WidgetBucks results for October
As a follow-up to my first article about WidgetBucks, I can now report on my first month’s earnings. I placed WidgetBucks in the spots where I had previously been running AuctionAds, and was immediately impressed with the results. My total for October was $79.79, which did well compared to the last few months with AuctionAds, although could not compete with the $25 bonuses I received when people signed up with eBay.
The total seems to have been adjusted and debited, and what was alarming was that I received an email from WidgetBucks claiming that they had detected click fraud and a violation of their TOS on my sites. I ran these ads in a game window where the CTR is typically low, and only saw an average of 0.04% CTR on the 522,875 impressions I sent over. There is no way there was click fraud with such a low CTR to start with, so I will have to monitor this closely and ensure I receive my payment in 45 days when they process payouts. While I am happy that they stay on top of click fraud, I was very disturbed by the email as it did not include any evidence, simply an excerpt of their TOS.
October was a record month for me overall, and I’m looking forward to trying some new things in November. I’m already seeing an increase in Adsense and WidgetBucks earnings this month, and I’m hoping to spend more time tweaking my NeverBlue campaigns to see why they are performing so poorly.
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[...] A 0.04% CTR is click fraud? (WidgetBucks is not your friend.) [...]
By WidgetBucks - Who Do You Trust? - Internet Marketing Sucks! on 11.19.07 12:31 pm
Site with Indonesian Language Have Suspend with WIdgetbuck this week why ????
By kopitozie on 11.20.07 11:16 am
WidgetBucks is suspending affiliates whos traffic is not mainly USA traffic. It is because the companies who advertise on WidgetBucks only want USA traffic.
WidgetBucks is trying to raise their CPC by sending more valuable leads to their advertisers, so they suspended sites with non-USA traffic.
By Ryan on 11.24.07 12:05 pm
Good to see that someone is actually getting good results from WidgetBucks. I only tried it out for two days, but saw horrible results.
By Gary R. Hess on 12.23.07 2:38 am
You are invited to participate in my brand new weekly blog carnival, The Seventh Day. Details are here:http://www.hopefulspirit.com/2007/12/26/seventh-day/
Basically, you submit your best post from the prior week, i.e., the one that you would like to spotlight. I will provide the link to it and, hopefully, you will gain some new and additional readers! Simple! It’s just my way of engaging in some community good will and helping all of us expand our audiences.
Posts on any topic are welcome!
Happy New Year!
By Hopeful Spirit on 12.28.07 7:59 pm
Those numbers are pretty impressive, and within a month too!
By Leon on 01.25.08 5:14 pm
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