Sedo PPC is dead

[Gerry]

This graph is per sedo regarding the post above:



Here are a couple of my other typical high dollar domains:



The above example is very bothersome as this was a very high CTR or 45% plus until this past march. Nothing I did caused it to drop. Nothing I have been able to do can get it back to those levels:

January 2007
4,252 Views
1,760 Clicks
41.00% Click rate
$0.09 $/Click
$157.52 Revenue

February 2007
3,956 Views
1,861 Clicks
47.00% Click rate
$0.09 $/Click
$162.12 Revenue

March 2007
4,438 Views
447 Clicks
10.00% Click rate
$0.12 $/Click
$52.88 Revenue

April 2007
5,420 Views
604 Clicks
11.00% Click rate
$0.21 $/Click
$125.32 Revenue

May 2007
5,339 Views
781 Clicks
15.00% Click rate
$0.23 $/Click
$183.48 Revenue

June 2007
5,269 Views
828 Clicks
16.00% Click rate
$0.13 $/Click
$109.78 Revenue

July 2007
5,812 Views
987 Clicks
17.00% Click rate
$0.16 $/Click
$157.30 Revenue

August 2007
6,335 Views
1,099 Clicks
17.00% Click rate
$0.16 $/Click
$175.30 Revenue

September 2007
2,769 Views
424 Clicks
15.00% Click rate
$0.19 $/Click
$80.30 Revenue

Pre-January figures are like this also. In March when I started noticing a steep decline, I checked the site. Rather than the optimizing keywords that I chose, Sedo chose to place a portal style lander. Keywords were not optimized and non-relevant ads appeared.

I contacted Sedo and they said they did not do it. I have changed it and changed it. Guess what, it keeps reverting back to a portal site. Again, keyword optimization is ignored and non-relevant ads appear.

Its almost like they are saying, "what are you complaining about? You're making the same money". Sure, revenue wise there has not been much different from month to month.

But rather than enjoy the steady increase in traffic month after month and rather than see a continued 40-45% CTR, CTR is overall down nearly 75% of what it used to be which means my earning are about 25% of where they should be based on the earlier 2007 numbers and projections.

In other words, if I made $175.00 in August, it should be closer to $600-$700. If I am at $80.00 today, it should be closer to $300. Something has gotta give and it looks like it will be me giving someone else a chance at my business.

This domain is not an openly blatant adult domain name but does contain XXX in it. Doubtful I can move it to Bodis.com but I certainly like what I am experiencing there on many lesser performers and lower PPC domains.

You gotta love seeing CTR's in the 350%-500% range rather than a 10%-15% range.

Here is a medical specialty domain name, hand regged last year. Notice the yo-yo effect here. CTR up = PPC down in most cases.

Bouncing back and forth from a high as much as $9.58 (October 2006) to a low of $1.24 in August 2007. Up, down, up, down...96.4% US traffic, 40% direct type in

September 2006
6 Views
3 Clicks
50.00% Click rate
$0.14 $/Click
$0.43 Revenue

October 2006
64 Views
18 Clicks
28.00% Click rate
$6.09 $/Click
$109.65 Revenue

November 2006
59 Views
13 Clicks
22.00% Click rate
$5.09 $/Click
$66.11 Revenue

December 2006
30 Views
8 Clicks
27.00% Click rate
$4.04 $/Click
$32.31 Revenue

January 2007
37 Views
7 Clicks
19.00% Click rate
$3.66 $/Click
$25.60 Revenue

February 2007
35 Views
7 Clicks
20.00% Click rate
$3.22 $/Click
$22.54 Revenue

March 2007
40 Views
10 Clicks
25.00% Click rate
$3.07 $/Click
$30.66 Revenue

April 2007
36 Views
5 Clicks
14.00% Click rate
$2.64 $/Click
$13.20 Revenue

May 2007
36 Views
10 Clicks
28.00% Click rate
$3.90 $/Click
$39.05 Revenue

June 2007
37 Views
11 Clicks
30.00% Click rate
$5.87 $/Click
$64.52 Revenue

July 2007
47 Views
12 Clicks
26.00% Click rate
$4.35 $/Click
$52.17 Revenue

August 2007
39 Views
10 Clicks
26.00% Click rate
$2.97 $/Click
$29.72 Revenue

September 2007
11 Views
4 Clicks
36.00% Click rate
$4.85 $/Click
$19.38 Revenue

[Paralegal]

For a client's SedoPro account, I contacted the account manager to get help in increasing abysmal revenue for 2 1/2 months out of three (for one two-week period the first half of last month revenue almost tripled although still bad). Although most domains are .us, for the most part they're one-word and found in the dictionary. sedo's response was, in essence, that they hadn't paid any attention to the account because revenue was so low. I don't see where anything was done. So much for the personal touch of a SedoPro account.

[SedoCoUk]

Hi Paralegal,

Could you PM me your sedo account info and I'll take a look at your account for you. In the meantime, please make sure that the keywords you've selected are short, one or two words at most, and relate to your domain names. A high relevancy will yield the best results.

Thanks!

Monica

[Gerry]

This past weekend from Friday through Sunday, I just experienced perhaps the lowest traffic counts, PPC, and revenue in months if not years with Sunday not even make it out of single digits.

What on earth is going on? Plus I am seeing another thread on this forum with members who park with Parked.com experiencing the same thing.

[domainah]

I also noticed a decrease in traffic, but only a very slight change in clicks and revenue, makes me think they might put a new filter to work, bots, etc..who knows..