Comments on: Which 2nd Tier PPC Search Engine Gets the Best Results? Take Our Poll!

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:43:16 +0000

Joe do we know who won yet?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:44:46 +0000

@Jake: We welcome cynics! I will post the survey to a few forums today. You are correct: charts can be manipulated easily. We’ll take this into account when tallying the results. Thanks!

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:26:53 +0000

Not trying to be cynic but charts can be easily manipulated. I never even heard of adknowledge until today. Throw this poll over at wickfire, digitalpoint and warriorforum and let’s see how they vote.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:46:50 +0000

@ Anon: I’ll have that information posted with results next week! Thanks for participating!

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:31:46 +0000

@ Joe: Can we see how many people answered the survey?

@ Lindsey: C’mon, you obviously work there.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:48:23 +0000

@ Ryan: Thanks! Actually, as of yesterday there have been some false submissions for AdKnowledge which we will remove from the final survey results, which will be posted in a couple days. Thanks again!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:52:44 +0000

Great poll question! Ask has solid traffic that converts. 7Search works well too, but the traffic trickles in. I don’t currently use AdKnowledge, but it seems to be working really well for people here. Please be sure to post the final results as the chart is hard to read. Thanks

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:44:55 +0000

@ Lindsey: That’s a good point you make. Thanks! Yes, I guess I was thinking in terms of volume (click, leads) as compared to Google.

@ Andy: Let me see if I can get this to update on the results page. And we’ll post the results of the survey in the next day or two.

By: Andy Komack

Andy Komack — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:17:21 +0000

Is there any way to change the display of the results graphic? When I view it I see many of the values in the pie chart too close together to read. It would be great to see the absolute numbers in addition to the percentages. Thanks!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:38:06 +0000

I don’t think of Business.com as a second tier search engine. Sure, they have less traffic than the ‘Big 3,’ but they’re more of a niche engine serving a particular audience. For my B2B clients, Business.com is a top producer, not only for conversion rate & cost/lead, but also for lead quality.