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]]> By: TechCrunch » Get a Zoomcloud for your site http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-16685 TechCrunch » Get a Zoomcloud for your site Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:21:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-16685 [...] ZoomClouds is from the same (Spanish) guys that brought us Zoomtags. It’s pretty straightforward. Sign up, give it a feed, set some paramaters, and get a tag cloud that you can include on the site. Mine’s below. [...] [...] ZoomClouds is from the same (Spanish) guys that brought us Zoomtags. It’s pretty straightforward. Sign up, give it a feed, set some paramaters, and get a tag cloud that you can include on the site. Mine’s below. [...]

]]> By: links for 2006-02-01 - Brokekid.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-12250 links for 2006-02-01 - Brokekid.net Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:36:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-12250 [...] ZoomTags and Commerical Tag Clouds ZoomTags is an API-based solution and allows blogs and other websites to place a commercial tagcloud on their sites. Like 1000Tags, Zoomtags allows advertisers to bid on tags or keywords in a tag cloud. When someone clicks on a tag, they see a set of adve (tags: Advertisement Advertising ZoomTags TagCloud Tags Tag Folksonomy) [...] [...] ZoomTags and Commerical Tag Clouds ZoomTags is an API-based solution and allows blogs and other websites to place a commercial tagcloud on their sites. Like 1000Tags, Zoomtags allows advertisers to bid on tags or keywords in a tag cloud. When someone clicks on a tag, they see a set of adve (tags: Advertisement Advertising ZoomTags TagCloud Tags Tag Folksonomy) [...]

]]> By: Bob Roberts http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 Bob Roberts Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:51:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11206 That tag cloud site mentioned above, Tenthousandbrightideas.com just hit the news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060201/bs_prweb/prweb340640 That tag cloud site mentioned above, Tenthousandbrightideas.com just hit the news: http://news.yah...web/prweb340640

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11184 RBA Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:26:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11184 Andrew, yes of course. We give date and time of the clicks, from what countries those clicks were made, etc. (we don't give the IP addresses from where the clicks were made for obvious privacy concerns, but that's about it I think). I also agree with you on the comment that 2 clicks vs 1 is not necesarily a bad thing. As I think we mention in our web page, the volume may be smaller, but in return, the ROI is likely higher. Bottom line, if any of the big players were to do this, novelty aside, I think it'd prove to be very sustainable. Since we're not a big player, our road is still going uphill, but we've been in business for quite some time, so whatever the outcome, I'm sure it'll be rewarding. In fact, it already is. Andrew, yes of course. We give date and time of the clicks, from what countries those clicks were made, etc. (we don’t give the IP addresses from where the clicks were made for obvious privacy concerns, but that’s about it I think).

I also agree with you on the comment that 2 clicks vs 1 is not necesarily a bad thing. As I think we mention in our web page, the volume may be smaller, but in return, the ROI is likely higher.

Bottom line, if any of the big players were to do this, novelty aside, I think it’d prove to be very sustainable. Since we’re not a big player, our road is still going uphill, but we’ve been in business for quite some time, so whatever the outcome, I’m sure it’ll be rewarding. In fact, it already is.

]]> By: just another opinion blog » links for 2006-02-01 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11168 just another opinion blog » links for 2006-02-01 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:23:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11168 [...] TechCrunch » ZoomTags and Commerical Tag Clouds (tags: tech advertising tips) [...] [...] TechCrunch » ZoomTags and Commerical Tag Clouds (tags: tech advertising tips) [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11166 Andrew Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:17:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11166 RBA, thanks for the answer - I was asking from a site's perspective. Right now with AdSense, a site owner just gets a check every month, with no info on how many clicks actually generated that money, when they occured, how much was charged per click, etc. This is rather frustrating for the bigger sites that would like to consider AdSense as a real revenue source. Can you guys offer better reporting for the site owners? Thanks! By the way, while the above comment may be correct, 2 clicks vs. 1 isn't ideal, I think this may be more compelling for the user in the end, since it's user driven and not algo-driven (from what I understand). RBA, thanks for the answer – I was asking from a site’s perspective. Right now with AdSense, a site owner just gets a check every month, with no info on how many clicks actually generated that money, when they occured, how much was charged per click, etc. This is rather frustrating for the bigger sites that would like to consider AdSense as a real revenue source.

Can you guys offer better reporting for the site owners?

Thanks!

By the way, while the above comment may be correct, 2 clicks vs. 1 isn’t ideal, I think this may be more compelling for the user in the end, since it’s user driven and not algo-driven (from what I understand).

