Earlier this month I mentioned that I was going to try and experiment with AuctionAds. So far the results are interesting. My blog doesn’t generate that many impressions, so I’m probably not getting the full effect. I have generated $0 in revenue, but I have noticed that the click through rates are extremely high.

As of this morning I’ve been averaging a 2.76% CTR throughout the site. I setup two different campaigns:

• Post Targeted: These are ads specifically placed and targeted into a post. For example on my post on how I got a Dodge Viper for free, I placed AuctionAds in there that search for the keyword “1994 Dodge Viper”. The ads have been showing various 94 Dodge Vipers for sale.
• Site Targeted: These have been ads that I put below each post that search for the value “make money”. They are more generic to the site itself.

I was surprised to find that the site targeted ads were performing almost as good as the post targeted ads. I’m getting 2.59% on site targeted and 2.95% on post targeted. I have seen a lot higher days on post targeted though where I was seeing as high 6-8+% CTR which are ridiculously high.

While I have not generated any revenue yet, it doesn’t mean I won’t make any money on those users that have clicked. AuctionAds sets a cookie where if a user signs up for eBay or bids and wins anything within 30 days, I will get paid out for it. So we’ll see over time if any revenue is generated.

I still believe that AuctionAds can best perform on a blog or site that is very niche targeted towards specific products.

If you consider running AuctionAds on your site, please think about using my referral, and help a fellow blogger out.