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Another INSANE Ebay Listing

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KryptoSpidey

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I didn't. I figured they're losing enough money listing this item at that price. I wonder, what is the listing fee at that price tier?

FREE..up to 100 per month...and right now,no Minumum start price,and FREE buy-it-now option...

PER EBAY:

Get your items listed now Auction-style FREE--any start price--up to 100 items a month. Pay only if your item sells.

List before Nov. 29 and you can also add a "Buy It Now" price FREE to grab those buyers who don't want to wait for the auction to end.

 

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oakman29

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You want a genius marketing ploy?

 

Read the cover story on the Business section of yesterday's New York Times. UN believable...

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=designer%20frames&st=cse

 

Wow! That is some creepy sheit. :eek:

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mschmidt

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It's actually a pretty genius marketing ploy,to get you to look at the other listings.

 

There's nothing smart about this - at the end of the day it doesn't help the seller that 1,000 people see this listing, because every single one of those viewers come away with the impression that the seller is a moron.

 

Behaviour like that doesn't lead to additional sales on eBay - it leads to people avoiding every future auction from this seller.

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comicwiz

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Negative incidents don't exactly flatter visibility in the way this person (or the article) suggests. This is more an example of a potent combination of snake oil salesman and venomous personality, taking a jab in the dark about how search engines rank popular incidents (good or bad) about his company.

 

There is more going on behind the way this company has optimized its search rank. In fact, I would hazard to guess that he's payed people to bury negative incidents, and game search, rather than negative incidents helping his company link to the top of page 1 search results.

 

I see it all the time. People call asking our company to help them bury negative incidents showing up in search. The personalities are all very similar - truck drivers vocabulary, with off-the-chart ambitions to be the next big thing, except some DUI charge, police record, court filing, or negative post about them is coming in the way.

 

People and company's with the most baggage, have the most to lose with negative publicity, and are the ones who invest the most time and resources to help bury any/all negative incidents. Everything right down to the posting strategies (corrective or delusional) are all aimed at neutralizing those negative incidents, and helping them bolster the work they are doing behind to scenes to position positive posts.

 

Tip: The achilles heel of SEO tactics used to bury negative content is they are intent and too narrowly focused to reposition/bury content on the first page. Before you buy anything online, run a keyword search on the company/brand name, using the brand or company name in combination with the keywords "warning","problem", "lawsuit", "fraud", etc. Look through at least the first 4-5 pages of results.

 

The internet can be a lot like peeling layers of an onion or artichoke - and no matter how good a person or company gets at burying content, once you find the can of worms, its like fertile composter, where you're likely to find all the slimy company they keep.

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Bosco685

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You want a genius marketing ploy?

 

Read the cover story on the Business section of yesterday's New York Times. UN believable...

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=designer%20frames&st=cse

 

great story, whatta creep.

Creep is putting it lightly.

 

He went to her apartment building and took pictures to show he knew where she lived? And the police couldn't do anything about the situation.

 

:eek:

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supapimp

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You want a genius marketing ploy?

 

Read the cover story on the Business section of yesterday's New York Times. UN believable...

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=designer%20frames&st=cse

 

great story, whatta creep.

Creep is putting it lightly.

 

He went to her apartment building and took pictures to show he knew where she lived? And the police couldn't do anything about the situation.

 

:eek:

 

did you not read the whole article? he copied the image from google maps street view. :baiting:

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comicwiz

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You want a genius marketing ploy?

 

Read the cover story on the Business section of yesterday's New York Times. UN believable...

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=designer%20frames&st=cse

 

 

WOW and the sad thing is it works for him.

 

For all the bravado this guy boasts about it improving his business (and the NYJ's irrational treatment of the subject), he better hope an SEO expert doesn't pick this up as he may just get what's coming to him.

 

It would be an understatement to say his site/online business would be a walk in the park for a concerted and well-staged reputation attack.

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