Adsense + Kontera conclusion.......

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by oncameratalent, Feb 15, 2008.

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In YOUR opinion, what is the best supplemental program to Adsense (on same website)

Poll closed Oct 7, 2009.
  1. AdBrite

    21.4%
  2. Chitika

    12.9%
  3. WidgetBucks

    4.3%
  4. Kontera

    50.0%
  5. Commission Junction

    15.7%
  6. Clickbank

    10.0%
  7. VibrantMedia

    2.9%
  8. IntelliTXT

    4.3%
  9. Linkshare

    2.9%
  10. YPN

    5.7%
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  1. massiva

    massiva Active Member

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    #41
    I received the email 2 days ago. thanks anyway


     
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  2. oncameratalent

    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #42
    Yes, I am currently testing Chitika linx. Until I receive payment from Kontera, I have removed their tags.
     
    oncameratalent, Mar 17, 2008 IP
  3. oncameratalent

    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #43
    After posting here tonight, Kontera finally issued my payment to Paypal.
     
    oncameratalent, Mar 17, 2008 IP
  4. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    #44
    For me, Kontera is performing better than other supplemental programs to adsense.
     
    angilina, Mar 18, 2008 IP
  5. oncameratalent

    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #45
    You might try Chitika Linx. It has outperformed Kontera by far since I switched recently. I have heard the same from several publishers here.

    Oh, and a word about Widgetbucks......

    I recently decided to test Widgetbucks. I had that $25 sign up bonus and wanted to get to $50 to cash it out. So I put a Widgetbucks leaderboard on my sites. Then I checked it in a couple of days. For an entire days stats, the report showed almost 4,000 impressions and only 10 clicks!!!

    I know this can't be true, because I have tested many different programs leaderboards, and have never got less than around 45-50 clicks on a leaderboard in that same spot on that many impressions. So I honestly do believe that they cheat publishers.

    I wondered how they could afford to give everyone a $25 sign up bonus. Now I know that its because only a tiny fraction of those who got the sign up bonus ever reach the payout amount!!

    Needless to say, I removed WB ads from my pages. And as I mentioned, Chitika has rocked for me as an Adsense supplement, plus it is compatible to run alongside Adsense on the same website, just read it on the Chitika website.....
     
    oncameratalent, Mar 22, 2008 IP
  6. oncameratalent

    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #46
    I read on your blog about how Chitika has not yet displayed your "audited earnings". That is kind of discouraging. Chitika had been performing very well since implementing it a week ago. But since Kontera is on the rise, I am switching back. I am on a merry-go-round. I guess that is the only way to really test these out. To go back and forth. I do agree that Kontera does seem to actually care about their publishers. Other than a couple of payment issues that were eventually taken care of, it does indeed seem that they have outstanding support in a world where affiliate programs seem to care less about the publishers. Kontera had done some changes which caused the delay in payment. But they apologized, and they are even paying publishers for when they were down in early march (here is that letter they sent to publishers)

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    So I don't need any more reason either to return to Kontera over Chitika! :D
     
    oncameratalent, Mar 24, 2008 IP
  7. Sockmoney

    Sockmoney Peon

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    #47
    I got the same e-mail from Kontera and was very impressed with their communication and support. The whole "unaudited income" thing with Chitika is pretty unattractive. Plus, Chitika focuses primarily on products. If you site is about more than specific products, they have trouble matching good ads. I think Kontera does a much better job from that perspective.

    We've been VERY pleased with Kontera so far... Been using them about 5-6 months now.
     
    Sockmoney, Mar 25, 2008 IP
  8. mika.kontera

    mika.kontera Guest

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    #48
    Hello everyone,

    I'm from Kontera, stopping by to say that it's great to read this lively discussion. We do our best to continually improve the support services we provide to publishers. For this reason, it's very important for us to read your feedback and we often look for it.
    I want to use this chance to mention that Kontera has a new Invite a Friend program. Publishers have the opportunity to earn extra pay for inviting friends to the Kontera network.

