Comments on: That Went Over Like A Lead Balloon

By: Edith Brown

Edith Brown — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:13:18 +0000

Interesting discussion, however I know very little about Konterra context links.

By: Blogging Blog

Blogging Blog — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:11:05 +0000

As a visitor I hate Kontera ads because they often cover up text as I am trying to read it and they are just intrusive. But, I also understand that some webmasters make a lot of money through the program, so I guess you just have to figure out if it works for you (and if its worth losing some visitors over). In your case, I would say don’t use them because losing 10 readers and having half the page views is definitely not worth 46 cents.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:23:19 +0000

@Ashwin- I like the theme a lot (I do wish it were commented a bit more in the code, though).

@Michi- Please let us know your results with Konterra, would you? And thanks for dropping by!

By: Michi

Michi — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:09:17 +0000

I just started using Kontera on my own site a couple of days ago, so we’ll see how it goes. If it becomes a problem, I’ll definitely take it off, but I haven’t had any reader complaints yet.

By: Ashwin

Ashwin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:06:53 +0000

I also have Kontera, but I never faced the issue of falling traffic. It has reduced the CTR of AdSense. And CTR of AdSense+Kontera is NOT the same with only AdSense. Still I’m planning to keep it for some more time and see how things shape up.

By the way, even I run the same theme in my blog. Cool theme!

By: Markk

Markk — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:25:32 +0000

I find Kontera ads slightly annoying, but only slightly. I could see how other people could despise them, though. I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on a Kontera ad.

I’ve read web usability material that warns against using Kontera-style links, so that’s another point against them.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:14:23 +0000

So Kris, Why don’t you tell us what you really think !

I am afraid I agree with you.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:08:20 +0000

My opinion is that Konterra ads can lick my balls. Every time I see them on a website I immediately think “spammy”.

By: Roger Anderson

Roger Anderson — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:11:43 +0000

I did not notice it was there. I did not notice that it was gone. I think your sample may have been too small to determine a direct effect.

My view – as long as it does not interrupt the text too much and it does not change your voice, do what you like. 47 cents will not get you much today but in a month or two you could get a Happy Meal.