Gee thanks Azoogle!

My ringtone conversions doubled since Azoogle implemented the content changes Friday.  Keep on changing!

In some other news,  I am running some ads on a sports forum now.  The ads have been up for about two weeks. I have been very underwhelmed by the click rates from the site but the few ads that have converted have been pretty valuable.  My strategy for running the ads is to devote a lot of personal attention to the site I am advertising for.  I frequent the forums so I get a good feel of what the posters there may be interested in buying.  I am really trying to target the ads instead of just throwing up a buch of crap.  I am hoping to make the ad experience a cool one by offering products the forum members might be excited to see.

I am gonna let you in on a secret

I have cracked the super secret Adcenter and Adwords algorithms and I now know how they determine which ads to approve and which ones they reject. Are you ready for this? Do you have a pen and paper ready?

They have a blind monkey throwing shit at dart board. If the shit hits an even number you are approved, odd number you are rejected, even and odd number you are rejected.

Ringtone Change at Azoogle

Talk about short notice.  This is dumped on everyone at the last minute on a Friday afternoon.  I wonder why the sudden urgency? Here is the information from the Azoogle site.

  • 08/25/2006 – URGENT: Mobile NEWS

Anyone using search engines to promote ANY Ringtone Offer, be aware that effective TODAY EOD 12AM EST. All text ads shall not be allowed to include the words: free, zero cost, no charge, no fee and all synonyms. The only accepted promotions are 10 bonus tones, 10 complimentary tones. At 12AM EST today, tests of all main search engines with the keywords free ringtones, free wallpapers, free SMS, free tones, etc will be conducted. If you feel you can’t edit the text ads by that deadline, stop the campaign.

Pretty cut an dry.  If you are an affiliate marketer and have free in your keyword searches for Ringtones, stop it now or we shut you off.