Comments on: Project Wonderful, Not so Wonderful

By: LGR

LGR — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:01:46 +0000

Good point but it does not surprise me. Take a look at Google AdWords. Have you ever tried actually getting a human response from them? No mailing address that I can find. You can only contact them through a web form and then it might take days or weeks to get anything other than a default email responder.

By: Karrine

Karrine — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:52:10 +0000

I have this ongoing Pet peeve. I would not spend my money advertising in any PRINT publication that does not clearly provide me with access to their FULL contact details. Project Wonderful does not do so.

Why should any advertiser or publisher invest their potential ad revenue or investments in a company that will not list clearly list their corporate information ?

By: LGR

LGR — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:24:28 +0000

Your are welcome to advertise. I raised the minimum price to .05/day and moved them down the page. Would be nice to have some more advertisers on it.

By: Natural

Natural — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:12:43 +0000

I use wonderful project. I’ll try to remember to look you up when I get home and advertise on your site.

By: LGR

LGR — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:55:58 +0000

I don’t think I was trying to be noble, I was thinking about it from my perspective as an advertiser. I would be ticked if I was paying for an ad spot buried way down on the page.

I just started using this layout, but you know what I will give Project Wonderful a little more time. I will move it from its current location into one of the sidebars and see how it does compared to AdSense over the next few weeks.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:30:14 +0000

While I think it’s noble of you to think of the advertisers, they have the power to choose if they want to advertise with you. So, if your widget is buried and they advertise, it was their own choice. And in my taste, although the placement of the widget on this site is at the top, I missed it the first time because my vision is focused on the middle and looking down.

Another option you have is to choose a new layout that would accommodate it.

Again, I’m not trying to force PW on you, but in my experience it’s been better than Adsense.

By: LGR

LGR — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:42:50 +0000

I like EntreCard, because I enjoy the community and finding new blogs.

I have to wonder if people plaster their blogs with Project Wonderful ads simply to try and get the daily earnings up. Everyone wants to make as much as the A-listers. Project Wonderful won’t get them that kind of money.

By: LGR

LGR — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:39:48 +0000

I agree that Project Wonderful should be thought of as a supplement, but for $1.20 a month the ads should not get the prime screen real estate that I have given them. For $1.20 and month I will bury the two ads that I have here on the site near the bottom of the screen. Is that fair to the advertisers? Google AdSense, while not the best earner for blogs does better here, even though I don’t get tons of traffic. It certainly does better than a $1.20/month.

By: guardian angel

guardian angel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:12:02 +0000

Hi!

I am also tempted to join PW. However what annoys me is the fact that the ads are being placed on top of the blogs that you barely see the title of the latest post.

Moreover, the project seem to be convincing the users to put a bunch of ads in their sidebars.

For me, I still prefer EC coz it’s free.

Thanks!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:11:20 +0000

I think that PW should be thought of as a supplement. Maybe that $1.20/month isn’t so great, but why not just take it?