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Date Added: 9/3/2009
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Reviewer: wontyoubemynaber
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Service Description
Adgitize is marketed as an advertising solution for bloggers. It was founded by Ken Brown and to quote from their mission statement “their goal is to help bloggers get 'world class advertising on a bloggers budget'” The biggest advantage of Adgitize is that it will increase traffic to your blog, and isn't that why you blog, so that you will be read?
Detailed Overview
There are three ways to use Adgitize, you register and you can use the site as an advertiser, blogger, and affiliate. The whole program is run on a point system and the more activities you do (be they posting to your blog, reading other members blogs, advertising, or clicking on advertising) the more points you will accrue. At the end of the month, all the points are added together and revenue set aside as payout will be evenly distributed to all the points. There is no exact conversion chart on the website, but members have calculated that the payout is approximately 1 cent for every 5 points. No, you won't get rich using Adgitize, but you will make a little pocket change (if you work the program), and you will generate traffic to your blog, you may even raise your Alexa ranking.
Advertisers can place ads in one of two sizes, 125 x 125 and 468 x 60. Publishers can have up to 10 ads on their site (if they go with the smaller size) and the more ads displayed the more points they generate. Ads are not sold as pay per click, they are sold as a flat rate fee. Advertisers can have their ads displayed for seven days for $7, fourteen days for $10, or a month for $14. The majority of members find that their points (once converted) actually pay for their advertising and give them a little extra money.
The affiliate program is very simple. Members make a $5 “finders fee” for every referral that purchases advertising, and they receive $1 each month as long as the advertising is renewed. Payments are done monthly and if you choose Paypal all you need is a minimum of $10 to request payment. There is a check option also, but the minimum to request payment is $50 and they will charge you a $10 fee for cutting the check.
Reputation
This is a great program for bloggers, even newbies who really aren't sure how to get any traffic to their site. It is a good way to make a little money and get your blog seen, but members do need to understand that the majority of the traffic coming to your blog will be other members trying to accumulate points. So your bounce rate may get a little higher. But, if there are any questions or concerns there is a very good forum on the site and everyone does get involved with helping each other out. I have also seen a lot of payment proof from members. They are getting paid what they are owed and they are getting paid on-time.
Domain "Whois"
The Whois information for a website lists the owner and their contact information. The Whois information for "Adgitize" is public which is generally a good thing. This indicates the owner of this site has nothing to hide.
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Not Bad at all!
I'm happy about my decision of purchase because this program helped me a lot with my site. The number of visits has greatly increased, and I finally started gaining some money, and not only!
In fact my site rank is now higher, and the products I'm selling are always more requested. I hope that the help Adgitize is giving me now is going to continue in the future months!
The only negative thing I encountered is that they are a little slow in responding via e-mail when you contact them AFTER you have purchased the product.. But hey, nothing is perfect,
and for the little amount of money they require, this is an awesome investment!
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by michabr46 on January 28, 2010 at 3:16 PM CST
Everybody has secrets, But some have more than others...
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I got good results
It was more than three months ago when I discovered Adgitize. At first I wasn't sure whether the product was legit or not, but after all I decided to try it out and that decision proved to be good. I was certainly able to bring a lot of traffic to my site thanks to the service. It took some investments to get good results, but it was definitely worth it, since I was able to turn all of the money invested into profit. You won't be able to make some big amounts of money, but some extra cash is always a good thing. The money is not big, but it is still worth it. Adgitize is certainly a very nice program for beginners and also for those willing to increase traffic to their blog. I am highly recommending the product, since it has really helped me to earn some money and also get some traffic.
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1 of 1 users found this comment helpful
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by TheSpeed on January 9, 2010 at 10:02 AM CST
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Great Idea
The site itself is a very good idea, with payouts for participating as well as exchanging traffic. However, the statistics and overall user friendliness of this site lead me to give it a B, since my earnings actually didn't report for a month, and I was unable to login for a week after that. All in all though, worth trying out as an alternative to Entrecard.
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2 of 3 users found this comment helpful
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by D22314 on December 11, 2009 at 3:30 PM CST
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Traffic and money at the same time
I use and absolutely love Adgitize. I use it for one of my many blogs and it can easily be a replacement for other advertisement services. I have a publishers account on Adgitize and I love their pay system. What happens is advertisers pay a flat cost in order to put their ads on your blog.
This is an extremely effective way to earn money with you blog. I currently run a few adds which brings me 4$ per day. Although 4$ a day does not look like much, it adds up at the end of the month. Adgitize allows me to make over a hundred dollars from two of my blogs every month.
