Monetization:Kontera Ads Removed

Palm Coast
#1. July 28th, 2007, at 2:54 AM.

I’ve ran ads from a few networks on some of my sites and they too slowed down loading times, it’s usually the javascript ones that do that. Not only that but they created problems when Google crawled my site and tried to cache pages. Good job removing them

Pixelhead
#2. July 28th, 2007, at 3:08 PM.

Yes, I can really see the difference in download speeds since taking them off. I might have to look into taking off some of the others as well.

I was actually looking at one of those Auction Ad sites this morning, but not sure if I like the idea of being in business with Ebay.

Angela
#3. July 31st, 2007, at 3:03 AM.

I was hestitant to add Kontera to my site but did it anyway. No one mentioned anything, but they annoyed the hell out of me so I can only imagine what visitors must have thought. The 10 cents per month was not worth it so they were GONE.

Saman Sadeghi
#4. August 1st, 2007, at 6:35 AM.

I just removed mine today - I ran this program for months and never earned more then $17….

Pixelhead
#5. August 1st, 2007, at 1:25 PM.

$17 !! Woot…I might have made 5 all together.

Pay Per Impression
#6. August 5th, 2007, at 3:03 AM.

There is new contextual sponsor which should be much better than Kontera because is using its own Advertisers and not some middle man feeds. So publisher get higher profits.  It has also referral program so please join MediaText here: http://www.webmaster-money.org/out_MediaText.html

They are now looking for high traffic sites so they can satisfy their advertisers.

Pixelhead
#7. August 5th, 2007, at 2:25 PM.

Pay Per Impression,
Thanks for letting us know about the new program for website monetization. I am not a fan of pop ups or unders, but some website owners may find this useful.

John Bennett
#8. August 13th, 2007, at 6:24 PM.

I didn’t have any luck with Kontera on my site either. The CTR was really low and I didn’t really like how it looked on the site. Maybe I’ll give them another try in the future but for now, they’re gone.

Pixelhead
#9. August 13th, 2007, at 7:20 PM.

Yes, I may put them back on in the future as well, but now the traffic just isn’t there. We can’t all be like John Chow now can we.
I have actually been doing quite well with TLA of late, which seems to be my top advertising earner for the month.

Patrick Burt
#10. August 15th, 2007, at 7:03 PM.

As someone who’s considering Kontera, what are you going to be using as a worthwhile replacement with a higher return on investment?

Pixelhead
#11. August 15th, 2007, at 10:55 PM.

For now I am just using TLA. I may also seek out some private advertisers.

Webomatica
#12. August 17th, 2007, at 5:14 AM.

Interesting. Thanks for writing about your experience - will have to remember them if I ever choose to monetize my blog further…

mlankton
#13. September 4th, 2007, at 7:51 PM.

Does anything but adsense produce?
I have amazon ads on my site that just take up space. The only reason they stick around is that I have a faint hope that they will produce over the holiday season.

Pixelhead
#14. September 4th, 2007, at 10:31 PM.

TLA- Text-link-ads.com has a good program for advertising on blogs that has been giving me a recurring income from this blog. Much more than Google Adsense.

Buck Thompson
#15. November 14th, 2008, at 10:13 AM.

Thanks for letting us know about the new program for website. The ads play a great role to the blog. I can r ember it.Thanks for writing about your experience - will have to remember them if I ever choose to monetize my blog further…

Rick
#16. May 4th, 2009, at 4:56 PM.

That seems to be the consensus on a number of blogs I’ve visited. Some say that infolinks is a better choice. Thoughts?