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Words for sale...

 
 
grant
13:19 / 16.04.02
...tuppence a "bag."


Words for sale... "Freedom" reduced.... Words for sale....
--- Matt Steinhoff wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:45:37 -0400
>
> http://www.iterature.com/adwords/
>
> I don't know exactly how to explain this
> site but the
> concept is pretty nifty. Basically, Google
> charges for ads
> based on the number of times terms are searched
> for. A guy
> who writes poetry decided to use these ads to
> see how much
> traffic his (fairly bad) poetry would get.
> That's not so
> interesting as what it costs to sponsor certain
> words. For
> example, if you wanted to buy the keyword
> 'free', it would
> cost you $7569 a day. If you settle for
> 'freedom', you will
> be set back just $1.88.
>
> Matt
 
 
The Monkey
14:13 / 16.04.02
So basically the words "nude" and "sex" goes for rates on par with Super-Bowl advertising fees....
 
 
grant
14:36 / 16.04.02
"fuck" yeah!
 
 
The Monkey
15:10 / 16.04.02
Actually, the word "fuck" is exclusively owned by the Sultan of Brunei...he just rents it out.

On a serious note, I've been far too serious lately, and thus there won't be a serious note.