Linkbucks Increases Publisher Rates by 50%

Just got this in the mail...

Hello,

We're proud to announce that we've recently increased all our publisher payout rates by 50%. This is the single biggest rate increase we have ever done in the history of Linkbucks. That is more money in your pocket for the same traffic.

If you don't already know, we increased our rates by 30-50% just a few months ago and plan to make such a huge increase every few months. This is made possible by you. Spreading word about Linkbucks to your friends and creating more links helps us grow every day.

We've listened to your feedback in recent months and decided to add support for Alertpay in the coming weeks. This has been the single most requested payment provider that we add to the site. Stay tuned for more and exciting changes in the coming months.

Linkbucks has been paying out people like you for over 5 years, so we are one of the most reliable websites on the Internet. So, quit wasting time. Start creating and posting links, drive some traffic, and get paid more bucks than ever before.

Don't forget to drop by the forums to provide feedback and address any of your questions. The forums feature up to date guides and advice on how to get the most out of Linkbucks as a user and advertiser, whether you're a noob or expert. It is an amazing resource for people like you who want to make money on the Internet.

Regards,

Linkbucks.com

Chitika Review

One of the biggest ad networks out there and a good alternative to Google Adsense. Like Google Adsense, Chitika serves ad contextually, but unlike Adsense, it serves ad based on the search queries. Chitika has an unique algorithm to identify what a user searches and accordingly change the ads served even though the content and ads might not be related to one another.

I/ Overview

So what does "Chitika" mean? When Chitika co-founders, Venkat Kolluri and Alden DoRosario left Lycos in 2003 to start their own company, they sought a name that would suggest the speed with which its customers would be able to put up ads on their Web sites. Chitika, which means "snap of the fingers" in Telugu (a South Indian language), captured this sentiment and Chitika Inc. was born. Chitika introduced its online advertising service in January, 2004.

To understand why Chitika is a good advertising network you need to understand the method with which it displays ads to visitors to your site. Chitika does not check the content of your web pages to display relevant ads, they scan the search queries that were used to enter the site. By just looking at, for example “Used car New York”, Chitika is able to display extremely relevant ads, sometimes even more than Google Adsense. By displaying relevant ads they are able to pay the publisher top CPC rates, because the ROI for the advertisers is very high (advantage of content-relevant ads). An example: Dating ads on a website about insurance will most likely result in absolutely no conversions. It's very simple to test how relevant your Chitika ads will be. Just go to any website that runs Chitika ads and append “#chitikatest=Used car New York” to the end of the URL, press enter and reload the website. You should then see advertisements about whatever you entered, in my case Used car New York.

When I first had a look on the default layout of Chitika's ads I was amazed. I previously made a post about psychological Adsense optimization where I talked about colors and all that. The layout is extremely important as it decides whether the user clicks on the ad or doesn't. Chitika offers all methods of optimizing your ads, changing the title color, text color, border color and URL color. That's of course what Google offers as well but there is one significant difference. Google's TOS disallows placing images next to your advertisements because they think that that could somehow encourage the user to click the ads. What's the big deal? That only means more money. The visitor sees the image and then automatically focuses the ad unit next to it resulting in more clicks. That's a clever trick which Chitika automatically implements. Check out the picture,  Chitika automatically displays relevant ads next to the pictures! Amazing, I was stunned when I saw that the first time. That of course means more revenue for you.



So, is Chitika good for you? Should you give it a try? If Google Adsense is for you, I do not see any reasons not to give Chitika a try. It has become immensely popular among webmasters and we have seen many top bloggers and websites serving Chitika Ads on their websites. Based on my experience with using Chitika – it pays lower for websites in technical or related niche when compared to Adsense. On the other hand, in general niche websites (like entertainment, music, shopping, review etc.), Chitika has better chances to perform well as it has more chances to serve relevant ads to users from the search.

II/ Ad Details & Rates

(Images taken from Chitika's Official Blog).

1. Chitika Premium

Chitika Premium displays ads to visitors that reach a page directly from a major search engine. They detect the search query used by the visitor and then return ads that best match that search query. Returning well-targeted, highly relevant ads should result in a higher Click-through rate. This is how the ads monetize the "second click". All Chitika Premium ads are Pay per click (PPC) and are promoted by Chitika as their best performing ad product for publishers based on effective Cost per impression (eCPM).

Chitika Premium ad units are 100% compatible with Google AdSense. According to Chitika the Chitika Premium ad units do not conflict with the Google Adsense terms of use because the ad units are not contextual and the ad units do not look like Google Adsense ads.

