What have you guys come across as the lowest paid clicks? I'd like to know if you guys are also getting just 18c per click for "xbox 360 console"? Is it because of a lack of competition for xbox 360 sales and therefore clicks? When MS gets their distribution act together and acually delivers retailable amounts of stock to vendors will we see an increase in the CPC due to increased availability? Help me understand the marketing forces behind the CPC so I can adjust my strategy to one that pays me a decent amount for my pre-selling. With the advent of curiosity click reduction, that should mean that we are sending more qualified buyers to the retailers and therefore we should be rewarded more for the click IMHO.
I'm with you. I thought I had something to put me over the top (whatever that may be), and found these ads very disappointing. Already got rid of most of 'em.
Jafar Calley... if I may make a suggestion for your faster geek blog. I think a change of font in your posts could help you out - maybe to Verdana or something similar. Right now it looks like a news report to me and my first instinct is to scroll quickly instead of taking my time to read the posts. Also, I think it would be better if your post titles color is a different green - this one is too bright. Change it to the green of your post date background. While you are at it, I think white font color for your post date would also make it look nicer. This should improve your blogs' readability and if so, I am sure it will help with your CTR. Then maybe the low CPC wouldn't hurt so much
From what I see, it has gone up to $0.21. All the stocks got snatched up so quick, so my guess is most stores don't even have stock for it. They advertise for the sake of exposure, so they pay less. And I agree with izahan that your fastergeek blog hurts my eyes! Take away those bright greens and those circuit graphics!
Thanks for the suggestions to improve The Faster Geek. I will go stumbling through my css and make some changes sometime today .
I'm still hanging on to it despite. I predict it may rise in the near future. Anyway, 15c is 15c. I can buy a little bag of lollies for the kids after school with that