Question about Proxies - Geotargeting

Discussion in 'General Business' started by BncApps, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. #1
    A lot of people said that if you host a proxy it is best to block all countries like China, Iran, etc so your ads are worth more

    But I see this in 2 ways:
    1. Block all those countries, leave a few left. Make alot from adsense, less traffic
    2. Dont block anything, have a lot of traffic, make less from adsense but since there is more traffic it should balance out?


    What do you guys think? Pros and Cons of blocking the countries
     
    BncApps, Dec 30, 2008 IP
  2. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    #2
    It depend on your marketing strategy.
    For me,i did not block china traffic coz i make something out of it.
    I put some affiliate link into my proxy and i do generate some sales/week.
    So,its all up to you,if you don't have any product to sell to them,then you should block it coz it only waste your bandwidth
     
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  3. BncApps

    BncApps Member

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    May I ask what affiliate network your on and what your selling?
    Also, how much does the sales through the affiliates make you each week?

    Maybe you can give a link to your proxy so I can take a look?

    Edit: Adsense from today so far (7:30 pm atm)
    impressions: 479
    clicks: 3
    CTR: 0.63%
    CPM: $0.38
    Earnings: $0.18

    I think its from the link bar that dosnt make much :/
     
    BncApps, Dec 30, 2008 IP
  4. fuzzyweb

    fuzzyweb Banned

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    yea, i supposed you sell items targeted to teenagers?
     
    fuzzyweb, Dec 30, 2008 IP
  5. justinlorder

    justinlorder Peon

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    It is up to you . For me, I don't block traffic from any places .
    The netizen of China is over 200 million . I believe the market will become mature soon .
     
    justinlorder, Dec 30, 2008 IP
  6. BncApps

    BncApps Member

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    What affiliate network do you suggest?

    Btw, page rank updates!

    One of my sites got pr 3, another got 2 and another got 1
     
    BncApps, Dec 30, 2008 IP
  7. BncApps

    BncApps Member

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    Yeah its pretty bad, 90% of traffic is comming from Iran. Yesterday I got 3 clicks and only made 5 cents


    I added Amazon affiliate stuff but i doubt anybody would even buy anything

    Edit: oh and it used 1.5gb of bandwidth within 8 hours
     
    BncApps, Jan 1, 2009 IP
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    I only block IRAN,
    they don't click my ADS and hey have very cheap clicks.
    Yet they consume my bandwidth the most.
    I shouldn't allow them to use my proxy, it is January 2 and they almost ate 50% of my bandwidth darn
     
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  9. TheVccMatey

    TheVccMatey Peon

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    Don't block China! They give you decent earnings.
     
    TheVccMatey, Jan 1, 2009 IP
  10. BncApps

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    I am now only blocking Iran as they ate up like 2-5gb of bandwidth overnight each day. When they access the site all they get is amazon afiliate ads, the google ads are not displayed to them and the proxy will not work for them at all.

    Basically, if your from Iran and go to my site you are greeted with ads :)
     
    BncApps, Jan 3, 2009 IP
  11. Roselei

    Roselei Guest

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    why it is best to block all countries like China, Iran, etc! China, the largest internet user country!
     
    Roselei, Jan 3, 2009 IP