LinkWorth Controversy
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Many of us bloggers are always on the constant search for better paying advertising programs, myself included. Within this search I found www.linkworth.com and read all through it etc etc. Seemed like a decent program so I went ahead and signed up to test it out some, even wrote a posting about it because I thought it was a useful tool in the post TLA debacle.
Long story short is that I have since parted ways with LinkWorth, purely due to the fact of me not promoting it with the attention I should have, and also due to the fact that I did not see much coming from LinkWorth itself. I find the LinkWorth user interface a bit odd to begin with, but the way the advertisers see you're website is still a bit of a mystery to me, and to a lot of others I think as well.
In doing some more research into LinkWorth I found this blog post at Adesblog.com on how LinkWorth might be using him as a promotional tool to get their name out and single him out etc. Which is kind of shady if you ask me, but not completely off the moral compass either. He goes on to post about how he's making 900$ a month etc, but that several of his readers had reported signing up through him and making zip.
Now that wouldn't really make it all that much of a story until I started to read on further down through the comments section where users were continuously posting how little if any money they were making from LinkWorth, when low and behold a LinkWorth representative posts a scathing comment in rebuttal to the post. Well now, I thought to myself, this is going to be interesting seeing how this pans out. Adesblog.com then reposts back stating very mildly that he's sure LinkWorth is doing a good job and not being all black hat etc etc. Wtf?!
So now I've got some bells and whistles going on in my head, and get thinking to myself that Adesblog.com might be trying a reverse marketing ploy in conjunction with LinkWorth. Think about it. Adesblog.com posts a linkbait article "bad mouthing" LinkWorth (when in fact he states he's making good money from them), and then LinkWorth retorts on the blog with a scathing comment, and then they are all hunky dory? Controversy is always good for a blog to get noticed.
To me this seems all too preplanned out and smells like a reverse marketing campaign to 1) read the article, 2) sign up for LinkWorth, 3) boost the already well established affiliate earnings for Adesblog.com. Now don't get me wrong here, I'm not bashing this type of marketing, or condoning it either. I think as a blogger or website owner you need to decide what type of marketing campaigns and public info you're willing to put out on your site.
I'd also like to point out here that I am in not trying to discredit Adesblog.com either, its a great website that I visit pretty often, and I hope they get some traffic from this post at the very least.
On another note it is interesting to see that LinkWorth actively comments on blogs, if indeed that truly is a LinkWorth representative. Has anyone else had this effect from LinkWorth. Whats you're opinion on them? Do you use other affiliate programs, if so what and why?
Have an opinion on this? Comment below.
Anyway here's the link to the post directly if you're interested in reading it more.
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Upon further discussion with Ades, he was indeed singled out by LinkWorth and used as a promo tool basically. This just further solidifies me on the ex LinkWorth bandwagon. So if you're going to try out LinkWorth just keep an eye on them!
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Ades said:
Hi,
Thanks for the linkback. While I appreciate the traffic from this post, I would like to point out that the post that you referred was not a reverse marketing at all, as you put it. Rather I was sincerely questioning LinkWorth.
If you read the latest comments, you will know that I was in fact singled out…
Peace, Ades
November 27th, 2007 at 4:54 pm -
admin said:
I thought that might be the case, and really doesn’t surprise me coming from linkworth.
November 27th, 2007 at 4:55 pm -
PG said:
I’ve been doing research on ways to earn money. I’ve read about this place, that place and everything else. Seems places like Johnchow.com, problogger.net and even adesblog.com all do really well with these networks.
One thing I have come to understand is that certain sites do well with certain networks. Maybe it’s due to their readers, maybe it’s due to their pagerank, maybe it’s due to their relationships or just the stroke of good luck. But there is no doubt that just because one website does really well, it in no way means just because joe schmoe does well, doesn’t mean I will make a penny.
I was researching linkworth and came across the adesblog post about him being singled out. Now maybe he might have some sort of merit if he was this huge and well read blog that receives 10′s of thousands of readers daily. But the fact of the matter is, it’s just a decent blog with an ‘ok’ readership from what I can tell. Then you ask yourself, “Why would he say something like this when he’s making awesome money?” The answer could go a number of ways, but the main story is, it’s for his own good.
I thought a lot about this because I don’t want to get myself into something that isn’t right, but put yourself in the shoes of adesblog. If you’re making NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS a month on ads, why exactly would there be a problem? Even if they are sending you business and you talk good about them, isn’t it worth it? I mean, $900 a month would make me rant and rave about an ad network in a heartbeat. Furthermore, I wouldn’t bitch about it if all the sudden the $900 didn’t turn into $2500. Sure, I would prefer it keep rising, but I would talk great about a company if I could just make $200 per month!
Admin, if you really take a step back and think about it, think about it, there is no reason why Linkworth or any ad network would have any kind of ‘controversy’ if they sent business to a good site. Would you complain if it was you? I know I wouldn’t. For that reason alone, I think the adesblog post saying they singled him out was nothing more than a ploy to either get publicity (like your post) or to try and con Linkworth into giving him more business to make him happy.
Just my 2 cents. I’ll give them a shot in hopes of being “used” for $900 a month. If you know of any other ad networks that will “use” me for a grand a month, let me know, because I’ll be that pig in a heartbeat.
“Singled out” HA! What a pity party!
Pete GilesJanuary 26th, 2008 at 8:51 am
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