Comments on: Google Checkout Icons – An Unfair Advantage? http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:45:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ProDryers http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-623 ProDryers Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:19:02 +0000 http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-623 As a paying advertiser with Google, this has always bothered me. My eyes naturally flow to the Google checkout listings and I feel it does create an unfair advantage. Why should Google charge me the same or even higher, and allow an unfair advantage towards listings that benefit Google, and not me, their client? Makes no sense, and it feels wrong in my opinion... http://www.ProDryers.com As a paying advertiser with Google, this has always bothered me. My eyes naturally flow to the Google checkout listings and I feel it does create an unfair advantage. Why should Google charge me the same or even higher, and allow an unfair advantage towards listings that benefit Google, and not me, their client? Makes no sense, and it feels wrong in my opinion…

http://www.ProDryers.com

]]> By: Editor http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Editor Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:02:27 +0000 http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-8 Thanks Greg. BTW, we love your blog. :-) - Christine Thanks Greg. BTW, we love your blog. :-)

- Christine

]]> By: Greg Edwards (Eyetools) http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Greg Edwards (Eyetools) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:41:06 +0000 http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-7 We just released a study that addresses this (answer: the google checkout button did NOT significantly increase the percentage of people who see the ad... but it did increase clicking by those that looked at it) I blogged about it at: http://blog.eyetools.net/eyetools_research/2008/01/google-checkout.html (the study was put together by Eyetools (eyetracking) and SendTec (back-end click data) -- it's interesting (if I say so myself :-) Oh, and Eyetools and Enquiro partnered on the study you mention above (Eyetools actually created the heatmap above). We just released a study that addresses this (answer: the google checkout button did NOT significantly increase the percentage of people who see the ad… but it did increase clicking by those that looked at it)

I blogged about it at:
http://blog.eyetools.net/eyetools_research/2008/01/google-checkout.html
(the study was put together by Eyetools (eyetracking) and SendTec (back-end click data) — it’s interesting (if I say so myself :-)

Oh, and Eyetools and Enquiro partnered on the study you mention above (Eyetools actually created the heatmap above).

]]> By: Dale al teclado » Empiezan a aparecer iconos de Checkout en las búsquedas de Google http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dale al teclado » Empiezan a aparecer iconos de Checkout en las búsquedas de Google Mon, 07 May 2007 19:38:44 +0000 http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-6 [...] Pues bien, según he leído, ya empieza a ser frecuente en las búsquedas de Google la aparición algunos enlaces con el icono de Google Checkout. Como muestra, la siguiente captura: [...] [...] Pues bien, según he leído, ya empieza a ser frecuente en las búsquedas de Google la aparición algunos enlaces con el icono de Google Checkout. Como muestra, la siguiente captura: [...]

]]> By: Google Checkout Advantage | Search Engine Monkeying http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Google Checkout Advantage | Search Engine Monkeying Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:14:17 +0000 http://www.semclubhouse.com/google-checkout-icons-%e2%80%93-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-5 [...] Jeff Martin over at SEM Clubhouse found some interesting data concerning the Google Checkout. [...] [...] Jeff Martin over at SEM Clubhouse found some interesting data concerning the Google Checkout. [...]

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