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AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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Re: AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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With all due respect I'm not surprised. My media buying agency had tried buying traffic from them about a year ago and the quality of the traffic we got was shockingly bad. Support was not at all helpful. We were left thinking that they either had no measures to combat click fraud in place, or that they had no problem with selling that kind of traffic. Common problem unfortunately in the media buying business, but no…

Where are you buying through now? My contact information is in my profile. Reach out if you'd like to discuss other options.

There's no contact information in your profile. Only the about box is shared, the e-mail box is for password retrievals.

Re: AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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This thread suggests that it's probably fun to say: good riddance to the fuckers! (And you might say "good riddance, you fucker" if you were on FuckedCompany...) I've met pud and talked with him in an entrepreneurial setup, and I was truly impressed by his early-stage insight. Seriously, he's smart and savvy, so there, but for the grace of God, go I, etc. Rather than piling-on in a FuckedCompany-like sense, I think i…

I had a site with a few thousand page views per day, and they would never display any ads on the site so I stopped using them. I also signed up for an advertiser account to see how the advertiser experience worked, and they immediately flagged my account as fraudulent and wouldn't let me buy ads.

Re: AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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Why aren't they selling off the campaigns, users, or other assets? Just a complete shutdown?

I always wonder this whenever companies shut down. Somebody would surely be willing to pay for all of their code, users etc. Why not let it live on and see if somebody else could be a better steward? I know I'd be willing to give it a shot...

I assume their liabilities greatly outstrip the value of the code/etc that they could get. Possibly in bankruptcy some of the creditors will sell of parts of the company but its unlikely to be very public.

Re: AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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C'mon people! Let's give these guys a break. They had a vision for something great and they tried their best to make it happen. Not every business succeeds, in fact almost many fail. They had the guts, the vision and the nerve to be great.

Re: AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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I had a top 3 site on adbrite and was making almost six figures per year around 2004. I got banned without any warning. It was fun while it lasted. Their whole system sucked. They banned me because they wanted me to charge more. Their system allowed a huge backlog of ads that I had to display when my site got popular and prevented me charging more.

Re: AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013

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After being banned from Google Adsense (I still don't know the reason why) I have used Adbrite as an alternative. It's no surprise they are shutting down. The ads they deliver are borderline suspicious and they don't make publishers any money at all. I have earned $0.07 with Adbrite whereas I could have earned $60 in the same time frame with Google Adsense. Does anyone know good alternatives?

I can help you with alternatives. My contact info is in my profile. Give me and e-mail and we can chat.

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