I recommend Adgitize for any person owning a blog and looking to earn a little money with it from publishing ads. A+ for outstanding opportunity to earn with my blogs.
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0 of 1 users found this comment helpful
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by gringo1 on November 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM CST
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Pretty Good
I joined Adgitize a couple months ago. I have to say I loved it at first as it would be just like any other banner exchange program, but I was wrong. Adgitize stands out, because of the possibility of actually making money and driving traffic at the same time. But like almost all the banner exchange programs, the traffic isn't any good and it's just for show. I haven’t made enough money with this program to impress me that much, but if you are looking for some extra PayPal money you can spend you should really be trying this. It will require a bit of work, but like any other thing you will be working for that money. Also the user interface is a bit less user-friendly than it should be, so be prepared to browse around the website for more than half hour before you get "accommodated". All in all it is a great service, but a bit limited in the making money category. It somehow resembles a PPC website where you are actually encouraged to click other banners and rewarded with money for it.
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1 of 1 users found this comment helpful
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by thetick on October 31, 2009 at 1:25 PM CST
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Great for getting extra traffic and cash
I have been signed up with Adgitize for a while now, and I am very happy with the service. It has brought a huge surge of traffic to my blog. Every time I have invested some money in this website, I have made it back along with some extra cash. This is a great program for a small profit. At least I’m earning some money rather than nothing. This program is perfect for newbies, as it allows them to earn some money. This is also great for people who are not getting any traffic to their blog. This service is well worth the money, and it will help you earn money and get traffic.
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This is a great service for active bloggers
I signed up with Adgitize about four months ago and am glad I did. I am both an advertiser and a publisher. I have noticed increased visits to my blog, which is very nice. I have also noticed that my ranking is working it's way up, and that is what I was aiming for when I signed up. Each month, I have managed to make my $14 back along with a few extra dollars, which is well worth it. I'm actually making a profit with this program even though it is small. The benefits I'm getting from Adgitize are showing up on my visits because it is leading others to the programs I have on my blog. I would recommend this to anyone who needs traffic to their blog to increase their rating. It really is a great program that works.
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5 of 5 users found this comment helpful
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A Very interesting website
I made a nice chunk of change through the advertisers I placed on my blog. The only thing that became a hassle was trying to place them in the right place to produce clicks and sales.
I did get a chance to utilize the referral program. Everything that I earned was paid to me on a monthly basis. This was the only thing I didn't like about Adgitize.
Adgitize helps you stay focused on the task at hand which is creating updates. Thats the thing I appreciated about Adgitize, they help you build up traffic. And their customer Service is right on point. They answer all questions in a timely manner. I never waited on queries to be answered and that is why I recommend them to my friends.
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3 of 3 users found this comment helpful
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by WebJunky on October 5, 2009 at 7:00 AM CST
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I love Adgitize
I've been using Adgitize for at least nine months. I am both an advertiser and a publisher. I not only get lots of traffic to my site, but I make enough money each month to pay for the advertising. My bounce rate is much higher than I would like, but I use Entrecard as well so that is the price I pay for wanting to get visitors to my site.
Adgitize is easy to use and works very well in conjunction with Entrecard, since 80% of Entrecard users also use Adgitize.
If I have ever had any trouble Ken Brown has been a delight to work with. He answers emails very quickly and is always willing to explain or fix the problem right away. The customer service factor alone is what makes Adgitize such a treat. I have found some great blogs by surfing the Adgitize widget, and even if my bounce rate is high I am getting a fair amount of quality contributors to my site. I highly recommend Adgitize.
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7 of 7 users found this comment helpful
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Adgitize Did Wonders To My Traffic
I have been with Adgitize for five months now and only two months ago did I discover it's benefits. I decided to advertise with them for a month for only $14 and it wasn't bad at all. I enjoyed an increase in my traffic ratings. I also learned something from my friends who are also into Adgitize. I was amazed at how they still get residual income from this service just by clicking on others' Adgitize ads and making a blog post per day. But of course, you must be logged in to your account before you start clicking and publishing a post so that they will be counted by the system. How great is that? It is one of those services that gives advertisers and publishers alike good benefits. And with only $14 a month as expense to the advertiser, and only a few clicks and a blog post a day to make, it isn't that bad at all! You get your money back in no time.
