Comments on: Exclusive: WidgetBucks Now Safe To Use

By: Update: Why Widget Bucks got banned

Update: Why Widget Bucks got banned — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:03:56 +0000

[...] According to Andy it seems they messed up a redirect which seems like a good enough reason for them to lose their [...]

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:36:44 +0000

One thing is for sure, Widgetbucks have had hundreds of thousands of pounds of free exposure. Agreed its not all been positive but as they say “all PR is good PR”.

Personally, I like the widgets they are lot better than most “banner” ads.

Sean.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:04:21 +0000

I saw a couple of statistics on DP. People are claiming they have decent CPC (0.3$) and good CTR. Thus, many are thinking about replacing the old Adsense with this new Widgetbucks thingy. The truth is that Widgebucks might be suitable for some kind of sites (e-commerce mostly i might add), but i’m wondering if they are ever going to pay their publishers… We’ll just have to wait and see…

PS: I tried Widgetbucks together with Adsense on one of my sites and i had trouble displaying channel statistics in Adsense… As soon as i took the widget down, statistics came right back… Weird

By: Roughy

Roughy — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:10:35 +0000

Hi guys,
I have written to WidgetBucks support about the referral stats and the benefits for us (and them) if they make the stats available in real time or at least without a month of delay and they’ve answered they’ve put that on their “requested features” list. I hope we will see it implemented soon.

@ Dave
The new widget seems really faster but still it is not the fastest possible.

By: A week in the blogging world | Blogging Tips

A week in the blogging world | Blogging Tips — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:57:39 +0000

[...] First they email publishers about how their system has been improved (see here. here and here) and then ShoeMoney explained why they were being penalized by Google. Andy Beard had actually [...]

By: Maki

Maki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:24:34 +0000

I know its a JV thing but its just done in a completely wrong way. First of all, I didn’t agree to any JV, but was simply emailed an account and some generic email template sent out to probably a dozen other bloggers.

I ain’t complaining too loudly. I could have written a nasty blog post about it but I didn’t.

I wouldn’t have minded writing about WidgetBucks when it was launched but seriously, put some effort in pre-selling or pitching me.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:02:22 +0000

Has anyone tested out the new widget? My main problem with the original one was that it was slow loading (my other main problem is my lack of earnings!). I’m thinking about getting rid of the widget, but if it is loading a lot faster I might want to utilize it.

By: Amish Furniture

Amish Furniture — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:56:02 +0000

What a contrast! These guys are listening, responding and doing something about the problem.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:50:21 +0000

Maki that might be Jim’s doing.

With the JV partners who were notified before release, Jim arranged for them to have accounts already created, which would also mean that they would have the email address attached.

I think that is something I am not going to complain about too loudly, as I like having a little advanced notice occasionally.

As long as they don’t claim I am a user unless I am (I currently haven’t included WB on any niche sites)

By: Maki

Maki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:42:37 +0000

A little offtopic rant: What was very annoying to me was that I didn’t sign up for Widget Bucks and yet my email is somehow placed on their mailing list. I didn’t opt-in or agree to any newsletter/notification and I’m getting the emails sent to their publishers.

I had to opt-out a few hours ago and hmmmm… that definitely didn’t score any points with me.