A discussion of earning with Affiliate Programs, SEO, Wordpress Blogging and General Motivational Ideas for Internet Publishers

Following up on my last post about choosing affiliate programs wisely, today I wanted to warn any of my fellow promoters out there about a few programs that are to be avoided. If you read my previous article about Google sending me an email that one of my blog categories here was suspected of delivering spyware or scumware and although I was a bit peeved with Google for trying to be a virus or spyware protection agent instead of focusing on search, the actual incedent caused me to act as a responsible webmaster and investigate the possible causes in case Google wasn’t finding a “false positive”.

Considering the fact I serve dynamic ads through several providers, I had to take each one into account and analyze them one by one. Start at the top… The 728×90 banner at the top of this blog was served by a combination of providers. The main fill source is ADSDAQ (by ContextWeb) which is a CPM network and if my available banner space is unable to be filled by ADSDAQ, my backup ad provider was Google Adsense. I had believed ADSDAQ to be a very reputable source for my primary source and I’d even wrote a favorable article about them.

While I was checking for the source of the potential “spyware”, I reloaded the page several times and all of a sudden an Adbrite interstatial ad popped up and completely froze my browser and I had to to close and restart it. I don’t use Adbrite on this blog and I certainly have never used their interstatials (those annoying ads that pop up as you land on a page that say “this page is sponsored by”). I find the concept barbaric and akin to pop-ups or pop-unders. However, I did have an Adbrite publisher referral banner on the sidebar of the blog. I got rid of that thinking Google must have counted what Adbrite pulled as malware plus, I wasn’t too thrilled that an Adbrite referral banner caused an interruption to my site’s loading. In fact, I was so upset with Adbrite, I went to remove their ads from the few sites I run them on and I found several cases of Adbrite ads causing pop-ups or pop-unders and interstatials. Goodbye Adbrite.

Unbelievable what you catch when you’re serving third party CPM ads such as I was doing with ADSDAQ. I thought my findings with Adbrite were upsetting enough but when I reloaded this blog to make sure the Adbrite referral button was gone, bingo !! Another pop-up, this time an ADSDAQ banner was showing for a company called Polycom and the pop-up window took me here (http://www.nomorebuzz.com/Register.aspx). The banner matched the popped up site so I was more than certain that ADSDAQ had use the javascript code they deliver to mess with the visitor’s browser. Not on my site. Goodbye ADSDAQ.

I don’t appreciate these type of ads being served on my website without my permission. I have far too much respect for my blog readers and website visitors to slap them with pop-ups or spyware, malware, etc…

I’ve removed both Adbrite and ADSDAQ from my advertising space inventory.

         

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If you’re an AdBrite affiliate publisher and you’re using their interstitial ads, you’re going to love their newest tool for creating custom headers for your interstitial ads. The tool allows you to customize the interstitial headers with your own logo, colors and choice of navigation buttons. To use custom headers you must have an interstitial zone setup in your AdBrite account, but if you’re using AdBrite and not using zones to track your ad statistics, this might be an opportune time to begin using them especially if you have multiple ads in the system.

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Happy Publishing !!

         

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Just presenting a basic interpertation of the AdBrite PPC system for publishers…

Overview : AdBrite has definitely placed itself in the top rank of internet affiliate PPC programs and has shown a sheer determination to break into the contextual text PPC market that Google AdSense has a stranglehold on. AdBrite is not as strict regarding publisher’s limitations and even has an option to allow more “risque” ads on a publishers site if they approve.

Click Fraud : AdBrite uses an extensive auditing system to weed out duplicate clicks or clicks from a publisher’s IP. In my opinion, a publisher does have the right to click on ads and see what is being actually advertised on his/her site, and those clicks can be easily discredited during the audit process without banning a publisher who might potentially end up with invalid clicks for numerous reasons. IMHO, this saves a lot of time and effort on AdBrite’s part having to deal with disgruntled advertisers and/or publishers which cost a company resources.

Tips : Right now, AdBrite is useful if you are marketing to the “internet generation”, it’s a very new marketplace, and patience is a virtue here. If you want a real hint, and you are a publisher, not an advertiser, go in as a potential advertiser and look at how sites are ranked.

Customer Service : They actually answer the phone and talk to you. Very friendly and courteous staff and have been an overall pleasure dealing with.

ABP Opinion

We’re very impressed with the recent updates to the members area and have been supporting AdBrite for almost 2 years now. Never had a bad experience with them and their checks cash.

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