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Learn Adgitize to Earn
I signed up last month with Adgitize as a publisher from the influenced of a co-blogger. And still on the verge of knowing how it works. Initially I got too excited to published some ads not reading the Terms Of Service that ads should not be more than 8 or 9 still not so sure about that though. I placed 12 on my blog and I got an early suspension. I made an appeal that it was not intentional and they reconsider it immediately. Be aware that they are surely monitoring your blogs.
Honestly it's time consuming to visit sites and click on the adgitize ads and not earning much. It's just uplifting to know that if you join adgitize as a publisher and an advertiser as well and you know how the business runs you will get more than what you expect for. Adding more traffic to your blog and at the same time earning more than you invested. One of this days I would like to try that.
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6 of 6 users found this comment helpful
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Didn't work for me
I joined Adgitize about 6 months ago, and before that I'd only heard good things about the site, so I figured I'd give it a go. I joined as a free member (publisher) and somehow it didn't work for me. I know that not advertising with them has contributed to this, but the ads wouldn't even show up on my blog. I talked to the admin about this and he was really very helpful, but the ads never showed up. I'd been clicking lots of ads and all that, but I only earned 1 cent a day with them. For 2 weeks I kept trying to figure out what I did wrong, but I didn't see any faults in what I did. I read all the blogs with Adgitize help and still nothing. Finally, I decided to quit using Adgitize because earning only a couple of cents a day (the highest I ever earned in a day was 2 cents) would take me a few years to reach payout and I decided that it was just not worth it. Also, having ad blocks on my blog that said Adgitize at the bottom but no actual ads showing up looked a little weird. I know this program has worked for lots of people out there, but somehow it just didn't work for me.
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by chocsie on September 23, 2009 at 4:33 PM CST
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Adgitize with me
Adgitize has been very useful in providing traffic to my site/ blog. When I joined 6 months ago, there were fewer publishers so I got more traffic, but since it’s popularity zoomed, a lot of publishers joined in thus the traffic was distributed to other blogs. Nevertheless, I still continue to be Adgitize’s publisher and now Advertiser as well.
As Advertiser, the $14 pay per month can be easily recovered but don’t expect higher income than $10 per month. But the traffic you get from being Advertiser is tenfold than being Publisher so it’s a win-win situation.
I really advise you to be an Advertiser in Adgitize.
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6 of 6 users found this comment helpful
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by rye on September 16, 2009 at 9:49 PM CST
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Great service for bloggers
I'm a grad student without much money, so I'm pretty hesitant to use any service I have to pay for, but Adgitize is an exception--not only can you earn out what you pay, getting you your money back plus a little extra, you can bring in significant amounts of traffic to your site. The high bounce rate is a little concerning, but like with Entrecard, I think you get enough people who stay long enough to read rather than just clicking on.
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by 100indecisions on September 12, 2009 at 10:48 AM CST
I spent a semester in England; read about it (and my other travels) here.
I like to read and to give my opinions. Put them together and you get book reviews.
Get paid to blog!
PM me for an invite to a new site that's giving away easy points for swag.
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I like it!
I have used Adgitize as a publisher and for advertising in the past and am currently only using it as a publisher. I am very happy with the results and continue to get a small payout from them each month. When I was using the service for advertising I got a good number of page views from the service and was happy with it.
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7 of 11 users found this comment helpful
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So Far So Good
I just recently signed up with Adgitize because of the great things that I heard about the program from friends. I have yet to see it's full potential since I am just a new member. I will therefore make comments from what I have experienced from the site so far. Signing up was a breeze, and even the most clueless can go through it without any fuss at all. I had to be prodded by the friend who referred me to get the code needed for my site and pay the $14 for advertising my site, which I had no interest in doing at first.
But I saw a friend whose Alexa ranking zoomed up to 300,000 from 20 million after a mere month and I was floored because she said it was mostly due to Adgitize. My own sites need a traffic boost, so I decided to take the leap and join in the bandwagon. The Adgitize site itself can be overwhelming with a LOT of links pointing to someplace or another within the site, and it took me sometime to find my way around. But once I did everything seemed straight-forward enough.
I am no newbie in this type of system so it took no time at all to understand how most of the things work on Adgitize. I do wonder about the new feature, though, the Preferred Publishers. I haven't made the decision to purchase the $8 to upgrade to said feature as I have yet to hear from friends if it's worth paying for, and I still have to find out how to upgrade for free since there was no explanation anywhere on the site that I could find, just a mention that you can, in fact, upgrade for free.
