Problems with auction ads
Recently many webmasters have reported various problems with auction ads. I have noticed that the number of reported clicks for the past few weeks has fallen from 50 clicks a day to just a few while the traffic of my site has remained the same.
Here are my stats showing that in spite the number impressions is the same the number of clicks has cratered.
08/01 34321 91 0.27% $1.13
08/02 42217 118 0.28% $0.00
08/03 35276 87 0.25% $0.25
08/04 29478 66 0.22% $15.63
08/05 30035 108 0.36% $0.38
08/06 15486 43 0.28% $14.40
08/07 0 0 0% $1.18
08/08 76754 92 0.12% $3.29
08/09 35678 15 0.04% $0.00
08/10 34190 14 0.04% $3.07
08/11 32354 14 0.04% $15.91
08/12 32803 10 0.03% $0.65
08/13 37107 9 0.02% $0.00
08/14 35650 3 0.01% $0.00
08/15 36062 12 0.03% $1.41
08/16 36676 5 0.01% $0.00
08/17 33006 9 0.03% $0.0
08/01 34321
On one day auction ads completely failed to record any stats.
Other complaints include delayed payments and lack of email support.
Here are some threads on myspacepros that exemplify this point
thread one
thread two
The major complains are ads not loading, discrepancy in reports, poor customer service, and inaccurate ad targeting.
If this continues auction ads will fail within a year. People will simply pull the ads and look elsewhere. Ever since auction ads was sold a month ago it has gone to hell and there seems to be no silver lining in any of this.