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.
2 Responses to “Problems with auction ads”
Comment from Administrator
Time February 13, 2008 at 7:02 am
thanks for your contribution.
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Comment from Brian Gillingham
Time February 8, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Hello — I wrote a replacement for AuctionAds that has none of the problems that AuctionAds has had.
I hope this helps somebody (who used to publish AuctionAds on their blog) to start making money again with their blog traffic.
The ads are completely customizable. Options available to customize: all colors, font, fontsize, size, rows, columns, border style (none, rounded, square), layout, thumbnail size (or no thumbs), You can make the ad fit any page.
There is even a built-in referral system that can get you some more revenue from those who you refer. My reporting is 100% reflective of your traffic. From your AuctionReporting’s “admin panel”, I display your impressions, clicks and actions.
We even can do content-sensitive ads (if you make an ad without any keywords, the engine I wrote will scrape each page that is published with that ad on it — to get the best keywords), although selecting your known keywords is better.
If you join our service, you start off with TWO full months free membership at our highest commission payout percentage which is 99%. Due to the fact that eBay credits sales with a cookie, you can expect to earn less on the first few days that ads are published. After this period, you can see your true daily potential.