I hope I do not lose interest in this like I did on Entrecard. I also hope that it maintains the magic that it holds on users. Being a relatively new program, Adgitize has a long way to go. And with the results that it is bringing, I think I might just make that journey with them as we both grow.
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18 of 18 users found this comment helpful
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Useful for advertising
I joined back around 2 years ago. I was very skeptical at first but it turns out I made the right choice in choosing to partake in Adgitize. Customer Service is extremely helpful and is willing to help you with just about anything you need.
My blog gets A LOT more traffic then it used to. It's pretty much my main traffic source, and for $14 dollars it basically pays itself off. I DEFINITELY recommend that you use Adgitize. Very helpful with traffic needs.
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by advikes28 on September 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM CST
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Great for active bloggers
If you have a lot of time on your hands and are willing to put in the effort, Adgitize can be profitable in terms of both traffic and money. When I advertised with Adgitize, blogged almost every day, and clicked on ads, I made back my $14 advertising fee plus some extra cash. When I don't do any of those things, I make one or two cents a day, but when I do I'll make 50-75 cents a day, in addition to several thousand extra hits on my blog for the month.
Adgitize is great if you have the time to be active. I made money and advertised my blog at the same time. If you don't, then you might be better off with a different advertising service, because I'm only being paid a cent or two a day to show 10 ads.
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7 of 8 users found this comment helpful
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Wonderful website!
I have been with Adgitize for few months now and I can personally vouch that it really works. Adgitize drive more traffic to my blog. It is a very simple way to earn money while you are doing the usual stuff that you do with your blog like visiting other blogs and posting new entries.
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5 of 10 users found this comment helpful
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Awesome Traffic Builder
I have to admit that I initially joined Adgitize to add another one to my list of online money-making activities. However, I have noticed that ever since I placed the Adgitize widget on my blog, the traffic to my site built up and is continuously building up! Since I'm fairly new to the site, I'm still trying to gauge how I'd benefit from the advertising aspect.
One thing I can say, though, if you're looking to build traffic to your site and earn a few cents here and there along with it, try Adgitizing your blog.
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12 of 12 users found this comment helpful
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Adgitize really works!
I've just registered a couple of weeks back but I really noticed the increase in my blog's traffic.
The registration and ads set-up is very easy and quick. You don't need to wait for days for your blog to be approved (unlike some). Although the earning scheme is slow, it is better than none, right?
My only regret is that I just heard about adgitize after 3 months of blogging. I suggest newbie (or not) bloggers to get adgitize too!
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8 of 11 users found this comment helpful
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A good source for traffic and money!
This is a really great tool that made me gain more traffic! Basically, it's like Entrecard but way better because you don't need points! You just put the widget in your blog and then everything will work out. It also offers an affordable price if you want to get advertised, because in return other than getting advertised you get money too. The money you receive for each isn't as much as big as high paying websites though, but the good thing is, even by doing nothing you're already earning cents! And of course, if those keep coming in you'll reach their payout in no time. It also has a low payout mark of $10, which gives less pressure unlike those websites that require high payouts. I haven't reached payout, but overall, my stay in this service is really great! They also have presentable widgets. All you need is to choose how many advertisements you want your website to show, copy the code and paste in your website. After that, the advertisements will be showing up! This is a really helpful service, and definitely a must have!
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11 of 11 users found this comment helpful
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I really like Adgitize
I joined Adgitize a few months ago as an Advertiser and publisher. It has helped my blog tremendously. My Alexa rank is so much better now and I get allot of traffic to my blog.
I have Adgetize ads on my blog and when people click on them I earn money. I only have to pay $14 per. month to be an Advertiser and that is not much money at all. I believe it's worth the money! I'm so happy that I get so much traffic to my blog and I'm going to be a member of Adgitize for along time. It's my main traffic source.
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11 of 11 users found this comment helpful
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This Is Pretty Good
Again not a way to get great quality traffic, but for backlinks, generic traffic, and a few readers it's great! Now, personally I wouldn't pay for advertising, well I don't pay unless I know for a fact I'm going to make some money! But that's me, I think it's a useful program so if you have it to burn, get the advertising. I do suggest to see how using it for free turns out; I haven't played with the site for months and I still have visitors coming to my blog from there. It could be because I'm constantly adding new content to my blog, or from the work I put in before, or both!
The process actually pretty much reminds me of Entrecard, they're just not as particular. It's good for what it does, getting you constant traffic and readers, but everyone wants traffic to their blog so don't expect much else!
