Does anyone have experience with putting ads on Maps? Since my app is almost completely map driven I would like to start doing the ad thing but don't even know if it is possible.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Justin Giles <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Greg (below). I too have a free ad supported full feature > version as well as a no ad pay version. When all the coins are counted, I'm > making more money with the free version than I am the pay version. Almost > twice as much. > > In regards to the ad companies and performance, I switch between Greystripe > and AdMob for every other ad in my game. AdMob is outperforming Greystripe > almost 5:1 for the month of January. The month of December, it was only > 2.5:1 in favor of AdMob. There are constant fluctuations in the ad market > in terms of fill rate, etc. My fill rate average since I started showing > ads (about 3 months) is around 80%. Not bad, but you do get discouraged > when you see those low fill rate days as well as those low revenue days. My > advice is to try one or two companies over a two month period and see which > one does best for you on average. > > Justin > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Kevin Duffey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I am curious.. how do you work in ad support into an app? This is one of >> the >> > business models discussed in other threads, and it seems like providing >> a >> > lite version with ads, and a pay version is one way to go. Or, just do a >> > full version with ads in it all the time. >> >> I keep my feature set the same in both my free and non-free versions, >> my free version just has ads is all. >> >> > I would love to know how to get >> > started on adding "ad" support. How do you set up the ability to get >> paid >> > from the ad providers? >> >> You attach them to your bank account or they mail you a check. >> >> > How/when do you display ads, and where do you get the >> > ads from? How many ads must display to earn $1. >> >> A lot. On a good day 20K, on a bad day 70K. >> >> > Etc. I'd love to know more >> > about how all this works and how much you make or how you figure out how >> > much you can potentially make this way. >> >> My experience has been more profitable with Greystripe, they have the >> full screen ads and seem to perform better than the smaller banner ads >> from AdMob. >> >> >> -- >> Greg Donald >> destiney.com | gregdonald.com >> >> -- >> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. Join the Closed Beta of Call Girl Manager http://www.fuligin.com/forums
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