While trying out some alternatives to Google Adsense I decided to give Bidvertiser a shot. Below is my review of Bidvertiser.
The sign up process was very simple and the control panel is also easy to use. I had problems browsing through the tabs using a Netscape browser, however, Firefox and IE worked fine. The stats were pretty good as well. However, it seemed that they didn’t recognize a notable portion of my daily ad impressions. For example, if my commission junction ads were receiving 60,000 impressions per day, Bidvertiser ads would be receiving about 27,000 being on the same page!
In order to place the ads, you have to add an url to your account. That particular URL will be assigned a category and all pages under that URL must display the same ads. So, if your URL falls under cars then all other pages of your site under the same URL must display the same ads about cars regardless of their contents. This is a major disadvantage. Plus, the ads are rarely relevant to my sites.
Nonetheless, I made about one tenth of revenue that I would usually make with Google’s Adsense. So, if one of my site was receiving $400 per month from adsense then I was making around $40/month with only bidvertiser ads on it. However, this was much better than my experience with Searchfeed and Clicksor where I was making way less.
When it comes to getting paid, I never had a problem with them. If your account is above $10, you will get paid through PayPal in the end of the upcoming month. They are very timely with payments.
In conclusion, Bidvertiser is a good choice for those publishers who are not able to use Adsense or were banned from it.
July 8, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Hi,
Bidvertiser does not have to be a replacement for Adsense on your site. You actually can use them both together on the same site. Note only on the same site, but actually on the same page. As Adsense has updated their TOS, they had allowed you to use other advertisers on the same page you user adsense, but with certain condition. If you want to find out more about it and the new policy of Adsense in that regard visit http://www.itcomparison.com/blg/advertising/can-i-place-google-ads-on-the-same-page-with-third-party-ads.html
I hope that would be helpful to all.
Enjoy,
Diggmee