Comments on: Speedlinking – 11 October 2007

By: Richard Rinyai

Richard Rinyai — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:39:09 +0000

I actually found this not to be too effective, since the categories that they offer only have a small amount of advertisers listed in them.

Google AdSense has more, which I find more compensating.

Thanks,

Richard

By: Googlelady

Googlelady — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:33:59 +0000

I hope widgetbucks also put statistics for the referrals more than it is now the only thing you know is that “you have xxx referrals” but we need more statistics.

And congratulations for the spekked ;)

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:59:48 +0000

I read on some blogs that Widgetbucks is not a recommended Ads because of it’s poor system and not so good income, many people were disappointed and some of them then move it to the bottom of their website and so do i. Is there any comment on this?

By: Online Presence :: Make Money Online

Online Presence :: Make Money Online — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:30:33 +0000

Darren,

I’ve been evaluating WidgetBucks on one of my sites as well, and I am getting similar performance numbers as what you’ve mentioned.

The payouts are quite good and switching some of my ad units over to WidgetBucks seems to be working very well so far.

I would also like to bring to your notice, another advertising network called TNX which sells Text Link Ads in a very different business model. I’ve blogged about it at:
http://onlinepresence.blogsailor.com/2007/10/08/review-of-tnxnet-after-1-week-of-usage/

~Anuj

By: Michal Levy

Michal Levy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:58:00 +0000

I have some questions for those of you whose widget is performing well.

1. What is your blog about?
2. Which category WidgetBucks ads are you displaying?
3. Which type of ad did you place and where on the page did you place it?

I am trying to figure out why my ads are performing so poorly, and why I seem to have so little impressions, that don’t match the amount of page views I get.
I already emailed WidgetBucks about it and I am waiting for a response.

By: Steve M

Steve M — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:27:23 +0000

I will have to install widget bucks and give it a go. From what I have read they showed a lot of promise early but havn’t really lived up to the hype

By: vince - reviewbay.com

vince - reviewbay.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:37:15 +0000

Agreed, speed might be an issue sometimes. A more subtle animation would be nice too.

By: Royston

Royston — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:49:13 +0000

Seems to work well so far. Only thing I have a problem with is the speed of the ad. It seems to take a bit to load.

By: GettyCash

GettyCash — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:07:50 +0000

That’s great news. I have seen someone already made over $120 within 21 hours.

By: Collin

Collin — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:05:18 +0000

Brad you earnings are under the heading my widgets

By: Brad V.

Brad V. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:17:21 +0000

I’ve been using WidgetBucks for about a week or so now, and frankly, I’m not very impressed with them. Aside from their slow reporting, I can’t find an “account” page that shows all my earnings, nor have I seen anything about the $25 I was supposed to get just for signing up!

But I’m not giving up yet. I do like their ads, so I’m gonna give it a while longer to see how things go. I think they have great potential. I guess I’ve just been spoiled with the speed and detail Adsense gives in its reporting.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:03:35 +0000

I just signed up with Widget a few days ago and the respond doesn’t seems gd… Hope for the better!

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:49:12 +0000

Thanks for the link up and kind words D man.

By: Collin

Collin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:33:23 +0000

Darren, How many adds would you say a blog should have on there site at one time. Clearly a sidebar can fit alot in it so how much is to much? There are alot of great advertisers out there would you try them all?

By: Michal Levy

Michal Levy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:19:00 +0000

I’m not sure what’s going on with my widgetbucks. Maybe the the reports are not up to date?
It says that I have 12 impressions and 0 clicks. How can I only have 12 impressions???? I’ve had a couple of 100 visitors since I installed the widget so that makes no sense at all.

My blog is about childbirth, and the closest widgetbucks category is baby articles which I’m showing, but I’m not sure how related that is to my readers.

By: Surfin Dad

Surfin Dad — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:25:33 +0000

Widgetbucks has been phenomenal for me! None of my blog posts are product related or reviews, but for some reason the ads have been popular.
My blog is only 10 days old and I didn’t add Widgetbucks to my site until 3 days later on 10/3/07. However, I’ve already earned $11.65 as of yesterday and you can imagine the paltry traffic a non buzz generating 10 day old blog gets.
Highly, highly recommended.
And hey, since my blog is only 10 days old everyone is more than welcome to visit ….;)

http://surfindad.com

By: Vaibhav Gadodia

Vaibhav Gadodia — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:43:49 +0000

My experience with my measly blog is that WidgetBucks is up to 200 times better than AdSense.

It could be just a fluke, but I hope it’s not :)

By: Blogging Success Journey

Blogging Success Journey — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:10:49 +0000

Still wondering if widget-bucks are going to give me a big time earning, it works quiet okay on one of my blog.

Hope to hear from a widget-bucks successor soon.

By: Sean from AboutBlogging.Info

Sean from AboutBlogging.Info — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:39:33 +0000

None of the categories on Widgetbucks suits any of my blogs so I’m not surprised it’s not doing well. I’d say it should work well on technology blogs. I have however, gotten a couple of referals from it, so hopefully it’ll work for them!

I’m still waiting to see that $25 sign-up being awarded to me. It’s a week at this stage. Did anyone else find this or is this too long?

By: D.C.

D.C. — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:51:39 +0000

I have moved widgetbucks to the bottom of one blog, and removed it from another for the time being. It seems like everyone is showing the same ads from them right now. I would love to see them expand the products.