]]> By: Stanley Wong http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11151 Stanley Wong Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:35:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11151 As a long time advertiser, I think this idea is dumb. The user is supposed to click twice to get through to my page and as a result it makes it effectively twice as hard to get good traffic from something like this. This thing looks unique and because of the novelty factor it'll get some curiosity seekers to click on it. Where this idea can really hit it out of the ball park is to intelligently identify the different potential contexts (ie. madonna = religious vs. pop singer?) of the page based upon text. If the user clicks on a keyword or link on this page we would get a higher quality customer on the page. As a long time advertiser, I think this idea is dumb.

The user is supposed to click twice to get through to my page and as a result it makes it effectively twice as hard to get good traffic from something like this.

This thing looks unique and because of the novelty factor it’ll get some curiosity seekers to click on it.

Where this idea can really hit it out of the ball park is to intelligently identify the different potential contexts (ie. madonna = religious vs. pop singer?) of the page based upon text. If the user clicks on a keyword or link on this page we would get a higher quality customer on the page.

]]> By: Sponsor Actual http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11102 Sponsor Actual Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:26:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11102 <strong>Zoomtags: Una nube de tags publicitarios...</strong> Estos días hemos podido saber, gracias a Ruben (aunque merece la pena mencionar la fuente original Techcrunch) la existencia de una nueva forma de publicidad: Zoomtags. Básicamente se basa en los tags (esa manera de etiquetar a los blogs y simila..... Zoomtags: Una nube de tags publicitarios…

Estos días hemos podido saber, gracias a Ruben (aunque merece la pena mencionar la fuente original Techcrunch) la existencia de una nueva forma de publicidad: Zoomtags.

Básicamente se basa en los tags (esa manera de etiquetar a los blogs y simila…..

]]> By: Zoomtags: Una nube de tags publicitarios http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11101 Zoomtags: Una nube de tags publicitarios Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:24:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11101 [...] Estos días hemos podido saber, gracias a Ruben (aunque merece la pena mencionar la fuente original Techcrunch) la existencia de una nueva forma de publicidad: Zoomtags. [...] [...] Estos días hemos podido saber, gracias a Ruben (aunque merece la pena mencionar la fuente original Techcrunch) la existencia de una nueva forma de publicidad: Zoomtags. [...]

]]> By: PWK http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11091 PWK Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:35:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11091 This works exactly like adsense link units but with a cloud layout instead of a vertical or horizontal list. Why won't the tags take you directly to a sponsors page instead of a list of sponsors? Sounds like an interesting option to build in. This works exactly like adsense link units but with a cloud layout instead of a vertical or horizontal list.

Why won’t the tags take you directly to a sponsors page instead of a list of sponsors? Sounds like an interesting option to build in.

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11084 RBA Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:52:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11084 Correction on my last comment. I mentioned 'advertisers' but I meant to say 'affiliates'. The truth is that stats pages for both, advertisers and affiliates, are very similar. The screenshot I posted is actually from an affiliate account. Correction on my last comment. I mentioned ‘advertisers’ but I meant to say ‘affiliates’. The truth is that stats pages for both, advertisers and affiliates, are very similar. The screenshot I posted is actually from an affiliate account.

]]> By: ZoomTags http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11083 ZoomTags Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:45:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11083 <strong>Do you fear Pay-per-click? Then rent-a-tag instead!...</strong> First of all, thanks to Mike Arrington for his article about ZoomTags.As I pointed out in the comment area of his blog, in ZoomTags advertisers don"t bid on tags, but follow a fixed pay-per-click fee. However that's not entirely true now... Do you fear Pay-per-click? Then rent-a-tag instead!…

First of all, thanks to Mike Arrington for his article about ZoomTags.As I pointed out in the comment area of his blog, in ZoomTags advertisers don”t bid on tags, but follow a fixed pay-per-click fee. However
that’s not entirely true now…

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11082 RBA Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:43:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11082 Hello Andrew, With ZoomTags you'll be able to see clicks and earnings either by the hour, day, week, month or year. These stats pages have been used on the other services we've been running for several years already, and I think they're pretty decent. I don't claim they're better than adSense's, but so far no advertiser has asked for more details, although that might change of course, and in that case, chances are we'll be happy to add that information. You can see an empty sample image here: http://www.zoomgroups.com/pics/empty_stats_sample.gif Now, if you check our blog [http://zoomtags.zoomblog.com/], you'll see we just added a new option for advertisers that makes daily reporting a bit harder, but in the long term I think it will be better for everyone. Hello Andrew,

With ZoomTags you’ll be able to see clicks and earnings either by the hour, day, week, month or year. These stats pages have been used on the other services we’ve been running for several years already, and I think they’re pretty decent.

