Let Me Google that for You: Mesothelioma
December 1st, 2008 | By Ian in Misc, Opinion, Sites of Interest | 4 Comments »A co-worker just pointed out a wonderful new tool for those who are frequently bothered by people who would rather ask you question instead of Googling it themselves:
Aside from being snarky and satisfying, it immediately struck me as a brilliant money maker. Perhaps even the best Google AdSense for Search referral generating tool since Mozilla put the Google search bar in every broswer it ships (Mozilla pulled down 75 million USD last year from your searches).
So, next time your cousin wants to know all about mesothelioma, send your response by way of LMGTFY and know that those guys are probably making a good chunk of the $40-$60 CPC the keyword “mesothelioma” commands.
Of course, I am in no way affiliated with LMGTFY. If they aren’t using their site as a Google search revenue generator, they’re missing out.
Update:
I’ve delved into their code and it would seem that they aren’t currently monetizing their searches. Perhaps it is better this way because it might break Google TOS to have their current gag auto-submit the search on behalf of the user.
Still, if you arrived on this page after searching for mesothelioma, I have my own ads that I use to help cover the cost of this and all my other sites. Just sayin’…
Update 2:
Good for them! The site is now sponsored by 37 Signals and they are bouncing traffic through Google AdSense for Search. Unfortunately, the referral version of the search results does not have the pretty look that traditional search results do. However, this does not degrade from the original thrust of the site which is to teach people that they, too, can use the Google.