2. Chitika Local Ad Exchange

Chitika launched their Local Ad Exchange (LAX) in July, 2010 with the intent of bringing together search-targeting and local advertising. LAX offerings include a local interactive map populated with advertisements.

3. Chitika Mobile

Launched as part of the above-mentioned LAX product, Chitika Mobile is a feature that allows standard Chitika Premium ads to change dynamically into mobile-designed ads based on a user's user agent.

III/ Summary

Ad Types	CPM and CPC
Format	Banner, Inline, Mobile
Allow Adult Contents	No
Min Payout	$10 (Paypal), $50 (check)
Payment Frequency	NET-30
Payment Method	Paypal, Check
Country	US

IV/ Payment Proof

Interested in becoming a Chitika Publisher? Sign Up Now!

CPM.biz Review

Being one of the newest faces in the market right now, CPM.biz has proven to be a reliable and fairly well paying advertising network.

They are also the first network this blog will cover. Why? For a simple reason, they are new. Most other networks are already reviewed unto death (some literally, *cough* WidgetBucks *cough*), and I am too late to their parties; while with CPM.biz, I will be one of the first reviewer to write about them, which you probably know already, is a good way to start my business.

So... let's head over to CPM.biz before we make any judgment.

I/ Overview 

You will see that the site is professionally designed, which speaks well for them. The 420 fans who like their Facebook page is an indication of how new (and unsaturated) they are to the scene. Never fear though, give them a few months and this number will undoubtedly grow.

While you're here, you will probably want to register a new account. This process is surprisingly very simple, only some basic information is required like your name, address (I don't think you have to enter your real address if you choose to get paid via Paypal, but it's your call), and payment method (Paypal, Wire Transfer and Postal Remittance). After registering you will be given a new account and can start putting banner ad on your websites immediately. Neat, eh?



Now, login to your account, you will see a simple chart showing how well your campaign's doing during the last week. Of course, there are more advanced report options in the Report tab should you want to find out specifically _how_ well you are doing. Oh, and don't mind my measly earnings, give it a few month and it will certainly grow. ;)



You probably want to create your first ad units at this point, so let's head to the Ad Tags tab, the Publisher Banners section. Again, this part is fairly simple, there is not much customizable going on, you can just pick your ad type and apply it anywhere on your website. There are currently 3 types of ad: Dynamic (CPM and CPC mix), Fixed Rate (CPM ads) and CPC-only ads in format ranging from Leaderboard (728x90 and 468x60) t0 Square (300x250 and 250x250) to Skyscraper (160x600 and 120x600). Pick & mix as you wish to get the best result; but from what I gathered, Fixed Rate and CPC are the better paid of the 3.

II/ Ad Details & Rates

1. Banner ads

As had been said, CPM.biz provide you with 3 ad options: Fixed CPM (pure CPM ads), CPC-only ads and a mixture of the 2. CPC can range anywhere from $0.1 to $1 as per other ad networks. While CPM rate varies from country to country as shown in the table below:



(British, Spanish and Brazilian publishers should take note).

2. Referral

As a new ad network, CPM.biz is looking to draw in more publishers and advertisers. As such, they are offering a rather attractive referral program, giving you $5 for every new publisher who signs up and receives his first payment, as well as an amount equal 2% of his earnings forever after that. The advertiser referral program is even more lucrative, with them offering you up to 10% the value of the campaign, effectively making you their sale guy, should you choose to.

III/ Summary

Ad Types	CPM and CPC
Allow Adult Contents	No
Min Payout	$5
Payment Frequency	NET-15
Payment Method	Paypal, Wire Transfer, Postal Remittance
Country	US

IV/ Payment Proof

As CPM.biz is requesting all of their publishers to post proof of payment on their forum, it is being overrun with people posting their proof and congratulating each other. You can see for yourself at http://forum.cpm.biz. Below is my first payment by them, with more coming soon I hope.



So, what do you think? Feel free to let me know what you think, or suggest what network I should review next in the reply box. Or, if you are interested in what CPM.biz has to offer, why not head there right now and register as one of the publishers in a growing community?

MeeMoney - All Advertising Networks Reviewed, All Proof Provided

Hi everyone, this is the very first post of my upcoming blog. With this blog, I hope to address everyone’s pressing questions regarding the many advertising networks of today. To name a few, “are they reliable?”, “will they infect my visitors’ computers with viruses or malware?”, “how well do they pay?”, “how do we know whether or not what you are saying about them is true?”. ALL questions will be addressed in time, as I intend to make use of their networks as a publisher, and will write about my experiences while perusing their services, with proof to back up my claims.

Well, the things I planned for this blog are many, but perhaps it would be better to see them in action, rather than just words. Without further ado, let us begin.