ad manager question

[Guest]

I need to place ads on my site. And i'm getting a little confused as to the
best way to do it, do i write it myself or get a control. Problem is there
are way too may of them out there and they all claim to be good. Here is what
i need for my asp.net 2.0 site. I can do all of this myself, but i hear there
are some restrictions in the 2.0 rotator control, and it will take perhaps
more time to write my own, meaning it may be cheeper to just get someone
elses system. Can any one recomend one they have used with the features below
or advise me on the best way to create a flexable system myself?

1. Multiple ads on each page
2. different ad groups on each page.
3. different weighted rotation rate per ad
4. ads will timeout after preset number of clicks
5. need to track the clickthroughs.
6. provide reports to customers who purchase space.

any advice would be appreciated

 

[Rob MacFadyen]

My advice would be to go strickly with Google Adsense. Its a prepackaged
solution that has worked very well for lots and lots and _lots_ of websites.
You could put a lot of effort into reinventing the wheel... but frankly I'd
question the return on that effort. You might also want to look at Google
Analytics... a great website statistic reporting package (free). The
combination of the two provide considerable value.

One nice thing about Adsense is that it is a direct line to customers. There
are customers out there that are ready to buy advertising on your site right
now... you don't need to contact them, negiotiate a price, handle payments,
or any of the nitty gritty details involved in selling advertising (not to
mention the challenges around handling disputes).

That's my $0.02 worth (actual cash value $0.0000001, not valid in all
States, offer void where prohibited, skill testing question required).

Regards,

Rob MacFadyen

 

[Guest]

Thanks for responding,

we are purchesing google ads now., but we want to sell ads on our site. I
don't believe we can co-opt the google tech for our own purposes? and use the
solution apart from google.

--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
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My advice would be to go strickly with Google Adsense. Its a prepackaged
solution that has worked very well for lots and lots and _lots_ of websites.
You could put a lot of effort into reinventing the wheel... but frankly I'd
question the return on that effort. You might also want to look at Google
Analytics... a great website statistic reporting package (free). The
combination of the two provide considerable value.

One nice thing about Adsense is that it is a direct line to customers. There
are customers out there that are ready to buy advertising on your site right
now... you don't need to contact them, negiotiate a price, handle payments,
or any of the nitty gritty details involved in selling advertising (not to
mention the challenges around handling disputes).

That's my $0.02 worth (actual cash value $0.0000001, not valid in all
States, offer void where prohibited, skill testing question required).

Regards,

Rob MacFadyen

 

[Rob MacFadyen]

Well... buying ads from google is AdWords, selling ad space to Google is
AdSense. If your site is on the public internet you can use AdSense to place
ads on your website... for free... google _pays you_ a percentage of the
revenue they collect from ad buyers when consumers click on an ad displayed
on your site.

AdSense supports text ads and image ad (banners, skyscrappers, inline, etc
etc).

Regards,

Rob MacFadyen

 

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Thanks for responding,

we are purchesing google ads now., but we want to sell ads on our site. I
don't believe we can co-opt the google tech for our own purposes? and use
the
solution apart from google.