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Re:Android income experiment - or why AdMob sucks by suking on Friday August 26, 2011 @10:54AM (#2928657)
Not sure how that would solve the problem unless the CPM is like $0.0001. Maybe they should do click to call tracking and set minimum call lengths to be billed - although that might mean AdMob doesn't make any $ b/c it's all mistakes/fraud.
Re:Android income experiment - or why AdMob sucks by ailon on Friday August 26, 2011 @11:12AM (#2928715)
With PPV you would've paid for impressions and, if these didn't result in any return, you'd know that it's not because of fraud/accidental clicks.
Re:Android income experiment - or why AdMob sucks by suking on Friday August 26, 2011 @11:16AM (#2928729)
@ailon - That still doesn't solve my problem because IT IS all fraud/misclicks. So unless the CPM is insanely low it still won't register any good calls. The only thing I can see mobile ads working for, as they currently are, is for downloading other apps. Mobile->real world doesn't seem to be working in my experience and some other people I've talked with.
Re:Android income experiment - or why AdMob sucks by ailon on Friday August 26, 2011 @11:31AM (#2928771)
In PPV no one can defraud you with fake clicks. You are not paying for clicks. And generating thousands of impressions for fraud purposes is less trivial task than just a few clicks here and there.
Re:Android income experiment - or why AdMob sucks by suking on Friday August 26, 2011 @11:53AM (#2928842)
I 100% get what you're saying and see there is less risk - however, I'm just not buying mobile will work for online->offline phone calls after our massive failures (yes - we tried more than once). Are there any case studies out there of mobile campaigns bringing in real calls?