Comments on: AuctionAds Affiliate Performance Update

By: More on Auctionads Success

More on Auctionads Success — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:55:35 +0000

[...] Schroeder from Emonetized.com posted “AuctionAds Affiliate Performance Update” in which he details the successes he has has along with some very interesting figures. These [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:15:47 +0000

Interesting..I just read a post by Allen Stern on centernetworks.com about making $35 in June off a single AuctionAds box.

He was promoting the iPhone though so it could all depend on buzz.

I’m wondering whether this will be a good idea for sites other than blogs (such as my SMS site). What do you think?

By: Socialman

Socialman — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:18:09 +0000

Zac my apologies if this sounded personal. My remark was that generally marketeers and webmasters fail to calculate the effect of advertising for their brand. If you are very popular the effect might be mild. If you are however small and growing it might not be the best way forward.

All I am saying is that sometimes the advertising dollar gained might not be so profitable after all.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:55:55 +0000

Socialman, I do not run AuctionAds on my blog (nor any other ads). Since I have not tested advertising on Blogs, I can not talk of how it affects user experience or if it makes them leave. I mainly use AuctionAds on general audience/traffic web sites.

By: Socialman

Socialman — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:39:54 +0000

What Zac fails to calculate is how many readers he loses by displaying the ads. Disruptive or irrelevant advertising can take it’s toll on returning visitors.

Has anyone noticed losing readers by packing their blog/site with ads?

I know I have.

By: Bloggrrl

Bloggrrl — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:22:29 +0000

Thanks for doing the math. I haven’t tried them, and based on your report, I don’t think I will, especially since my site is geared towards bloggers looking for a good time as opposed to any commercial product. Very useful post!

By: Erik Karey

Erik Karey — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:51:34 +0000

I’ve found AuctionAds pretty frustrating. I’ve been able to get my CTR near 3% and made nearly nothing off of it.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:25:06 +0000

Thanks for the link back and posting. AuctionAds can be very frustrating with earnings, especially on how it tracks. I see many $30-$60 days… then random $150 days out of no where. Try switching in some new search results and also try targeting to higher prices items. These may help improve your earnings.

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:11:04 +0000

53,194 made less than $4!… Thats really bad, thanks for doing this experiement for us!

By: James Pegram

James Pegram — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:08:08 +0000

I posted a couple of days ago about their performance taking me surprise (only because I forgot about them). After working them a little more I can’t say I’m seeing results that are much better than what you’ve shown. It’s great for Zac but that can be true for any program when you have that much traffic (think Adsense paying .03 per click). I’m going to let them ride the duration of the month, then see where they are at before reassessing them.