Independent Widgetbucks Blog

I think you should read the Widgetbucks official blog wrote about the misperception relates to back-links and why they removed them.
“Our original intent behind including back-links was pretty plain and simple: if a user did not have the Flash Player installed, we wanted to show a link to WidgetBucks, and disabling javascript does nothing more than reproduce the No-Flash-Player case, since javascript is used to load the flash player. We removed the back-link based on publisher feedback about not being allowed to modify the HTML to place a “no-follow” for SEO purposes. So rather than grant permission to modify the HTML we provide, we simply removed the back-link.”

Does it mean that Google is really free from backlinks? And does Widgetbucks really banned by Google SERPs?

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Seems like there’s a lot of chatter going on around WidgetBucks right now, and some of it is not accurate. If you look under the hood a bit, most of the inaccuracies have largely been precipitated by those who have a vested interest in competing products. Hey, I’m all for talking up your product — but let’s at least try do it with a little integrity. I personally feel that execution and performance speak for themselves.

Now to dispel the rumors:

First of all, no, WidgetBucks was not banned by Google SERPs. I recognize this bursts a great Google-smack down storyline here, guys. Sorry. [Read more →]

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As we’ve continued to evaluate impression, click and conversion data during WidgetBucks’ first 3+ weeks, we’ve observed that a majority of non-English language sites are delivering a consistently low conversion rate. With our merchants and advertisers predominantly based in the U.S., this is not a surprising phenomenon. And as an advertising network, we have a responsibility to our merchants to deliver quality traffic that has the highest likelihood of conversion to sale.

As a result, we’ve updated our program policies to no longer approve or accept non-English language sites into the WidgetBucks ad network. See our Program Policies here. [Read more →]

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One of the concerns we’ve heard from many of you has been the slow loading times of our widgets. We really appreciate your feedback and comments in helping us improve in this area. So, today we addressed this issue by rolling out new code that ultimately delivers faster loading widgets.

It is very important to note that this update will require action on your part. You will need to update code of your existing widgets for the speedier load times to take affect on your site, blog or network. Know that changing the code will not impact earnings for any of your widgets.

Here are the two steps you’ll need to follow: [Read more →]

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The rumor of Widgetbucks hidden links is getting worst, it ends with the conclusion that Google punished them because of the Bad Hidden Links technique.
TechCrunch and Problogger ranking in the first and second places for the term “WidgetBucks”

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Zac Johnson wrote that he was “ranked as top performers by both impressions and clicks” for the WidgetBucks network.

Since he started testing WidgetBucks, he has sent almost a million impressions and have earned almost $70. She did some additional testing with different category such Jewelry, MP3 Players and Game Consoles… with MP3 Players leading the way, at around .43 per click.

Go read his experience as WidgetBucks Top Performer.

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