Interesting post where someone experimenting with adbrite noticed he got more traffic from a techcrunch comment than advertising with adbrite (although he only spent $5 on adbrite). I’ve noticed a lot of “legitimate” comments with spammy links, we generally delete these.
Thanks for the mention Mike.
And - this is a first comment as well !
-TP
If you’re only going to spend $5 on adbrite per day, you’re probably better off going to coffeeshop or bar, buying someone a drink, and telling them about your product.
Daryn, maybe you have a point.
But again, my objectives for the experiment were different - I wanted to check the quality of traffic, and at around 10 cents per CPC, I do have a decent sample there for $5.
Will post what I found out soon.
-TP
You’ve got it all wrong. You just need to start charging $3.00 CPC (cost per comment)
There was a period where I’d consistently be the first person to comment. It might have gotten me few dozen visits t my blog at best but like others have mentioned, it’s by no means scalable as adbrite might be.
If want even more fun, try getting a trackback on Seth Godin’s post. Now if you consistently do it you can get couple hundred referrals a day consistently;) Of course that’s when you realize that retaining them and actually having something compelling to show to them is a bigger challenge than pasting the trackback code.
CPC? Hah
Posting first on TC does send a decent amount sometimes, but as with anything comments should be in moderation.
Also, perhaps this guy is the smartest man ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciG-Xs7mBwU