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Ad Sonar - Still up down or even around?

Any other alternatives to Adsense?

Compworld

1:47 pm on Apr 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

Since Google is playing around with the Adsense program, it might be worthwhile to consider alternative programs that can be run that would have some sort of competition to adsense. After all, since there is not real competition against adsense, they can do what ever they really want (and they know that)... Anyway, I've been running bidclix, but the payout is even more meager than Adsense. Then I was thinking, what ever happened to Ad Sonar? Has this company taken off yet, or can they not get off the ground? What about Kanoodle? Anything with them either?

I believe that the ground would be much more leveled once Adsense has some decent competition.

Any ideas?

CompWorld

Jenstar

12:07 am on Apr 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

Ad Sonar is not showing FindWhat ads, Overture ads appear to be a deal that never was, so they have a very limited group of advertisers they are using for ads right now. They have passed yet another "launch date" without a launch, and I haven't heard of a new timeframe for when it will be out of beta.

As for Kanoodle, they plan to officially launch in the second quarter of 2004. Here is more information:
[kanoodle.com...]

They also have their power point presentation they did for the WebmasterWorld conference there, too, which explains a lot more about their contextual advertising program. Kanoodle has the potential to be a competitor for AdSense, it will be nice to see it in action.

Compworld

4:40 am on Apr 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the info. Guess we will just have to see what happens.

CompWorld

jaxomlotus

5:10 pm on Apr 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

An ad sonar sales rep confirmed for me that they were officially launching next week. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope so.

Just a note, my daily commissions and estimated cpm continued to drop on a daily basis since switching from adsense to ad sonar. I'm not sure what's causing it, but I can't afford to test them out much longer at the current rate. I'm going to try out adsense again to see if they have improved at all.

[edited by: eljefe3 at 3:07 am (utc) on April 10, 2004]

sezampicika

7:26 am on Apr 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

JENSTAR, ADSONAR IS showing findwhat ads.

Jenstar

8:24 am on Apr 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

I haven't checked in the past week or two, but they did have a period where no FindWhat ads were appeared to be running for publishers.

sezampicika

8:43 am on Apr 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

Ok, but now they are showing their ads.

And I have 25% better result with AD-SONAR compared to Adsense... Maybe this will be interested from someone.

cyberair

1:43 pm on Apr 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

You say you have it 25% better with Ad Sonar...

Can you tell us the amount of traffic you have and what indusrty? That could probably give an indication of Ad Sonar strength in a particular category.

sezampicika

1:47 pm on Apr 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

Daily page impressions: ~6000
Site is GSM portal.

Macro

3:19 pm on Apr 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

An ad sonar sales rep confirmed for me that they were officially launching next week

You've been singing that song for half a year now ;)

It's been a long, long week. The last time I brought this up with you was in Jan when you were adamant that it was launching mid-Jan (in the thread where you said you were in the trial - now removed by the mods). I fogot to ask: Mid-Jan in which year?

sezampicika

7:12 am on Apr 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Just to inform people: today, CPC on AD-SONAR is higher today ;)

Compworld

9:44 am on Apr 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Whats your average CPC?

Thanks,

CompWorld

sezampicika

9:51 am on Apr 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

We can't talk about that here;)

You have mail waiting ;)

sezampicika

9:55 am on Apr 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Your mail is not working.

Give me new one on PM.

chikung

2:20 pm on Apr 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hello

I would like to know if we can use both adsense and **** on the same site but on the different pages?

sezampicika

2:33 pm on Apr 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Yes, you can.

Compworld

1:33 pm on Apr 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

As alts, yes. At the same time, no.

CompWorld

markus007

2:48 am on Apr 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

An ad sonar sales rep confirmed for me that they were officially launching next week. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope so.

don't they say that every week?

Macro

9:24 am on Apr 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

An ad sonar sales rep confirmed for me that they were officially launching next week. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope so

But from your other posts you've been trying it out for several months now... or is that not true?

blaze

1:51 am on Apr 19, 2004 (gmt 0)

Isn't it next week already? Where's ****..?

**** for Publishers is currently in beta-testing, but we're almost ready to launch the "publisher-friendly" platform you've been waiting for. As we move nearer to the launch date, applications will be reviewed and new partners will be notified.

Compworld

9:41 am on Apr 19, 2004 (gmt 0)

Just another company with growing pains. :(

CompWorld

jaxomlotus

3:44 pm on May 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

"An ad sonar sales rep confirmed for me that they were officially launching next week. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope so."

But from your other posts you've been trying it out for several months now... or is that not true?

don't they say that every week?

You've been singing that song for half a year now ;)

It's been a long, long week. The last time I brought this up with you was in Jan when you were adamant that it was launching mid-Jan (in the thread where you said you were in the trial - now removed by the mods). I fogot to ask: Mid-Jan in which year?

I'm sorry I'm seeing this now for the first time.

I don't work for ad*sonar, I was just one of the few websites trying them out during beta. Currently I'm using AdSense, not Ad*Sonar, at least until they stop using FindWhat ads for my vertical as it's paying out far less than Google (even after the April drop).

As far as my looking like a liar and "singing that song" for a while now, I feel rather silly. I think you're associating my reporting what the company says to you with my assumption that it's true. I don't know either way whether ad*sonar will even ever launch at all, let alone leave beta. I certainly hope so, I'd love to see competition for the publishers to choose from. But the mere fact that I'm reporting what they say and attributing it to them doesn't mean I'm making a statement that I believe what they say.

I'll write this in all caps so there is no confusion:
I DO NOT WORK FOR AD*SONAR AND HAVE NOT STAKED ANY BELIEF THAT THEY WILL LAUNCH. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT THEM LAUNCHING (AS ALL I HAVE TO GO ON ARE THEIR EMAILS AND A CALL OR TWO AND REALLY HAVE NO IDEA), ALTHOUGH I MAY HAVE PASSED ALONG THAT THEY INSIST THAT THEY ARE LAUNCHING. EVERYTHING I POST HERE IS SIMPLY PASSING ALONG A MESSAGE FROM THEM TO YOU THAT I MAY OR MAY NOT BELIEVE.

I can understand your frustration with hearing something that is obviously not true, and hearing it repeatedly. (Believe me, as the person most burned by their statements on these boards I am too). However I am assuming that when you are discussing them you do want to hear a statement from them? If you don't believe them anymore, fine. That's your perogative.

But quit shooting the messenger.