Shawn", you remember that they used to say that about Michael Jordan, "be like Mike"?

Too bad none of us are that talented to be like Shawn or Mike :eek: :cool:

[clubbin714]

That is online power at its finest.

[john_loch]

Ha !

Position 5 and indent. Nice.

I must say Shawn, it's impressive. All above and below you on the first page are nothing but regional/sub ebay sites. Yours has the indent so it kinda leaps off the page at you.

Damn sweet.

You gotta be rakin it in right now.
Like I said in an earlier post - you DO have the luck - and timing couldn't be better.

Well done :)

[vprp]

Wow, that is incredible for that term. Does the cookie work if someone follows the link and places a bid? I know they pay 10 cents per bid.

[SEbasic]

And something like $15 per signup.

[T0PS3O]

Like I said in an earlier post - you DO have the luck - and timing couldn't be better.

What luck? You create yuor own luck and Shawn created his. It's not luck at all, it's skills and vision.

[john_loch]

What luck? You create yuor own luck and Shawn created his. It's not luck at all, it's skills and vision.

That's true - to a degree.

I was referring more to timing in the previous post. That over a year of promoting the page he winds up in that position around christmas is pretty lucky - no matter how skilled you may be.

Of course being there in the first place is slick.

I think he's a tad surprised himself :)

Cheers,
JL

[anthonycea]

It also has a lot to do with his network of sites and links from Digital Point that Shawn has built himself. So he did do the work and can reap the rewards from his craft, nothing wrong with that, it is called success.

A lot of us wish we had the ability to do such things, maybe if we are lucky some of him will rub off on some of us. ;)

[Infiniterb]

Take a look at this, Shawn.

http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=ebay+registration&FORM=QBRE

If you search for ebay, however, there's no way you'll be able to break that bank. The first few pages are all on the ebay.com domain.

[ResearchTechs]

*laughs* the guy right under shawn (shawn was #2, so the #3 spot) also has a "link exchange" link from their site to the Digital Point advertising network, so I'm assuming they're a member.. oh the power.

[disgust]

Wow, that is incredible for that term. Does the cookie work if someone follows the link and places a bid? I know they pay 10 cents per bid.

yep, that's what the cookie's for. 30 days, works for both registrations, bids, and "buy-it-nows."

[l234244]

How much coop weight do you think has been thrown at that?

PS shawn has position 4 & 5 in google.co.uk

[digitalpoint]

There is a ton of stuff besides the co-op going on BTW. #4 and #5 in the US too.

[john_loch]

Shawns new ebook:

USERPing ebay: The good, the bad, the money ;)

[PhilipB]

Wow, great job Shawn. I wish I had powers like you :-P

[jim]

I guess I can put my Ebay site on hold for a while - the competition is pretty scary...

[Infiniterb]

I'm not seeing shawn's site come up for ebay in google.com anymore.

My ebay registration page also tanked and is out of the index. I also removed my co-op links previously, so I was expecting this.

The good news is that I've made a massive jump for the second key term in my sig. I'm wondering, though, why Shawn's ebay page simply disappeared. Could it be because of so many people in the co-op are doing the same thing?

[schlottke]

There is another eBay page on the first page now from the co-op, I Believe the Briandunning.com result..

[rtheodorow]

I would like to see the look on Ebay's face if you posted #1....that would be sick!

[leeds1]

Shawn probably got a duplicate content filter as so many people were copying his page

[anthonycea]

Even one of the members here, damn man that takes the cake, there are some brave folks around with no respect for others, plus they have balls to come around after the discovery :p :confused:

[Briank]

I do not see his link anymore, I checked the first four pages, perhaps I am blind

[maverick]

ok; I lied. Make that #1:

http://flawebworks.com/shawnebay.jpg

What you do with your screen dudeee... I m scared to see so busy man on Internet.

Shawn gr8 job, but I could not see your link in google search for "ebay" :confused:

[sue]

Me neither.. have you removed it, or did google remove it?! Any ideas why if they did?

[schlottke]

No real story there I don't think or he would have already addressed it.