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Google could've done this a loooong time ago!
Let's see if they value the responses and if it improves the situation.
I just completed and sent the survey.
In the survey, my heaviest theme was "Smart Pricing."
Smart Pricing is the most discouraging feature of AdSense. Several months back I created a ten-page section of my website. When it was done, I slipped in the AS code and waited.
And waited.
When the Channels updated, I had .03 cents clicks. While the subject matter didn't involve three-dollar keywords, it certainly was not .03 cent keywords.
I've been on YPN for a week now, and the EPC is much higher.
Rather than hijack Bill's thread, yes, I did the survey, thanked them for their excellent service, and respectfully asked them to dump Smart Pricing so revenue would be more consistent.
Google could've done this a loooong time ago!
Google has been doing publisher surveys for ages. (I got one a long time ago.)
I had to remove adsense form one site that was paying me VERY well a few months back because too many competing sites were showing up, and the 200 limit url block was full.
In the email?
Google has been doing publisher surveys for ages. (I got one a long time ago.)
First off - EFV - Empty your stinking stickymail - it's full you silly boy! ;)
Second, there were some questions geared toward figuring out if you were lookging to run away from AdSense.
Third, issues like SMART PRICING and your percentage of earnings were danced around but not mentioned explicitly so they know we're on the warpath of those taboo topics.
Not that I want to hi-jack this thread, but can you tell me if using YPN with AS violates the AS TOS?
I,ve truely never understood which ad providers violate the AS TOS and which ones don't (anybody have a link to a list)
Thanks, now everyone get back to the thread topic
:)
Ann
I would like to participate though - despite the fact that I am invisible.
It is good that they finally decided to survey the masses as opposed to only communicating with thier "big" publishers.
They should be surveying people - other networks are gaining popularity, and in my 1 day experience with Y - paying much better as well.
Surveys = Good : Thank you Google.
2. How interested would you be in the following features if they were offered within Google AdSense?Let advertisers bid specifically on my site
Give Google advertisers information about my site (e.g., user demographics, content type, etc)
Block advertisers by keyword
AdSense for newsletters
Payment for referring new publishers to AdSense
Optimization services provided by Google for a fee
Phone support
I especially love the phone support option, having been pleasantly surprised when Yahoo called me back with a tech support problem.
As far as I know they created and will always dominate contextual advertising.Yeah, and Gates came up with the idea for the GUI that became Windows. They developed and marketed the competition's product first. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's business and while they are a warm and fuzzy company, they are still a company in the real world.
JenStar is the real expert on TOS, but I they way that I understand it is that you can use both on the same site, but you cannot have both on the same page.
Yeah, and Gates came up with the idea for the GUI that became Windows.
I wonder how many Webmaster World members are old enough to remember the forerunner of the Macintosh?
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And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. :-)
Probably a good thing. I've bought, sold, and brokered just about every advertising medium for the last 20 years, and often been tempted to give them a heads up.
I doubt if they'd have listened though.
Besides, it's best for the marketplace to do it. That's the costliest lesson, but one they'll never forget.
