Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

#1

Post by garcara » Mon, Aug 31, 2009, 8:24 PM UTC

I received a $100 coupon for adwords from Google the other day in my e-mail. As a programmer what are some fun/good ideas of what to do with this?

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

#2

Post by icey » Mon, Aug 31, 2009, 8:31 PM UTC

You could use it for an idea you want to A/B test.

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

#3

Post by jacquesm » Mon, Aug 31, 2009, 8:37 PM UTC

Find a way to make you $110, rinse, repeat!

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

#4

Post by mixmax » Mon, Aug 31, 2009, 9:06 PM UTC

An artist friend of mine bought the search phrase "Is Peter Dyreborg the coolest guy in the world?" When people searched for this phrase they would be presented with an ad reading "Yes, Peter Dyreborg is the coolest guy in the world".

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

#5

Post by jwesley » Mon, Aug 31, 2009, 10:18 PM UTC

mixmax wrote: post #4

An artist friend of mine bought the search phrase "Is Peter Dyreborg the coolest guy in the world?" When people searched for this phrase they would be presented with an ad reading "Yes, Peter Dyreborg is the coolest guy in the world".

I can imagine the campaign stats: O impressions O clicks 0 cost.

Unless you are going to tell people to search for that and click on the ads you don't any coupon to run that one.

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

#6

Post by EinhornIsFinkle » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:31 AM UTC

You can sell it on eBay for around $25. Buy beer for your team this Friday. Swap the Natty Ice for the good stuff.

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

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Post by jacquesm » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:49 AM UTC

jwesley wrote: post #5

mixmax wrote: post #4

An artist friend of mine bought the search phrase "Is Peter Dyreborg the coolest guy in the world?" When people searched for this phrase they would be presented with an ad reading "Yes, Peter Dyreborg is the coolest guy in the world".

I can imagine the campaign stats: O impressions O clicks 0 cost. Unless you are going to tell people to search for that and click on the ads you don't any coupon to run that one.

I think that particular artist has just invented 'vanity advertising', an ad that is only visible to yourself.

Way to go if someone overbid him on those keywords to make it read 'No, Peter Dyreborg is the vainest guy in the world' ;)

Re: Ask HN: What to do with my $100 adwords coupon?

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Post by sireat » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 11:02 AM UTC

mixmax wrote: post #4

An artist friend of mine bought the search phrase "Is Peter Dyreborg the coolest guy in the world?" When people searched for this phrase they would be presented with an ad reading "Yes, Peter Dyreborg is the coolest guy in the world".

I would imagine most people with a minimum of SEO exposure would have been able to get your friends page to be the first hit(unless Peter Dyreborg is a really common name...).