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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by hermitcrab on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @11:27AM (#45594061)
Very true. So you end up on paying for a lot of clicks from existing customers who type your product name into Google and click on the first thing that comes up, which is increasingly an ad.

I used to advertise in Adwords on the name of my products, but I no longer bother.

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Re:I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their tr... by bombcar on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:43PM (#45596062)
The vast majority of people who search product name want product name not knockoff product similar - and so let the competitors buy the name for ads.
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