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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Nothing Fishy about it. Autotrader swapped with Cars - Cars took the #1 visited site with yahoo, AutoTrader took #5 with MSN...
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    bj replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    yes, on alexa, yahoo is #1... but that's not their car site... just fyi it only shows yahoo when you put in autos.yahoo.com (sounds...
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    Dave Rudey replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    So they raise your rate, but don't give you more? Today at noon, we began a partnership which has value, substance, and clout. Click on...
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    Kidd replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    AutoTrader.com's attitude is that they don't care, if you pay the increrase percentage, fine, if not "...you'll be back eventually...
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    katherine (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Wow DS. You've got cajones. You actually work for AT.c, you feel that you can justify price gouging. There is a difference between...
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    Lao Shi replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    "Our new partnership with Kbb.com signifies our continued commitment to providing our advertising customers the best value and widest...
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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    No problem Jennifer. Google Alerts is a great way to keep informed in the industry. You can create an email alert so anytime a certain...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    That is amazing thank your for the input T. J. It is good to get the facts.
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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Read this online today.. Last line shows you even very well branded Cars.com sites are using SEM to drive traffic to their site. "The...
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    Lightnup (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    One of the reasons there are, and will always be, 3rd party vendors is that no matter how knowledgeable a dealership employee becomes...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Thank you Mr. Jeff larsen for the input! I was a bit confused, I was thinking that Jeff Kershner was trying to be an AKA..... Thanks to...
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    Jeff Larsen (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Thank you to Alex and all of the contributers of this article. I have learned and appreciated everyones input. Admitting I am an...
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    Richard Klepach (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I personally agree Autotrader.com is a bit too expensive, however over the last year since their price increase, I have seen quite a bit...
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    Sam Snyder replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    ...a big wig sit in his chair and laugh at the dealers and think " wow you must be really stupid & you have no choice" This mindset is...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Yes apparently I was the 100th post. I was not aware of that. It is funny they don't give their information and they have such hasty...
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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    It's just another way to get "newspaper" money trump the Partner package I'm sure. So if there is something above spotlights or your...
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    Jerry G. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Cool new feature. Will it justify it's costs in generating more customer call activity to support the ROI? I doubt it.
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    "Let me try this again. I took a screen shot of it this time. http://tinyurl.com/343upo Maybe these will be part of the "ALPHA"...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Congratulations Jennifer - you are the 100th poster in this thread! Notice how many people have jumped in this thread to refute on...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I agree with you Michael! I talk to so many dealers everyday and going in to the approach of the confidence of dealers trying to gather...
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    Michael (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I love the latest "DS" post must be someone that works at Autotrader. Sounds like he just got out of one of their training classes and...
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    Spencer (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I think you've missed a big point discussed here and that is many dealerships not seeing positive enough ROI for the investment in...
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    DS replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I laugh out loud at all the self righteous dealer personnel that cry about AT making money. Guess what, if you could do something...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I like reading these posts to get the feed back from everyone that is having both good and bad opinions on auto trader. Like I said...
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    Joe Pistell replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    IMO: Reduce AutoTrader position spending. Customers can see positioning structure. Customers are drilling down to year-make-model then...
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