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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) General
What is the difference between B2Bsearch and other search engines?
The B2B search engine is a dedicated search engine that lists only Australian and New Zealand Businesses who offer products or services to other businesses.
General search engines like Google, inktomi Looksmart and directories like Yahoo etc list all types of websites, information, personal, government and include retailers websites. They present mixed results and that makes it very difficult to separate the business to business suppliers. More information.
What is the difference between the B2B website search and the B2B product search?
The B2B website search engine searches through keywords offered by the business to business suppliers websites and if you click on a result link you will be directed to the suppliers website where you will have to look for their products.
The B2B product search engine searches through business to business suppliers catalogues and if you click on any result link you will be directed to the suppliers product/service catalogue, where you can request information/quote directly from the supplier.
Why some listings from B2B product search appear on the B2B website search?
The B2B website search is a Pay For Performance search engine, that means that the suppliers pay every time someone clicks on their link.
Some companies do not have their own website instead they prefer to build their interactive catalogues on the B2Bsearch.com.au site. Others have their own websites, but for marketing purposes create a catalogue on the B2B search as well and they list both on the B2B search engine.
What is Pay-for-Performance?
Pay-for-performance (PFP) or pay-per-click (PPC) or pay-per-lead (PPL) is a form of online advertising where a marketer pays for results rather than paying to reach a particular audience.
Pay-for-performance (PFP) is the best form of advertising because you only pay for results. If you don't get the results, if you don't get visitors to your website it costs you nothing.
Why list on B2B search?
The B2Bsearch engine brings you better-qualified results than any other search engine because our searchers are Australian and New Zealand business people searching to find suppliers for their business. They know that we register only business suppliers from Australia and New Zealand and they will not waste their time looking through websites from all over the world.
How much does it cost?
You can register and participate in the PFP B2B search engine for as little as $20 and the minimum bid per click is 5 cents.
How does the biding work?
The value of the bids placed on keywords determines the position of the listing within the search results. The bid with the highest value will appear on the top of the search results relevant to the keyword searched.
Does the bid influence the accuracy of the results?
No, the search results are determined by the search algorithms and are not influenced by the bid value. The bids only influence the order of the presentation for keywords with the same search relevancy.
Can I view bids from other advertisers?
Yes, login as an advertiser and click on "Search Bids" to perform a search for keyword popularity and keyword bids.
What happens if my deposit has been spent?
Before your deposit has been completely spent you will receive an email notification warning you of the low deposit value and asking you to top up your deposit. If you don't add money to your account your account will go on negative and your listing will not be visible on the search results until you top up your account.
How long does an inactive account stay on the records?
A negative account may stay in the data for six months, after that time you will receive an email notification and if you do nothing your account will be deleted.
What measures do you have against fraud?
Although we have many checks and balances to protect against fraudulent clicks for security reasons we cannot name them all. One of them is that we keep track of the IP address used by the person clicking on the results. If the same IP address clicks on a particular link more than once in the same session only one click will be counted as a legal click.
Can I view records of the clicks to my keywords?
Yes you have access to statistics kept by the server. You can create a report for all your keywords listed together or per individual keyword. You can create timely reports by selecting the start and the finish date for the report.
How do I select Keywords/phrases?
See, Tips suggestions
How many keywords/phrases can I select?
There is no limit to the number of keywords used as long as the keywords are relevant to your products or services offered.
Affiliate FAQ
Does it cost anything to join?
No, it does not cost you anything to become an affiliate.
What type of affiliate options do you offer?
B2Bsearch offers 3 types of affiliate options.
- The first option is the simplest and most common option. You can place a text link to your site or a newsletter, with a short sentence like " Use the www.B2Bsearch.com.au to find Australian and New Zealand suppliers for your business." Or place our search box on your website and direct your visitors to search for B2B suppliers. In both cases your visitors will be transferred to the B2Bsearch site.
- The second option is a co-branding option, where you place a search box on your website, you give us your banner and every time someone performs a search from the search box on your site the B2Bsearch results will appear under your own banner. With this option your clients will assume that this service is your offering.
In the co-branding option your clients will not be able to list their site under your banner. After clicking the links "List your Site" or "Manage Listing" they will be transferred to B2Bsearch to register their site and organize their pay per click account.
- The third option is a re-branding option. This is a special partnering/affiliate option and will be available to selective partners only. In this option everything will appear under the partners banner. B2Bsearch will receive payment direct from advertisers, manage affiliates and perform all administration tasks. Alternative arrangements can be negotiated.
The first option, (text link or search box) will be activated immediately. However affiliate approval will require detail verification and can generally take up to 24 hours
The second option will require valuation of your website and your company banner and would therefore take longer to activate.
The third option will only be available to particular partner sites and under a special agreement.
Please contact us for details:
b2bsearch giagroup.com
How and when will I get paid?
Payments to affiliates will be posted or electronically transferred to affiliate's account on the second week of every month, in accordance with the payment instructions upon the affiliates registration.
What is the minimum amount I will have to earn before I can be paid?
The minimum amount is $20 per month if in any one month your commission does not reach $20 then your earnings will transfer to the next month.
Can I use the Affiliate code on more than one site?
Yes, of course! There is no limit to how many times or where you place the code as long as it follows the rules set out in our Terms and Conditions.
Can I promote B2B search via email?
Yes, as long as it is an Opt-In email list and the recipients are related to businesses NOT individual consumers. We do NOT tolerate SPAM.
If we determine that you have spammed your account you will be deleted immediately and you will lose all commissions earned.
Can I change the affiliate code in any way?
No, in order to ensure that your sales are credited to you please do not change the affiliate code in any way.
Can I write my own text links/create my own banners?
Yes but we do require that they are approved by us. Just send us a copy via email or upload your banner to our site and notify us.
Does my website have to be approved?
Not for the first option, as long as your website follows the rules set out in our Terms and Conditions. For the second and third options yes we will have to approve your website.
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