I don’t claim they’re better than adSense’s, but so far no advertiser has asked for more details, although that might change of course, and in that case, chances are we’ll be happy to add that information. You can see an empty sample image here: http://www.zoom...tats_sample.gif

Now, if you check our blog [http://zoomtags.zoomblog.com/], you’ll see we just added a new option for advertisers that makes daily reporting a bit harder, but in the long term I think it will be better for everyone.

]]> By: Srinivasan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11080 Srinivasan Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:36:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11080 We have implemented a simpler, no frills version here: http://www.web20milliondollarhomepage.com We have implemented a simpler, no frills version here: http://www.web2...larhomepage.com

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11077 Andrew Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:58:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11077 Hey RBA- I'm curious if you will offer more in-depth reporting than the black box that is AdSense. Will you have click-level statistics for the sites that run your tag cloud? Thanks! Hey RBA-

I’m curious if you will offer more in-depth reporting than the black box that is AdSense. Will you have click-level statistics for the sites that run your tag cloud?

Thanks!

]]> By: Approaching Normal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11076 Approaching Normal Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:44:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11076 <strong>AdClouds...</strong> ZoomTags has an interesting take on website advertising. They’re offering tag clouds of keywords. I’m not entirely sure how well it will work, but it’s certainly a fresh perspective on advertising.... AdClouds…

ZoomTags has an interesting take on website advertising. They’re offering tag clouds of keywords. I’m not entirely sure how well it will work, but it’s certainly a fresh perspective on advertising….

]]> By: Ken McGuire Blog :: Creative Imagination http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11064 Ken McGuire Blog :: Creative Imagination Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:22:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11064 <strong>Tagvertising on new levels...</strong> So we got another form of advertising, along the lines of 1000tags. I took a look at ZoomTags in the office this morning, bit of a shaky start as I couldn’t get registered for the program to start out with due to an error on the registration for... Tagvertising on new levels…

So we got another form of advertising, along the lines of 1000tags. I took a look at ZoomTags in the office this morning, bit of a shaky start as I couldn’t get registered for the program to start out with due to an error on the registration for…

]]> By: Apogee Weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11062 Apogee Weblog Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:58:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11062 <strong>AdSense, Tagvertising or Pixel Ads?...</strong> With all the interest around web 2.0 tags, companies are trying to commercialize tag clouds. See the TechCrunch post ZoomTags and Commercial Tag Clouds for the latest examples. I don't think commercial tag clouds will work. I'm not even sure that pix... AdSense, Tagvertising or Pixel Ads?…

With all the interest around web 2.0 tags, companies are trying to commercialize tag clouds. See the TechCrunch post ZoomTags and Commercial Tag Clouds for the latest examples. I don’t think commercial tag clouds will work. I’m not even sure that pix…

]]> By: B.P. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11061 B.P. Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:45:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11061 I found another site doing the commercial tag thing at http://tenthousandbrightideas.com They seem to have mangled and stretched the idea of tags though. I found another site doing the commercial tag thing at http://tenthous...brightideas.com

They seem to have mangled and stretched the idea of tags though.

]]> By: John Butler Live - Zoomtags, up in the clouds? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11057 John Butler Live - Zoomtags, up in the clouds? Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:25:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11057 [...] I've been looking at Zoomtags this morning after reading about them on Techcrunch, I have to say I very much like the idea of tagclouds and I think it could be quite a useful method of advertising and generating a little revenue from my blog at the same time. [...] [...] I’ve been looking at Zoomtags this morning after reading about them on Techcrunch, I have to say I very much like the idea of tagclouds and I think it could be quite a useful method of advertising and generating a little revenue from my blog at the same time. [...]

]]> By: Somewhat Frank http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11056 Somewhat Frank Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:23:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11056 <strong>ZoomTags To Sell Tag Cloud Keywords...</strong> ZoomTags is a new way to implement a commercial tag cloud with revenue potential on a website or blog. This new type of commercial tag cloud offers keywords from a tag cloud up for sale. Michael Arrington profiles ZoomTags... ZoomTags To Sell Tag Cloud Keywords…

ZoomTags is a new way to implement a commercial tag cloud with revenue potential on a website or blog. This new type of commercial tag cloud offers keywords from a tag cloud up for sale. Michael Arrington profiles ZoomTags…

]]> By: Online » ZoomTags, nube de tags comerciales http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-11050 Online » ZoomTags, nube de tags comerciales Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:32:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/30/zoomtags-and-commerical-tag-clouds/#comment-11050 [...] Vía | TechCrunch  [...] [...] Vía | TechCrunch  [...]

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