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Further from patio11's point - I'm very surprised Dropbox allow this, and wouldn't be surprised at all if they don't. I do a lot of affiliate stuff and 9/10 it
by jwblackwell 15y ago
Further from patio11's point - I'm very surprised Dropbox allow this, and wouldn't be surprised at all if they don't. I do a lot of affiliate stuff and 9/10 it is forbidden to used PPC (Adwords) to bid for the brand name, or any variation of it. Normally the advertiser will provide affiliates with a list of stop words that cannot be bid on to prevent this stuff occurring.
Still if there cool with it and you plan on keeping Dropbox for a few years this could prove to be a very cost effective way of getting more space :). Just be warned, if it's against the t's and c's then I would expect people will have their free space revoked.
- sirclueless 15y agoI really don't see why in this case. They aren't actually arbitraging ad space that Dropbox would be in otherwise. If anything, it's Google that is getting fleeced $50 a pop. But really, Dropbox is getting cheap advertising for the low cost of hard drive space, Google is getting fresh-faced hackers to try their cash cow product, aforementioned hackers get larger folders, and people looking for Dropbox find Dropbox, so really it's win-win-win-win all around.
- waitwhat 15y agoIf people are googling for a brand which only has one product, then the sale had effectively already been made. This extra "advertising" doesn't actually bring in any extra users, and is only an extra cost for Dropbox.
- yahelc 15y agoWhen I did this, most of my most clicked terms were for things like "free online storage". "Dropbox" didn't really get many clicks. Though, I have no way of knowing which terms ultimately converted better.