Comments on: Internet Advertising Provider Kontera

By: masud

masud — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:02:20 +0000

1.5% isn’t bad, provided they aren’t canibalizing your Adsense CTR. Burst Media’s fill rates are poor even though their CPM is good. I’m using them with Adphilia as the backup ads. Never had success with Technorati and Adify, and I’m hearing IDG for the first time.

By: NoName

NoName — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:37:03 +0000

To block these annoying ads from your browser…

For Internet Explorer add these sites to your restricted sites list.

http //*.kontera.com
http://*.intellitxt.com
http://*.vibrantmedia
http://*.tribalfusion.com

Tools->Internet Options->Security->select ‘Restricted Sites’ then click the ‘Sites’ button.

This works like a charm by blocking the javascript files these sites use to place the links on the page. Add any other sites you find using these or other kinds of dynamic ads loaded via javascript or ActiveX.

For Firefox you can download the free Adblock Plus plug-in (http://adblockplus.org) or search for similar ones. For other browsers you may be able to find plug-ins that do the same thing or investigate if they have a feature similar to IE’s ‘Restricted Sites’.

For an approach that will cover all installed browsers you can add entries for these sites to your HOSTS file. Just Google ‘HOSTS file’ as there are many websites with information about what this file does and how to edit it.

By: Internet Advertising Agency

Internet Advertising Agency — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:10:14 +0000

I think contextual advertising is fine.It is a bit annoying but it is made very clear which words are ads by the colour and the double underline. As the ads are contextual I find for the most part they are relevant as they are related to the information you are looking at.

These ads are very good for advertisers. I am impressed by the 1.5% CTR much better than banners where most advertisers would be happy with better than 0.4%

By: Name

Name — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:42:08 +0000

AdBlock Plus has kept those annoying ads out of my way for quite sometime now, thankfully. I absolutely DESPISE scrolling down an article and every other line popping up a new advertisement. WAYYYY too intrusive. Just as annoying as pop-up ads, just a little less annoying than Flash ads that fly all over the screen – but Flashblock takes care of that little problem, too.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:40:56 +0000

HATE all Intellitxt type adverts, they are ugly, intrusive and completely pointless as they highlight words that anyone with any sense knows anyway and wouldn’t need advertising for.

IMHO adverts should be kept in the same place on each page or post and should be un-intrusive. I understand blogs need advertising to survive, but it should be carefully balanced with how it intrudes on the site’s look.

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:45:00 +0000

Martin, somethings wrong with your spam protection. None of my replies are getting through.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:25:28 +0000

Yes they are.

By: Enigma

Enigma — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:23:53 +0000

are those the annoying links where if you hover over them they display ads ie for key words like sony or anti virus?

-Edit-

Yes they are jesus what have you done to this place, ads are everywhere no wonder people switch to adblocking.

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:54:58 +0000

You should try BuySellAds. They are really good for direct sale, and have 75/25 revenue split – the highest in the market. If you look around, you will find many websites are already using it.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:43:46 +0000

Kaushik, the ctr is at about 1.5%. I use Technorati Media, Burst Media, Adify and IDG for banner ads.

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:36:37 +0000

I had signed up with Kontera but never used them. Actually, I hate those intellitext/Kontera type ads. Anyway, what’s the CTR with intext ads? And which network are you using for banner ads?

By: rruben

rruben — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:10:11 +0000

Hmm, now you talk about this I notice kaspersky is blocking both vibrant media and kontera ads. But I do see to banner ads at the top and bottom of the article.