Frequently Asked Questions |
Listing Your Site
- How many search terms can I bid on?
- Can you suggest search terms for me to place bids on?
- Do I need to bid on both plural and singular forms of my search terms?
- How do I know what the current bids for my search terms are?
- How do I determine which position I should bid for?
- What do you do in case of a tie bid?
- Can I specify a rank for my search listings and have it there forever?
- Will I be notified when I lose my rank?
- When will my listings go online?
- How much should I deposit?
- Will I get some kind of traffic report?
- How do I know where my traffic is coming from?
- How many search terms can I bid on?
Literally thousands! Advertisers can bid on up to 25,000 terms, as long as they are relevant to the content on their sites. To generate the greatest amount of traffic, we encourage you to bid on as many search terms as possible, so that you increase the chances of your listing being seen by potential customers. We've found that advertisers with 20 or more search terms are the most pleased with traffic they receive from MySexMap.
Can you suggest search terms for me to place bids on?
Yes. We provide a "Search Term Suggestion tool" This very useful tool is located in the "List Your Site" and "Manage Your Listings" sections of the advertisers secure web interface. The "Search Term Suggestion tool" provides a list of popular search terms. When you type a word in, our "Search Term Suggestion tool" will offer a list of related terms that were searched on last month that you may wish to add to your account. It also tells you how many times that search term was searched upon the previous month. If you find search terms that are relevant to your site, bid on them!
Do I need to bid on both the plural and singular forms of my search terms?
Yes. It is suggested that you bid on all variations including common mispellings of your search terms
How do I know what the current bids for my search terms are?
We provide a "Search Term Bids" tool. It is located in the "List Your Site" and "Manage Your Listings" sections of the advertisers secure web interface. This tool provides a list of all the bids for keyword search terms. When you type a search term in, our "Search Term Bids" tool will display all the bids and corespondng positions for each bid on that search term.
How do I determine which position I should bid for?
Many things affect click-through rate, including well-written titles and descriptions, and the relevancy of your listing to the user's search. But one of the most important factors is your listing's position in the search results. We've found that the higher your listing's position in the search results, the more clicks you're likely to receive. In fact, our research shows that listings in the top three positions get double the number of clicks than positions 4-240 do combined!
What do you do in case of a tie bid?
When two or more advertisers bid on the same term at the same price, MySexMap will give the first advertiser who bid on that term and price the higher position in the search listings. For example, if there are 3 advertisers who bid 25 cents on a term, they will be listed in order of "seniority" at the 25 cent price. This feature adds even more value to being the first to bid on terms that currently have no bid, and to be the top bidder.
Can I specify a rank for my search listings and have it there forever?
No. MySexMap search results, by their very nature, are dynamic. Just like what you did when you first listed your site on MySexMap, other advertisers will sign up with various bid amounts, which may change the rank of other advertisers on the page.
We don't allow someone to lock into any specific position for any of their listings because it goes against MySexMap's free and open marketplace. It's important to us that any client of any size has the ability to be in any of the positions they desire for their search listings. As soon as we made that exclusive arrangement for one of our clients, we would have to do it for everyone in order to be fair.
Will I be notified when I lose my rank?
Yes. You will receive an email notification.
When will my listings go online?
New search listing requests are activated as soon as payment has been confirmed. If payment is made on-line, your listing will go online within minutes.
How much should I deposit?
One of the greatest benefits of MySexMap is that you determine how much you wish to pay for targeted traffic to your site. To open an MySexMap account, you need to deposit a minimum of $50, which is applied to the subsequent click-throughs to your site or the minimum monthly spend. If you are bidding on popular search terms, you may want to make a larger deposit so that you don't exhaust your funds as quickly. The initial $25 is non-refundable, however any unused amount over $25 which you deposit into your account is fully refundable, should you decide to cancel your account.
To get the most out of your advertising program on MySexMap, we also recommend that you also consider signing up for the Non-Stop Traffic plan or Fixed Budget plan to help you manage how much time and money you spend acquiring traffic.
Will I get some kind of traffic report?
MySexMap advertisers receive access to a secure web interface for manageing their accounts, where they can view their account balance, add money to their account and change their bids 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Advertisers can also add, modify and delete their search listings, view their reports to see your click activity, change their password and modify their account information. It's a great tool that makes managing your account online very easy.
How do I know where my traffic is coming from?
We recommend that all of our advertisers use tracking URLs on all of their advertising. After all, your budget and the success of your business are important to you. Tracking URLs can work on any site where a click is used as a measurement. Once you have a tracking URL for all of your advertising buys, you'll be able to do an equal and balanced comparison among each of the advertising vendors to determine which works best for you. And those sites are the ones where you should continue to advertise. Remember, keep your eye on the bottom line!
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