Bye Bye Ads!

I've had ads on my site from the get go and to be honest they suck. I used Google Ads until I got a ban because of illegal clicks (we have 1 IP in work!!!). I then tried using Bidvertiser, but to no avail. You can choose your own ads out of a selection but because they are not related to the posts they look out of place.

So after $9.24 worth of clicks and about 3 months waiting for someone to push me over the $10 mark (so I'd get paid) I've decided to remove the ads.

I'm advertising free at the moment but I might put a link in to your blog or site, just get in touch!

Come on! My google Page Rank is 2. I'm not a nobody.

Bidvertiser Tips

My Blog is very general. And when I joined bidvertiser this really hampered me. My ads were not relevant to my content like Adsense would be.

But since I noticed this and started writing more about my travels this has really picked up.

So Tip number 1: Write content that sticks to the area you have classified your blog as.

Bidvertiser - Day 4

I've been using bidvertiser instead of Google Adsense for 4 days now and the results are not great so far. I've had 160+ impressions with only 1 click through. With adsense my click through rate was around 8%. So at this stage I would have hoped to to have around 13 clicks. But alas I only have 1.

Why is this? My site is getting more traffic than ever. I am getting more return visitors. So what is the problem?

I think that it could be the ads and the content of the ads. They are not based on my content. They are not localised. They are based on the general area of my blog. My blog is very general but Bidvertiser makes you pick a single topic for your blog.

I have declined all ads for casinos and gambling because of personal preference.

So I currently have some ads that aren't really suitable or relevant to my site. I will try and change the ads that are shown and see if this helps but if the CTR does not pick up I will remove the ads.

Making money

I used to have Google Ads on my site but I got a mail last week saying they had banned me. It turns out that since I work in an office with a shared external IP, it looks like I am clicking my own ads. If only they used MAC Address.

I'm dissapointed but since I use google ads to advertise I am happy that they take so much care of your money.

So I am now trying out bidvertiser to see how that works out. It pays you for every $10 worth of clicks.

I will let you know how it works out for me.