That's what I did in my app, and I am honestly surprised about the amount of donations I got. I have no idea how much you typically get when you use AdSense/AdMob, but I kept my request for donations deliberately non-intrusive (donation link on top of help page, and one dialog pops up after using the app for 30 days, and then never again, ever), and I still got a reasonable number of donations. Many of them $1, of course, but some considerably larger.
-Mike On Jun 21, 11:27 pm, Andy Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > From an Adsense point of view I can understand why this might be a bad idea. > > I guess the way the adsense system works is the people who click are the > ones who are genuinally interested. Therefore if you promote people to just > click for no reason other than to support you then the advertiser would be > charged for a click that is very unlikely to lead to a sale. > > Distorting the click-to-conversation type ratio. > > Specifically for your case hzakimoto, if you want to encourage people to > help support you. I guess the best approach would be to place an obvious > "Donate" button and ask people to support you that way. > > -- > "The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that > will allow a solution" > - Bertrand Russell > > Andy Savage > Cell Phone: +852 936 34341 > Skype ID: andy_savage > Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/in/andysavage > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:40 PM, hzakimoto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > I use a number of providers. I'll check their policy on this. > > > But since AdSense prohibit that, then I guess it's a bad approach > > after all. > > > Thank you for your fast reply. =) > > > On Jun 22, 12:12 pm, EboMike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Who's the provider for your apps? > > > > If it's AdSense, then the guidelines clearly prohibit you from doing > > > that: > > > > **************** > > > Misleading to clicks > > > > Publishers are not allowed to use language to lead users to click > > > Google ads, such as: > > > > * "Feel free to click an ad" > > > * "Contribute to the cause, visit an ad" > > > * "Help keep this site running, check out our sponsors" > > > * "We need a new server. Support us!" > > > **************** > > > > -Mike > > > > On Jun 21, 10:04 pm, hzakimoto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > Have anyone try putting a message like > > > > > "Please visit our sponsors" > > > > > or something cuter like > > > > > "Please support our free games by visiting our sponsors ^_^" > > > > > above you ads banner? > > > > > I want to hear everyone's opinion about this. Do you think it'll help > > > > increase CTR or not, and why? > > > > > Thank you in advance !- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
