posted on October 16, 2006 07:59:27 AM new
Neglus: The links were on my Vendio store homepage (www.vintageads4u.com). I have a link to both ebay and ioffer. You can customize that page of your VD store. So I changed it there.
posted on October 16, 2006 12:59:14 PM new
"It was the ebay referral link. The poster vintagepostcard.org remarked that google does not like to search url's that have "refid" or other markers. ... So, it is the eBay referral link, not the vendio link that was the culprit."
That may not be necessarily true. I have referral links in each of my individual Vendio and ebay listings, which appear both in my Vendio store, and my ebay store and auction listings. All of them, or virtually most of them have referral links to my About Me page, category pages, store home page, ebay UK, my stores at ebay UK, ebay Australia, and ebay Canada. And all four stores at U.S, UK, Canada, and Australia, are all linked together with referral links.
Plus there are referral links to my shipping policy which is located at ebay Australia, and my refund policy which is located at ebay Canada. My policies are global and located at those specific country sites, only because I want to connect all the sites.
Today, right now, for a specific item search, my ebay store ranked, #3, #4, and # 10 on the first page of Google. Further, the item at the Vendio store ranked #1. And, froogle searches rank on the first page also. Thanks to Vendio.
So ... go figure. I believe that my plan is correct, while others believe that theirs is correct. As long as it works.
[ edited by kozersky on Oct 16, 2006 01:04 PM ]
[ edited by kozersky on Oct 16, 2006 01:06 PM ]
posted on October 17, 2006 03:50:36 AM new
Thanks Beth,
I have been pushing my Vendio store for years with that one allowed.SEE ALL MY ITEMS link on ebay and have built a nice customer base at my vendio store because of it. Not sure if this is the best thing to do now, but I continue to drive customers to my Vendio Store by listing a small number of items on ebay whenever I see things slack off. My high sell thru rate items in the ebay store also help push customers to my Vendio store. Everyone has a slightly different business model by for now this works best for me. Chuck
posted on October 17, 2006 03:59:24 AM new
Kozersky,
I am not sure if the referral links are causing problems but do totally agree with you that Vendio items show at or near the top in searches. This has been the case since froogle feeds were enabled from Vendio and is the ONE huge reason why I have continued to attempt to maximize my Vendio store presence. Chuck
