Does it really work? I've used adsblacklist.com to filter out low paying ads but everyday 10 more pop up. It seems like an impossible task. I was wondering if google picks the best CPC from the advertisers, so blocking ads is a waste of time? Your opinions please.
To be honest, i'm not convinced it works - I used the list and my PPC went down to about $0.01; I removed it, just to be sure, and its up to around $0.04... still crap though
well...this is how i see it... in my old niche i blocked quite a few...from doing so most of the ugly looking ad's dissapeared thus giving me a better CTR...but other than that i cant really say... now running a general business directory i dont bother blocking low paying ads because since its general its almost near impossible since my ads are of so many varities. hmm
I'm blocking several MFA sites, but only the most clicked on my site (not trying to block all because it's impossible). I'm detecting that sites with a selfmade javascript that send data to Google Analytics. I check and update the competitive list one or two times a month. I think that with that method my earnings were increased about 20%, but maybe I'm wrong. At least I'm not sending my visitors to some ugly MFA sites with no content .
I've used that blacklist service and my earnings have actually dropped...although the ads weren't high paying, they were attractive looking - and now I have dull ads that obviously aren't getting clicked.
the adsblacklist can't possibly know what mfa's are showing up on your specific site. so empty the filter, and make up your own blacklist.
I've experimented, but the increase was marginal and I'm not even sure if it was attributable to blocking certain ads.
Very good advice - I checked through the list URL by URL, and there were tonnes of sites there that would most likely have no chance of showing on my site given its content and niche
i wrote an article on low paying keywords, if u will be interested to read: Does filtering MFA sites helps? bottom line - depends on your site
exactly... it's amazing how people make judgements on the effectiveness of mfa filtering, based on using that stupid adsblacklist. the other thing to remember is that mfa'ers exist on cheap clicks because it's cheap to buy... why do you think we call it made for adsense instead of made for ypn? google invented the mfa with their whored-out keyword pricing, because it has no minimum bid... last time i looked, ypn has a $.10 minimum bid? so websites that have low epc will be swamped with mfa'ers, because it's a lot easier for mfa'ers to get a spot in the ad block.
My take on ads filtering is a resounding "No, it doesn't work". Reasons? - the scrapper made-for-Adsense sites will always change, today they are in Adwords, tomorrow they don't - geotargeting: if you are viewing your website from location A, you can only view certain ads (and then filter them), but visitors from location B will see different ads that you did not see I've written an article in my dysfunctional blog about Competitive Filtering. Hope the information helps!
It seems you've not read our previous posts. We are using our OWN FILTER LIST based on real CLICKS on OUR SITES all over the world.
adsblacklist.com didnt work for me ,what did was i manually found out what the ads were, went to the websites, if they were MFA sites, i blocked the website. But everyday some new low paying mfa comes around.
What I suspect is that there is no way we can tell the ads will continue to pay low or suddenly increase their campaign payout. Maybe they pay low on Sundays and Mondays, but increase on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for example. Anyone heard of using less ads to ensure best-paying ones to appear on your site?
I don't know, even maybe I'm blocking the higher ones. I check my click stats, visit the sites with most clicks and block those which are gargabe MFA .
It tried this, and the result were also marginal. Better spending time on marketing or content building.