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Ask HN: Advice needed re: adsense vs. adbrite

3 points by endlessvoid94 17y ago

I built a site with a few friends over the weekend and it's getting some significant traffic. I'd like to maximize as much as possible, and I'd heard that Adbrite was a better choice than adsense, so I went with that. 2 days later, I've made 2.75 from 20 clicks in adbrite. a friend with a blog using adsense has 3 clicks and has the same profit we do. am i doing something wrong? or does adbrite really suck? i heard that you need to somehow optimize and select ads in adbrite, but I wanted confirmation from someone on HN with solid experience. btw the website is http://www.thathigh.com thanks

Travis 17y ago
Well, you're going to see drastically different numbers depending on content. The CPC ranges from pennies to around $50 for specific ads. So you can't make any sort of comparison between your site and your friend's. I recommend that you just run a/b tests. Is there a reason why you don't want to switch to adsense for a week? Then just compare your numbers and go with whatever is better.