Outbrain.com Ads - add to Xenforo ? Anyone using it ? better than Adsense ?

[Digital Doctor]

Outbrain ... as seen here on CNN.com
See the: From around the web list.



Here is a description that CNN gives to it's web surfers.


To me it seems like a "Similar threads" thing ... but it links to other sites.
What about putting it on Forum Lists and maybe at the bottom of threads ?
seems like 8thOS tried to get it to work here.

Anyone have any experience ?

 

[Digital Doctor]

I think these outbrain ads are effective.

Demo: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-closer-magazine-topless-1327356

 

[JackieChun]

Do those pay per click?

 

[Digital Doctor]

Do those pay per click?

No idea.
I see them mostly on "bigger sites".
Never seen them on small to mid sized sites.

 

[Digital Doctor]

I think I only seem them on TOP Newspaper websites ?


The left column is like similar threads + important threads
The right column would be sharing links to other forums, like a sister forum.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Examples of outbrain ad destinations ....

FROM AROUND THE WEB

National Memo
The Daily Beast
Money Morning
TechCrunch
The Mesh Report

 

[DRE]

I was really hyped up for Outbrain but couldn't get it to work. If one of you does, please spread the knowledge.

 

[Digital Doctor]

I was really hyped up for Outbrain but couldn't get it to work. If one of you does, please spread the knowledge.

What's the pay structure ?

 

[DRE]

What's the pay structure ?

That's not why I was hyped up. I was excited cause of it's star ratings feature. I don't care about their pay structure lol.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Another adsense alternative might be iSocket

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/anyone-using-isocket-com-for-direct-ad-sales.41496/

 

[Rho Delta]

Can someone make an addon for this so we can try it out?

 

[Digital Doctor]

That's the problem with Adsense. They can pay great revenue, but you never know when they will pull the plug.

You could try Bing and Yahoo ads (media.net) instead.

I also know that buysellads is a good idea as smartpixels has said.

Good tips. Thanks.

 

[Mouth]

I was really hyped up for Outbrain but couldn't get it to work. If one of you does, please spread the knowledge.

https://my.outbrain.com/getwidget

 

[Mouth]

Do those pay per click?

What's the pay structure ?

• Can I generate revenue with Outbrain?
  Yes! If your site receives over 10 million monthly US article page views and you have installed the widget for 30 days, you may qualify for a revenue share from hosting sponsored recommendations. Please contact us to enroll.
  

 

[JackieChun]

So if you have less than 10 million page views, then you are just advertising their crap for free?

 

[DRE]

https://my.outbrain.com/getwidget

That's not why I was hyped up. I was excited cause of it's star ratings feature.

 

[Mouth]

So if you have less than 10 million page views, then you are just advertising their crap for free?

Yup, they want you to pay large sums of $ and a high CPC rate to get your content onto high volume sites. If you are a high volume site, they'll give you a slice of the pie.

 

[JackieChun]

Yup, they want you to pay large sums of $ and a high CPC rate to get your content onto high volume sites. If you are a high volume site, they'll give you a slice of the pie.

I just don't think they'll be exposing your content as frequently as they'd lead you to believe. Essentially you will be showcasing their high roller sites and a lot of scammy links on your site for free.

 

[erich37]

I was excited cause of it's star ratings feature.

which "star ratings feature" ?

do you have a link or screenshot to see this "star ratings feature" ?


Thanks!