What does smartpriced mean?

I've seen the term smartpriced a few times on this forum, what does it mean?

What are the implications of being smartpriced?

And, if it is bad, how do you get out of it?

If I am guessing correctly, I think my website is being smartpriced because my clicks are only netting $0.01. They used to net $0.30+.

 

It means, if you talk about photography, and somebody clicks an ad about digital cameras, you get smart priced on that click because your sites not about that.

If it was a click on an ad about photography you should get a non-smart-priced click.

Now, this means that google has to "understand" what your site is about, and many people have concern about using many sites with 1 adsense account.

Lets say you have 2 sites.

One about Digital Cameras and one about Photography, where would you be then? Does google know your site as a "digital camera site" or "digital photography site". Thats not awful, but imagine your dealing with 2 different ends of the spectrum, then that can be a concern.

Pierce

 

A person who has been Smart-priced will have an experience similar in feeling to one who has dropped their soap in prison.

Avoid it at all costs. Try to make pages that help sell the product for the advertiser, so the "prospect" is warmed up and ready to become a customer.

That's how to avoid SmartPricing. Put "Buy Now" somewhere on the page, in a proper context.

 

That is exactly how I feel and OUCH does it hurt, cause he's got a big one.

Also, I thought AdSense was supposed to sense what is on the page not what is the whole website about. Am I wrong about that?

 

What do you mean by this?

 

I was wondering this myself.

 

Can we have mulitple accounts under 1 name?

 

you "can" but it's against the terms of service and I wouldn't suggest it.

 

It's an over-used word on this forum, and a lot of "smart-pricing" is actually just the advertisers messing with their bids. Don't get me wrong though, it certainly exists.