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Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by shafqat on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @07:34AM (#326483)
Our monetization strategy is not dependent on traffic, although ad revenue from the consumer site is definately a bonus. As for our biz model, I'll post about it separately once we can disclose more.
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Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by mechanical_fish on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @09:16AM (#326518)
It must be a pretty odd monetization strategy if people checking out the product is a bad thing. Even a visitor who will never be a customer might have friends or blog readers that will.

Do you work for the NSA? Have you considered deploying a login barrier and a splash screen to drive people away? ;)

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Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by shafqat on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @09:28AM (#326525)
Haha... I never said having traffic is a bad thing! I'm just comparing what the merits of long tail SEO traffic is vs direct or SEM traffic.
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