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Infolink's drastic decline in CTR

Discussion in 'Pay Per Click Advertising' started by CoreyFC, Aug 7, 2010.

  1. b0sAnChE

    b0sAnChE Member

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    #21
    hi dp members,

    it's me again. infolinks has mailed me back, and i'll let you inform in one week what's going on with my earning.

    best regards
     
    b0sAnChE, Aug 14, 2010 IP
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    #22
    Well I can't complain that I didn't hear from them. I was suggested to try different categories, more links per page. But I am already using enough links per page.
    And it is not like my CTR and clicks dropped.
    @CoreyFC do you mind sharing which category are you using?
    I am getting over 400 clicks per day but making around 3$. Although my traffic is European though. I imagine your is USA.
     
    Karabaja, Aug 14, 2010 IP
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    b0sAnChE Member

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    #23
    Thank you Sarah. I've send a mail back to the infolinks team. Will let you know, how it's performing the next few days. Great support !
     
    b0sAnChE, Aug 15, 2010 IP
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    #24
    The DP forum itself shows how many people are pleased with Infolinks.. lol. You need to think seriously to stay in the market.

     
    Avisblr, Aug 17, 2010 IP
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    rush4gold Active Member

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    #25
    Vibrant Media > InfoLinks > Kontera

    Best > Good > Bad
     
    rush4gold, Aug 17, 2010 IP
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    learn2earn Well-Known Member

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    #26
    July 19 to Aug 4 a good amount of near to 7k visitors and clicks atleast 40 near but after then your traffic dropped drastically to 3k and how could you expect back the same earning??
     
    learn2earn, Aug 21, 2010 IP
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    remshad Active Member

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    #27
    i think infolinks pays good after adsense ,
     
    remshad, Aug 26, 2010 IP
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    clickerboy Peon

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    #28
    yes this was true some months ago...but not now
     
    clickerboy, Aug 29, 2010 IP
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    Karabaja Member

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    #29
    Well I am trying out Vibrant atm. Too early to say but if they don't work out I'll see how Kontera is doing. Somebody let me know if Infolinks earnings go back up :)
     
    Karabaja, Sep 14, 2010 IP
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    #30
    I have just joined infolinks 1 weeks because almost people said infolinks is best ads-in-text network. but in 1st week when I had more visitor than ever, I just earn 3-4$/day like from clicksor in last month, is it low? Shoud I try joining Vibrant media or kontera ?
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    decent_bad_guy, Sep 14, 2010 IP
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    sai_510 Peon

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    #31
    Yeah same here....

    Since July, I too have seen a drstic drop in the eCPM.
    I wrote to them, they replied once (to ask for my userid and PID) and now the CPM went even down :x
    I am quite fed up of these intext ads now!!!

    Anyone with a better suggestion (of course other than adsense/pvt. ads)???
     
    sai_510, Sep 18, 2010 IP
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    decent_bad_guy Peon

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    #32
    I have just joined infolinks but My ecpm is down day by day, may be everyone should try another ads-in-text network
     
    decent_bad_guy, Sep 19, 2010 IP
  13. Internetobserver

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    #33
    No doubt earnings from infolinks is lower than google adsense but honestly speaking it is way ahead of Knotera. According to my experience If google adsense pays you $ 0.06 to 0.1 for a particulat click ( I am talking about click on the same company ad) Infolinks will barely pay you around $ 0.01 and Kontera will pay you around $0.005. Furthermore, there are many text link ads of Infolinks which are directed to Infolinks website and My Good Page. Those who don't know, you will not get paid for those clicks for reasons which are more than obvious (How can you expect an ad network to pay you for directing traffic to them, unless you are an affiliate).

    Thanks to lack of quality competitors Infolinks has got no competition from other text link advertisers like Kontera, Adbrite, Clicksor etc. However, those guys who are running Google Adsense and Infolinks together my suggestion would be to avoid putting infolinks on your popular posts as click on Infolinks would mean missing the click on Google Adsense. It doesn't take rocket science to infer that who pays more and who irritates your visitors.

    Infolinks has not got any real policy of site approval and thats why it will never become serious challenge for Google Adsense. You will find infolinks on crappy websites, when you will read the content of those websites within minute or two you will realise that those websites are run by webmasters who are not educated in English Language.

    Infolinks gets ad from only those advertisers who are interested in bringing cheap traffic on their websites. No doubt these advertisers look for networks like infolinks where cpc is abysmally low. Infolinks doesn't encourage small advertisers, infact there are 100s of adnetworks where one can go and advertise but Infolinks which is a dominant player doesn't have any such provision for advertisers. So the end result is there is not much competition for the keywords and there is not any increase in the advertising bids. The bottom line is Infolinks doesn't make money and as a publisher your will also not make money.
     
    Last edited: Sep 27, 2010
    Internetobserver, Sep 27, 2010 IP
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    VisionMaster Well-Known Member

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    #34
    this is the best i have read, i totally agree with you.
     
    VisionMaster, Sep 30, 2010 IP
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    #35
    you are getting .01 per click. that sucks
    and 81 K impressions
    try adbrite or clicksor
     
    money$maker, Sep 30, 2010 IP
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    #36
    Iam using clicksor and getting around $2 - $3 a day
     
    perfectblue, Oct 1, 2010 IP
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    #37
    Fluctuations in Earning is part of life in case of Infolinks. Don't forget that sometimes it pays so heavily that even adsense can't compete against it.
     
    world_is_mine, Oct 17, 2010 IP
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    #38
    Infolinks now too bad performance, earnings dropped, well they got lot of publishers. then who cares publishers earnings and ecpm.
     
    anishniranam, Oct 17, 2010 IP
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    #39
    its the time to try any other network, now me seriously hate Infolinks, i supported them a lot, in my experience in all networks earning increasing day by day, but here its dropping :(
     
    anishniranam, Oct 17, 2010 IP
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    #40
    After giving Infolinks weeks to get it together, I am leaving for Vibrant. I've contacted infolinks about closing my account. If Vibrant doesn't work for me I'll just do without intext ads.

    Good luck all./
     
    CoreyFC, Oct 18, 2010 IP