Is azoogle losing it's number 1 status?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by ryanman, Sep 15, 2007.

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    Well if you were to compare azoogle to other networks now they seem to have lesser offers and lower payouts. I think azoogle is not what it used to be. What do you think?
     
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    Copeac is catching up quick.
     
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  3. ryanman

    ryanman Active Member

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    It's not catching up it has already overtaken azoogle by a huge margin. Azoogle's alexa rank=7,864 whereas copeac now= 2,714.

    Azoogle has totally cleared one field submits such as zips and emails which are the best performers for most affiliates. In order to survive they need to be a bit more innovative.
     
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    I would have to agree with you on that. Copeac is the future. And don't forget maxbounyty. They are not bad either.
     
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    ryanman Active Member

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    How about rocketprofit with the highest payout in the industry for zip and email submits? And don't forget cpaempire with more than 1000 offers. Clickbooth isnt bad either. And even other growing networks such as millnic media, market leverage, incentaclick, ourfreestuff etc all seem to be better than azoogle now.
     
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    this is the most ignorant post I have EVER seen on this community

    since when does Alexa (which is utterly useless anyway) tell you anything useful about a company's performance?
     
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    Well I can't speak about Alexa but some of the other networks I am with besides Azoogle have higher payouts for the same offer and pisses me off Azoogle pulled all there payday loan offers. Those 2 factors of crappy offers and lower payouts I think is driving business away from Azoogle. I also have not seen a pay increase on any of the offers I promote since they pulled there rewards program as well so 3 things I switched mostly to Copeac for.
     
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    True.

    I actually also moved away from Azoogle at the beginning of this month. Another affiliate company is giving me offers that pay 10-20% more than Azoogle and convert just as well if not better.

    I'm just saying Alexa offers no proof of anything...ever.
     
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  9. ryanman

    ryanman Active Member

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    Well compare the two companies and let me know who's better and who has higher payouts now. And talking of alexa it just goes to show you copeac has far much more traffic than azoogle.
     
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    ryanman Active Member

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    And yes alexa does not have any proof and it's not at all used to compare Google and yahoo and neither is it used anymore to determine which website is receiving more traffic lol. So what does actually tell you how successful the website is exactly? Don’t even talk about complete as it's no where near to alexa yet. We all know internet is actually based on alexa and google page rank. We might not know the exact figures regarding the traffic but yes alexa does give you a slight idea.

    And one more thing the very first thing you look at before buying any domain is it's alexa rank more than anything else. But other than this what proof do you have which might determine how successful a company is? On the internet where everything happens behind a computer nothing is transparent that's why we use tools such as alexa to determine the status of any company.
     
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    Hydra, all day, baby!
    Sorry Maggie.
     
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    If that's what you do then you really need to learn more about domain purchasing.

    Alexa is so unreliable and easy to manipulate it's disgusting.
     
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  13. ryanman

    ryanman Active Member

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    Can you state at least one reliable online source than? Guess what there is none and the one's which are there are based on alexa. Even when most affiliate networks do a check on your website traffic they always check alexa and complete page rank. They do not have many other reliable sources.

    I would love to be proven wrong on this point if you could provide me with a perfect source other than alexa, complete or whois which can give you an accurate traffic and background check on almost any website.
     
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    If I am interested in purchasing a website/domain name I make sure the owner provides me detailed stats from the server. Period. Those are the only stats that will be half reliable.

    If you buy names solely based on Alexa rank just let me know, I can register some names today and have them up in the 50,000 range in a couple weeks.
     
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    Anyone can provide you with false stats easily. So you mean to say you would have blind trust over anyone than a source which is reliable?
     
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    Havent you heard of something called as "Domain age"? No one would be stupid enough to put his money in a domain which is only two weeks old. All I am asking here is provide me with a perfect source which is better than alexa and whois. If you don't have a perfect substitute than there should not be any argument on this subject.
     
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    I've always through Azoogle needed to add offers from more niches. It's weird that they actually removed certain categories recently. I've always thought they should get more stuff like web hosting and more phone related offers.

    I hope it's not dieing off though as I'm working on getting an offer setup, as an advertiser, on the Azoogle network right now!
     
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    I used to promote at least 3-4 offers from azoogleads that now are long gone... They are getting some dust on their offers...
     
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    If you can make leads and another company offers you a higher commision then you just tell Azoogle. You can expect them to match it if it is true.
     
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    Alexa is about as far from reliable as possible.

    Actually I would do this:
    1) ask for several screenshots or username/password to view live stats
    2) check referrers
    3) check incoming links
    4) check archive.org
    5) check overture
    6) look for patterns in terms of daily/hourly traffic

    That's not exactly blind trust. What is blind is looking at one easily manipulated number and basing your decisions off that.
     
    dlm, Sep 16, 2007 IP