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8 of 11 users found this comment helpful
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Really for Budget Advertising
When I first joined Adgitize, January 2008 as a publisher, I was earning $1 per day just writing a blogpost and placing their widget ads on my blog with 700 visits per day. But April came and a lot of publishers joined reigning over the number of advertisers, so I guess that's the reason why my earnings dropped to 2 cents a day.
I removed the adgitize ads on my main blog and made a new niche blog and advertised it for $14 just this August. I'm earning about 52 cents for being an advertiser/publisher with daily posting and visiting 51 other blogs.
Since you earn through points you wouldn't exactly know the rate you're gonna earn. But everything is a win/win situation. If you just want to advertise your blog/website, you get about 60-70 visits per day from the network. If you wanna get your money back, just do your daily blogging ritual and you're not only getting traffic, but you also earn your money back (yes, the $14 you invested) and other bloggers who have the same interests that you have.
As for customer support, Ken Brown is always there to answer your questions in less than 24 hours. Every month (or is that every quarter) they have gimmick like contests, or other ways to make the network more fun, exciting and profitable to everybody.
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Pretty useful
I joined the Adgitize network a few weeks ago, thinking what the heck, it would just be passive income anyway. Nothing to lose. But I was wrong. When I placed the Adgitize widget on my site, I also observed that I was able to receive more traffic, and more followers to my blog. I then started to become an active member and started visiting the other publishers' sites or blogs as well. This helped me gain a new network, even gained me a new friend. So everyday, I do try to make it a point to visit at least 50 sites. This way I don't only gain points and earn, but I also gain new acquaintances and grow my network as well.
To sum it all up, the pros of using Adgitize is that it increases traffic and helps expand your network. The only con I can see is that this is not a major money-making site. Unless you have a lot of traffic and manage to get a lot of people to click on the ads or have them join Adgitize as an advertiser. Overall, I am so happy with Adgitize. This is one site I will definitely recommend to my friends. In fact, I recommend you to use it if you haven't already.
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16 of 17 users found this comment helpful
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Advertising at it's Finest
I started with Adgitize during the first few days after my blog went online. And it's one of the few motivators that challenged me to write every day. It made me set a goal of reaching the top 5 in the leaderboard, and it's one thing that also taught me how important it is to invest a few to gain more. I took the initiative of promoting my blog in the network which cost only $14, did massive affiliate promotion and after the first thirty days I received my first payment, a good traffic on my site plus a good recurring incentive with my referrals.
I don't think there can be any better advertising offers available right now that would be comparable to Adgitize. So if you really want traffic, advertise and you'll sure get your money back.
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14 of 15 users found this comment helpful
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My Traffic Source
I gave this site an Awesome rating because it really is awesome to me. I joined the adgitize before because of the promise of earning some money. I was not that active then and I cannot understand the whole system then. I was only earning 10 cents the most a day. Then a friend told me that I should see adgitize not an earning site but as a site where I can gain traffic. I became an advertiser last month. I created a new site a month ago. The Alexa ranking of that site went from 22M to less than 300k Alexa rank. That huge amount of traffic all comes from adgitize! The cost of advertising I bought is only $14 and I already earned $16 this month. I got traffic and I got some extra money on the side. Isn't that awesome?
Now how the site works? It is very simple. You sign up in adgitize and when your blog is approved, you will have to install some codes for the adgitize ads. A piece of advice, add two ad groups to maximize the ad widget. The site is point system, you get points every time you post new entry for your blog (maximum of one post per day). You get points when you click 100 adgitize ads. You get points when people click your adgitize ads widgets. You can earn as much as 80 cents a day if you are an advertiser.
I highly recommend this site to be your main traffic source.
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14 of 20 users found this comment helpful
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Earnings is Dependent on How Active You Are
I am both a publisher and an advertiser on Adgitize. I am advertising one of my blogs on Adgitize and it's getting a good amount of traffic from fellow Adgitize members.
The $14 monthly advertising fee was worth. At the end of the month, I was able to earn more than that amount. I earned points by updating my blog post daily and completing the 100 clicks on different blogs. The minimum payout can easily be reached in a month.
The only downside is that some bloggers just click on the advertiser's blog without reading the content. Hence, the blog can get a very high bounce rate.
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21 of 21 users found this comment helpful
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Great Site!
I really like this program a lot. I get paid for doing what I already do, writing on my blog. I signed up for $14 dollars and get hundreds of views to my blog. I have more than made my money back due to advertising on my blog! I highly recommend this site to anyone!
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