Considering using popups, bad idea?

Hey guys

I have a decently popular site that gets a few thousand page views a day, but I never get any clicks on ads, or leads thru affiliate offers since about half of the traffic is generated through mostly unrelated google searches. (Don't know how this happens, but I get the weirdest searches for some odd keywords to my site)

Since the PPC ads aren't doing well, or the affiliates, would it be a good idea to try out popups that pay CPM? Bad idea? And also, what is a good network to work with when displaying popups on your website?

 

clicksor.com offer popups but they only accept sites that gets 5k page view a day

 

if you're gonna piss off your visitors with popups go big and use zango lol

 

1 Pop up per 24 hours will not do any harm.

 

I have 1000+ visitors a day on my site but clicksor accepted my site anyway.

 

popup is good if most of your visitors are from US or europe otherwise the earning can be rather disppointing.

 

In my opinion pop-up(s) are not a good idea......and personally I frankly find them annoying.

 

How your content is been made?. is that a generalized one or on a particualar niche? I will not agree that a website which is listed in google will bring odd keywords not relevant to contents. or you might have black hatted

 

hi,

you should try all forms of advertising, why limit yourself?

of course opoups are good, as we all click on them dont we? yes they can be annoying but its an alternative way of banners etc dont work for you.

 

Just remember you will be against the TOS of other ad servers like Adsense.

 

The reason you might be getting traffic for unrelated keywords is because you might be getting backlinks from sites related to those keywords... Make sure the backlinks that you get are from sites related to yours.. this is very important...

 

The only backlinks to sites I have are those that are nearly identical

 

In my experience, unless you're offering something really special, steer away from pop ups... it's a real annoyance to the general visitor, and many have pop up blockers now. Pop ups generally will reduce the amount of recurring traffic you get, consider warning users, and if it's a forum or a site requiring sign ups, consider selling a VIP status that will mean users can avoid the ghastly sight of a pop up.
Just a suggestion ^^
Then again, if you don't expect a visitor to return after the first visit, then i'd advise a pop up, but just weigh up the pros and cons of what a pop up would bring to your site

 

Thanks Grit, this was very informative helpful advice!

 

i think its good idea but for popup under and it willnot hurt or harm your visitors anyway u have to try it for few time then ur visitors impression will judge

 

I am trying popunders this month and getting $1.80 per 1,000 and my traffic is steady so it doesnt look like it upsetting anyone and I am making an extra $75 this month ! Link in sig if you are interested.

 

Glad i was of some help to you ^^

 

Consider how will feel you visitors when open your web.

 

but popup give great income the if ur traffic is good you can set timers on popups nocap, 1 per seassion , 6 mins 12mins etc

i myslef earn about 20-30$ perday from popups with a cap of 6 mins baring in mind most of my users are from the usa and uk areas

 

How much traffic a day do you get to make 20-30 a day?