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Entries Categorized as 'Ad Networks'

Clicksor serves up porn

Date April 10, 2008

Today I got served a fullscreen pop up of hardcore porn images.
By my own site.
Clicksor has been removed from all my sites now. And the worst part of it was, it wasn’t even earning decent money. If you’re considering running Clicksor on your sites, I’d think again: the money is crap, and so are the [...]

AdSense and text links plan looking good so far

Date April 8, 2008

In my last post, I said I was going to return to selling followable text link ads and running PPC on a few select websites that I don’t mind losing. The purpose is to get some income back in here, which I can reinvest in my sites that have long term promise.
Not long after posting, [...]

Flagship or Niche

Date March 18, 2008

I’ve been reading Matt Jones’ ebook recently (and no, merely linking to it does not qualify me for his contest - I’m linking because I like it), in which he talks about how to monetize different types of blogs. I’m not giving away enough to keep you from downloading the book yourself, but here’s the [...]

Survey your advertisers

Date March 12, 2008

One of the big disadvantages of third-party ad networks is most of them don’t let you talk directly to the people buying ad space on your sites. When you sell ads directly (or through a third party service that lets you talk to them), take advantage of your ability to ask your advertisers a few [...]

LinkWorth test update

Date March 12, 2008

I said back in February that I was testing whether you can sell nofollow text link ads via LinkWorth, now that they’re offering them. I also promised to update you in March.
As I reported near the end of February, I did indeed sell one nofollow link. So far, it’s the only one. But they did [...]

LinkWorth system doesn’t credit properly

Date February 21, 2008

When I published the LinkWorth link that I sold the other day and posted about, their system didn’t pick it up. The next morning, it still listed the link as “publishing” which means I’ve accepted it but not put it up on my site yet - I’d put it up about 18 hours before that.
I [...]

Sold a nofollow link!

Date February 19, 2008

Once again, proof that not everyone is buying links for Google juice - I just sold a nofollow link ad via LinkWorth on a site that has about 60 feedreaders and under 5,000 uniques per month, but is good for someone trying to brand their stuff. The link sold for $40, of which I’ll keep [...]

Testing LinkWorth

Date February 15, 2008

As I mentioned on the main site, LinkWorth is now letting us sell no-follow text link ads. This is exactly what I wished would happen: they seem to be more decent and less manipulative than /* , they have a decent marketplace, and they were generally able to sell my ads for more than TLA [...]

Trying Show Your Ad Here

Date February 4, 2008

As I mentioned on the main site, ShowYourAdHere is now live. I’m testing it on a couple of sites right now, including this one (actually, I’m about to go set that up right now, so if you click this 5 seconds after I’ve posted, just refresh in, like, thirty seconds). I’ll report on results as [...]

Lowering no-follow text ad prices

Date January 16, 2008

No-follow text ads on this site are half-off through February ($7.50 for a 30 day homepage link; other pricing options available). Figured I’d make like a retail store and have a “50% off After the Holidays Sale.”  They appear in the sidebar, just under the 125×125 ads.
Speaking of which, the 125×125 ads are still $10/4 [...]