Anyone ever use ezoic to increase ADsense earnings?

[mobilegame]

Hello guys, I have received an Email from a guy at ezoic(.)com, he/she said in the mail can help me increase my adsense earnings (up to 50-250%) by testing the layout and ads placement. Does anyone here ever use thier service? If yes, does it work and how much does it cost?

Thanks.
Alex

[netmeg]

They're an authorized partner, so they're legit. I suspect they take a percentage of your earnings, but I don't know. You'll probably have to ask them.

[mobilegame]

Hello netmeg, thanks, I will probably ask them.

[super70s]

Must be a blitz campaign, I'm also being courted by them now. I've had several back & forths with the guy and even tried doing a little independent research of my own. Would appreciate any opinions of those who have experience with them -- positive or negative.

[Swanny007]

Any update on this? I've received two e-mails from ezoic lately, not sure if I should bother responding. I don't like giving up control on my sites ;-)

[netmeg]

Read some of the reviews. They're not all positive.

[Swanny007]

Interestingly enough yesterday (the day after I posted that) I got an e-mail from AdSense asking if I want to schedule a call with an Optimization Specialist. OK, sure why not ;-)

[Ezoic]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to quickly chime in if you don’t mind. We actually do visit each site individually to see if it is a good fit for testing layouts and ad placements with Ezoic. You won’t ever be giving up control of your website and your original code remains untouched. We encourage everyone to give testing a try, whether you do it manually or with a partner, because the improvements in income, usability and overall site health are impressive.

Other than that, if anyone has any questions feel free to email [e-mail]

[IanCP]

Curiously I just received a similar email. I'll think about it for awhile. My gig is teaching, that's the main game, AdSense is a supplementary benefit, not the other way around.

[Maleda]

Hey Alex, Swanny007, super70s - did any of you go ahead with a trial? I'd be keen to hear how you got on! (I received an email today).

[Swanny007]

Nope, I had one phone call with a Google AdSense rep and one followup email. Continuing to try out new things suggested by AdSense. As a bonus, I was given access to something regular AdSensers don't get, so that's one thing that ezoic can't do for you. I'm not interested in sharing my earnings with a third party company that only sees me as dollar signs ;-)

[IanCP]

Continuing to try out new things suggested by AdSense. As a bonus, I was given access to something regular AdSensers don't get, so that's one thing that ezoic can't do for you

No details required, but has anyone found "trying out new things suggested by AdSense" to actually turn out worthwhile?

Yes, I from the school of change nothing - with no regrets. Oh, and I did once work with AdSense on a vexing problem and was later compensated with a cash bonus for my time and trouble. No names, no details, no pack drill.

[chocobo]

i've been an ezoic customer from april of this year, and have routed 90% of my traffic for 4 of my smaller adsense sites to them. i've seen decent increases in 3 out of those 4 sites. these are the rough stats to date.

NOTE -
epmv is a metric used by ezoic, and it stands for earnings per thousand visitors. i feel it is pretty fair to use, as traffic can vary from month to month (especially if your site is seasonal). the bounce rate is the actual change in percentage (minus is better). all other percentages represent the gross changes from when i started using ezoic to present day.

site a: 50,000 uu/mo
epmv : 118%
pv/visit: 16%
time on site: 93%
bounce rate: -23%

site b: 80,000 uu/mo
epmv: -25%
pv/visit: -1%
time on site: -13.7%
bounce rate: +2%

site c: 80,000 uu/mo
empv: 78.5%
pv/visit: 24.5%
time on site: 51.9%
bounce rate: -20%

site d: 20,000 uu/mo
epmv: 52.6%
pv/visit: -21%
time on site: -10.6%
bounce rate: +4%

all in all, i'm pretty happy with the results, especially considering how hands-off it's been. i don't think it would work for me with any of the larger sites i have, because image and branding play a role in those. moving forward, if i acquire any new adsense sites, i would toss them into my ezoic portfolio.

i wish there were something this easy to use for amazon affiliate sites. optimizely is nice, but kind of a pain. also, ezoic does not take a percentage of your profits. they add one of their own adsense ads to the bottom of your page and generate revenue that way. lastly, you can set priorities for how you want ezoic to test: for revenue, time on site, pages viewed, etc. their customer service is also pretty good. sarkis is my rep there, and he always responds within 24 hours. even on weekends. i need to give a guy like that some credit.