Best Ad Program For A Sports Forum?

Discussion in 'Pay Per Click Advertising' started by Shawon, Sep 29, 2006.

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    I'm looking to use an ad program for my sports forum, http://www.sportsconvo.com/. Just trying to figure out which would be the best and would have the most clicks and payout.

    Right now I get around ~240 uniques per day and the ads get around maybe ~800 impressions. Right now I'm using YPN, it's alright, but I barely get any clicks and I'm not really making anything, like $30 in over 6 months, which is nothing lol.

    So which would be the best to use for this site? It can have payouts by PayPal or check or w/e, don't matter.
     
    Shawon, Sep 29, 2006 IP
  2. codeber

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    probably adsense. They have the most advertisers in your area (sports).
    For websites you usually expect a 1-5% click through rate of uniques.
    For forums only, you usually get a lower rate 1%, maybe upto 2-3% of uniques.

    You should get enough to cover your hosting expenses, but probably wont make much in the way of profit.
     
    codeber, Sep 29, 2006 IP
  3. Shawon

    Shawon Well-Known Member

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    Alright I will try out Adsense. I was going to start out with it, but they never accepted my registration, I will try it again, thanks.

    And would it be better if I included the ad on all pages or would it be better if I just had it like on the index page?
     
    Shawon, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    the more impressions, the higher probability of a click.
     
    codeber, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    I would try using ebay and using a targeted ad for sports. Also try ticketmaster, they may have something.
     
    ScottFish, Sep 29, 2006 IP
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    Hello,

    I am new to this -

    What do you mean by using Ebay to advertise on?

    Thanks
     
    ppcnut, Oct 2, 2006 IP
  7. Shawon

    Shawon Well-Known Member

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    I'm using MaxBounty right now, gonna try it out for a week or so see how it does.
     
    Shawon, Oct 2, 2006 IP