Comments on: Bad Places To Have Bugs: Pricing Logic http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/30/bad-places-to-have-bugs-pricing-logic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bad-places-to-have-bugs-pricing-logic Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/30/bad-places-to-have-bugs-pricing-logic/#comment-1850 Patrick Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:40:42 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/30/bad-places-to-have-bugs-pricing-logic/#comment-1850 Roughly 80% of my AdWords spend is on the content network. If I stop paying, I no longer get traffic from it -- which would be unfortunate, since typically my ads hang out right next to an article entitled How To Use Stupidly Labor-Intensive Methods To Make Bingo Cards. The contrast works heavily in my favor. So to answer the question: no, I don't believe that I'd find free money by killing my AdWords spend. I seem to make about $1,000 per $500 spent according to conversion tracking -- I'll do that all night long, thanks. Roughly 80% of my AdWords spend is on the content network. If I stop paying, I no longer get traffic from it — which would be unfortunate, since typically my ads hang out right next to an article entitled How To Use Stupidly Labor-Intensive Methods To Make Bingo Cards. The contrast works heavily in my favor.

So to answer the question: no, I don’t believe that I’d find free money by killing my AdWords spend. I seem to make about $1,000 per $500 spent according to conversion tracking — I’ll do that all night long, thanks.

]]> By: Doug http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/30/bad-places-to-have-bugs-pricing-logic/#comment-1849 Doug Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:21:12 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/30/bad-places-to-have-bugs-pricing-logic/#comment-1849 Patrick - this is really unlreated to your post, but I was wondering about your Adwords spend. Have you ever considered shutting off Adwords for a week (or month) to see how that affects your profitability? I wonder how many conversions you would truly lose without Adwords....I bet a good percentage of people will still find you on Google without them. Patrick – this is really unlreated to your post, but I was wondering about your Adwords spend. Have you ever considered shutting off Adwords for a week (or month) to see how that affects your profitability? I wonder how many conversions you would truly lose without Adwords….I bet a good percentage of people will still find you on Google without them.

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