Comments on: Text-Link-Ads Suck http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/ A discussion of earning with Affiliate Programs, SEO Wordpress Blogging and General Motivational Ideas for Internet Publishers Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: tyler dewitt http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-269 tyler dewitt Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:16:31 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-269 Hmm interesting read, thats why you should use us for :) for your contextual links Hmm interesting read, thats why you should use us for :) for your contextual links

]]> By: Dave http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-270 Dave Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:47:23 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-270 I already have Google Adsense for contextual ads and as far as I'm concerned, I'm finished with advertising for now. i prefer to promote my sites the old fashioned way, by word of mouth. I already have Google Adsense for contextual ads and as far as I’m concerned, I’m finished with advertising for now. i prefer to promote my sites the old fashioned way, by word of mouth.

]]> By: Marguerite Jasmin http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-341 Marguerite Jasmin Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:05:56 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-341 "$450 on TLS’a in 3 months" maybe you should have just bought links directly from specific blogs or websites wouldn't that have cost you less ? “$450 on TLS’a in 3 months” maybe you should have just bought links directly from specific blogs or websites wouldn’t that have cost you less ?

]]> By: Eric http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-355 Eric Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:19:04 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-355 This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Link-Ads Suck. Thanks for informative article This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Link-Ads Suck. Thanks for informative article

]]> By: Alexa Sucks At Explaining How To Boost Rankings http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-1259 Alexa Sucks At Explaining How To Boost Rankings Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:30:32 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-1259 [...] you even have a clue as to the number of high level and quality bloggers you pass up because you base your approvals on the Alexa ranking system?” Don’t get me wrong… I love Text-Link-Ads; however, I feel strongly that TLA [...] […] you even have a clue as to the number of high level and quality bloggers you pass up because you base your approvals on the Alexa ranking system?” Don’t get me wrong… I love Text-Link-Ads; however, I feel strongly that TLA […]

]]> By: John Clinebell http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-3653 John Clinebell Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:38:39 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-3653 I was using TLA to advertise my music site around the same time as you. I got some results for Yahoo and MSN, but Google isn't fooled by them any more. And the term I was really gunning for I got no traction with. And it's not like it's a hard phrase to rank for.. Text link ads do suck! Also, don't depend on their 'experts' to draft you a worthwhile proposal. They will just recommend a mish mash of sites, many of which have nothing to do with your demographic. Ok, I'm done ranting now. Thanks for putting this online, cause I was gonna blog about it. I was using TLA to advertise my music site around the same time as you. I got some results for Yahoo and MSN, but Google isn’t fooled by them any more. And the term I was really gunning for I got no traction with. And it’s not like it’s a hard phrase to rank for.. Text link ads do suck! Also, don’t depend on their ‘experts’ to draft you a worthwhile proposal. They will just recommend a mish mash of sites, many of which have nothing to do with your demographic. Ok, I’m done ranting now. Thanks for putting this online, cause I was gonna blog about it.

]]> By: Dave http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-3794 Dave Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:04:20 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-3794 John, thanks for the comment. My bad experience with TLA was not only the two sites I bought links (for advertising, not PR purposes) were both smacked from PR5 down to PR3 after this last update. On top of it, I tried to cancel my account, they deleted my login and password but kept charging my credit card. Thanks to Bank of America, I was refunded my money and the representative I spoke to said BOA has had numerous complaints against TLA. Personally, I'll never touch anything Patrick Gavin (founder of TLA) has anything to do with ever again. Auction-Ads was a miserable failure and a waste of my advertising space was his newest venture ShoppingAds. John, thanks for the comment. My bad experience with TLA was not only the two sites I bought links (for advertising, not PR purposes) were both smacked from PR5 down to PR3 after this last update. On top of it, I tried to cancel my account, they deleted my login and password but kept charging my credit card. Thanks to Bank of America, I was refunded my money and the representative I spoke to said BOA has had numerous complaints against TLA.
Personally, I’ll never touch anything Patrick Gavin (founder of TLA) has anything to do with ever again. Auction-Ads was a miserable failure and a waste of my advertising space was his newest venture ShoppingAds.

]]> By: Paul http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-5265 Paul Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:09:05 +0000 http://www.affiliatebestprograms.com/text-link-ads-suck/#comment-5265 WHy pay for TLA when you can get targeted links for free. I use Arkayne on several of my blogs and it works great for page rank as well as relevant exposure. For the curious: http://www.arkayne.com Good Luck. WHy pay for TLA when you can get targeted links for free. I use Arkayne on several of my blogs and it works great for page rank as well as relevant exposure.

For the curious: http://www.arkayne.com

Good Luck.

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