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Too bad, original blog doesn't accept comments without logging in. Anyway, here's my thought about Opera. First of all, the default adblocker is available in d
by andrewl-hn 17y ago
Too bad, original blog doesn't accept comments without logging in. Anyway, here's my thought about Opera.
First of all, the default adblocker is available in default Opera installation. Right-click anywhere on the page and choose "Block content".
Second, Turbo doesn't cut adds. It blocks the initial loading of Flash/Silverlight content though. So if you go to Youtube you won't see the video. Insted you'll have to click on the video area so the browser know that this content is required. It will download the video dirreckly (not through Opera servers).
If your website uses Flash for ads you might be in trouble. But this Turbo feature is very new and only a small fraction of all Opera users run the 10th version with it.
I just went to mibbit to take a look around and it seems like the only ads you run are from Google. It's a safe bet in general case but sometimes it doesn't work well. Here's the thing: Opera is big (I mean huge) in Eastern Europe and chanses are most Opera-running visitors come from that region.
What is also special about Eastern Europe and former SU is that Google is nowhere near as popular as it's here not only in search but more importantly in advertising. About a year ago when I lived in Russia the two major players were Begun (banner ads) and Yandex (adsense-style text ads). Google made an attempt to purchase Begun but the deal was blocked by authorities.
What I suggest you is to try to alter between Google Ads and, for example, yandex ads, depending on where do you users come from. May be that could work better for you.
- axod 17y agoGood thoughts, and good idea at the end. I'll likely run some different adverts and see which ones produce the best revenue for each country/browser/OS etc. eastern-europe: opera=8% usage, compared with US: opera=2% usage So you may have a point there - Opera users are less likely to be in easy-to-monetize countries. In terms of absolute numbers, there's more Opera users outside the US/EU, than inside.