Traffic quality from Adf.ly?

FreeDirectMedia · Share | #1 (**permalink**) 02-29-2012, 08:21 PM

Have anyone here ever worked with Adf.ly?

How we does their traffic convert?

thefandango · #2 (**permalink**) 03-02-2012, 12:36 AM

I wish I understood what adfly actually does. I am assuming people pay them to advertise and you get a cut for showing the links?

GMF · #3 (**permalink**) 03-02-2012, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by thefandango

I wish I understood what adfly actually does. I am assuming people pay them to advertise and you get a cut for showing the links?

Something like that, yes.

It's a link shortener. When you click an adfly link you first get to some sort of advertisement page and after 5-10 seconds you get redirected to the real page.

eyt2011 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-02-2012, 01:39 AM

it's not good. The problem is that the ad appears in between when you click the link. Ad block the content.

FreeDirectMedia · #5 (**permalink**) 03-02-2012, 05:14 AM

So the ad gets displayed as a short interstitial between the ad.fy link and the destination site?

GMF · #6 (**permalink**) 03-02-2012, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by FreeDirectMedia

So the ad gets displayed as a short interstitial between the ad.fy link and the destination site?

Exactly

FreeDirectMedia · #7 (**permalink**) 03-02-2012, 05:27 AM

5-10 second of display time is not effective at all, although it's a good concept.

eyt2011 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-04-2012, 09:36 PM

yes. you are right. But it disturbs too. I don't find it useful for generating income like this.

PromoDirect · #9 (**permalink**) 03-06-2012, 05:47 AM

I think Bitly is the most popular than Adfly. I haven't heard of adfly before. But the question is what makes Adfly different from Bitly?

GMF · #10 (**permalink**) 03-06-2012, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by PromoDirect

I think Bitly is the most popular than Adfly. I haven't heard of adfly before. But the question is what makes Adfly different from Bitly?

Yes, bitly is more popular but you won't get any money using bitly.

When you shorten your links using Adfly a short interstitial is shown before you reach the real link.

FreeDirectMedia · #11 (**permalink**) 03-06-2012, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by PromoDirect

I think Bitly is the most popular than Adfly. I haven't heard of adfly before. But the question is what makes Adfly different from Bitly?

I don't think Bitly has an affiliate solution, I think it just forward the visitor through. Not really sure how they make money.

**snakeair** · #12 (**permalink**) 03-06-2012, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FreeDirectMedia

I don't think Bitly has an affiliate solution, I think it just forward the visitor through. Not really sure how they make money.

I don't have an account but was looking around there site.

I think this page will explain how you make money with them. (fyi, link below is not an affiliate link, it's direct URL)

http://kb.adf.ly/13/how-does-this-work

PromoDirect · #13 (**permalink**) 03-07-2012, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GMF

Yes, bitly is more popular but you won't get any money using bitly.

When you shorten your links using Adfly a short interstitial is shown before you reach the real link.

Its an interesting thing about Adfly, I didn't knew before that we can earn money.
I will try it for sure.
Thanks for updating me!

**snakeair** · #14 (**permalink**) 03-07-2012, 03:42 PM

pssst, http://viralurl.com is another URL shortner site that you could earn money off of cloaking your links and see some click stat's. I'm a member on there site but haven't used them in over 2 years so i don't know what upgrades have happend.

goosemo · #15 (**permalink**) 03-13-2012, 08:26 PM

I have tried it but didnt like the results i would go with a ppv company like traffic vance or even direct cpv, just make sure you are tracking the referrer on direct cpv, they have a few scam refferers who will eat up your budget with no conversions

**snakeair** · #16 (**permalink**) 03-14-2012, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by goosemo

I have tried it but didnt like the results i would go with a ppv company like traffic vance or even direct cpv, just make sure you are tracking the referrer on direct cpv, they have a few scam refferers who will eat up your budget with no conversions

Adf.ly is a URL shortner site. Do you have an alternative one?

MarkHeron · #17 (**permalink**) 03-17-2012, 11:04 PM

Garbage traffic... unless you're offering something absurdly simple, like getting paid to click on ads or entering captcha codes.

carlhenson · #18 (**permalink**) 03-20-2012, 01:09 AM

I did try few months back.

None converted. I think if you want to specifically advertise on adf.ly that you consider those visitors as an adf.ly users.

loo23 · #19 (**permalink**) 03-20-2012, 01:38 AM

I purchased that as well. I got similar results. I spent $10, got 24K visitors, and only 4 subscribers. Probably wasn't worth 2.50/sub.

dofollowforum · #20 (**permalink**) 03-31-2012, 03:48 PM

Worst traffic ever probably. Everyone is just waiting to skip the Ad and no one even bother to see what website is being shown in the iFrame.