I don't use either one for publishing but as an advertiser I had a bad experience with linkbucks and they owe me money.
Well, I've got an account with Linkbucks and Adf.ly and between the two the only one I've been paid by was Linkbucks. Don't get me wrong, I didn't get paid without a fight. Now they got payments set up so that people can get paid instantly. It wasn't that way back when I had to make complaints just to get paid. So keep all that in mind. If you make money, you shouldn't have to fight to get your money that you earned 100% legally. Period. So I don't use Linkbucks. As far as Adf.ly, well guess I hadn't earned enough to see a payment. Anyway, doesn't matter because life goes on and so do I. I don't like either one of these.
>> in terms of either getting paid i use mainly top banner option. Through link testing(top banner), i discovered that linkbuck do not record the click traffic properly. The stats stay zero without going up after the testing. The click traffic for Adfly are ok and counting correctly.
i wish they provide daily, yesterday, weekly link stats too. the site is a bit slow sometimes when trying to create links.
i prefer linkbucks they allow adult and has high payout rates compare to adfly and i love how frequent the stats update I am using linkbucks in this site imgtab.net
I took a look at the Alexa Traffic-Rankings for Adfly and Linkbucks and I'm asking myself who could be the No.3 shortlink-monetizer after Adfly and Linkbucks (according to Alexa.com)?