I recall axod saying he made revenue from the contextual text ads above irc rooms. They change depending on what the room is about/talking about so they are actually pretty relevant.
Hi - text ads are about end user conversion. Otherwise it is just click fraud. People clicking have to buy something in the end. I have a hard time believing that IRC channels have a good enough conversion to pay for bandwidth and salaries.
I'm seeing that this is a longer conversation, but consider this simple example. Facebook ad rates have dropped significantly from their early days. When people are communicating in an application (which is all Facebook really is), they are not in the mood to buy/convert. So, if you are receiving income, great, but I doubt it will be sustainable. Take a look at the ads you get and see if you get re-buys.
Anyways, please don't take this as harsh. This is probably
one of the hardest problems for a publisher to solve.
Twitter is just trying to figure it out right now.
I didn't know you could use Adsense for such real-time dynamic content on a webpage. Doesn't the G crawler have to come around and index a webpage n hours later?
Ah - twitter raised $30+ million.. Is that is what you mean by larger problems :-)
Regarding CPC.
People have to buy something is the VAST majority of the txt ad market. There is near ZERO brand awareness in
that market. If an advertiser is buying txt ads on IRC
and hoping for conversion, I would be really, really
surprised that they re-buy. (aka - you are getting filled
by a network)
Your example text tells me how you are really getting
revenue. You are using context for affiliate deals.
That actually might be viable.
Re: since 1999... cool, what sites were you involved with
before?
We keep telling him advertising doesn't work, but apparently he's breaking even already, so the evidence seems to be against us.