    I'll be around to answer any questions.

    Thanks,

    Mika
     
    mika.kontera, Apr 13, 2008 IP
  9. netfreak

    netfreak Peon

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    #49
    I am just start using Kontera, thought it was the best after adsense so voted for it.
     
    netfreak, Apr 13, 2008 IP
  10. oncameratalent

    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #50
    The "Invite a Friend" thing sounds like a great idea!
     
    oncameratalent, Apr 17, 2008 IP
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    homebizseo Peon

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    #51
    Any add revenue as a plus It all ads up. Adsense is the topdog on mysite and any revenue added by another advertising company is appreciated.
     
    homebizseo, Apr 17, 2008 IP
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    coollokesh Banned

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    #52
    I tried Bidvertiser ads but with no success
     
    coollokesh, Apr 18, 2008 IP
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    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #53
    I just wanted to report that my first Chitika Linx payment was issued the other day. It turns out that my Chitika Linx "audited earnings" were 20% less than the "unaudited earnings".

    So in summation, Kontera revenue is equal to if not better overall than Chitika.

    Looks like Kontera is the best program to supplement Adsense on the same page.
     
    oncameratalent, May 2, 2008 IP
  14. DrewAMP

    DrewAMP Peon

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    #54
    Kontera brings in very little money for myself. Just about ten dollars per month. The words with the ads that people may accidentally scroll over is not worth the few bucks I make per month through, so I have taken them down.

    Plus Kontera seemed to make my page load longer.
     
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  15. www.livesportz.com

    www.livesportz.com Well-Known Member

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    #55
    simply , if you like affiliate you can use CJ , not use affiliate you can choose one matching with adsense TOS
     
    www.livesportz.com, May 2, 2008 IP
  16. oncameratalent

    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #56
    As you can see I have been testing between Chitika Linx and Kontera for a while now. Yeah, I was skeptical at first, worried about Kontera taking away clicks from the higher earning Adsense ads, but after extrensive testing, that was not the case. And many other Kontera users will back this up. I make substantially more than a few dollars a month from Kontera, so it certainly has paid off for me.

    Also, I get approx 8,000 visitors a day to my websites, and am highly accessable to my users. I have never once received a single negative comment about Kontera ads. Not a single person has ever even mentioned anything.
     
    oncameratalent, May 2, 2008 IP
  17. shanX

    shanX Peon

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    #57
    VibrantMedia == IntelliTXT ?? :D


    I tried Kontera for almost a years or so, and earned $15 or something lyk tht from an automotive site that gets about 120k-150k pageviews a month. Kontera's pay-per-click is very much lower. So I just removed them and was searching for a secondary monetizing program beside Adsense for sometime.

    Applied to MIVA MC their disapproved my sites, tried to get in by negotiating, I was tolf to re-apply with a new username but their system was buggy. Tried applying at Vibrantmedia Intellitxt, got approved, running their ads now. Their CTR is low, has to get a lot of impressions to get few clicks, maybe it is normal with inline ads. But their pay-per-click is higher, at times higher than Adsense, so it sums up in a way. April was my 1st month with them, earned $30 something for around 100 clicks, not that bad compared to Kontera and afterall this is an added secondary revenue stream along side Adsense..
     
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    oncameratalent Active Member

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    #58
    Has anyone had any success with using the new Chitika Premium ads?

    My Chitika Linx earnings seem to have dipped sharply the last 5-6 days.
     
    oncameratalent, Jun 9, 2008 IP
  19. shanX

    shanX Peon

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    #59
    No one seems to click Premium ads as Chitika says, i have been them running them on a low traffic (but targeted) for the last 4-5 days

    138 impressions - 2 clicks - $0.02 revenue :D
     
    shanX, Jun 9, 2008 IP
  20. crownrahul

    crownrahul Well-Known Member

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    #60
    HI,
    I am using Adsense with Kontera, it is nice.
    thanks
     
    crownrahul, Jun 9, 2008 IP