Running ads on tnx.net - a month later
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I spent some money advertising another blog i run on the tnx.net ads network. I ordered a small number of PR1 and PR2, as well as a larger number of PR0 link pointing to a specific post that i wanted to promote. My only goal was to pass some PR juice to the page and see how TNX works on the advertiser’s point of view, and not to drive traffic to the page. Generally, i wasn’t that impressed.
The other blog is travel related and TNX has a travel section to point ads to, so that was a natural choice. I ordered about 100 PR0, 3 PR1 and 3 PR2 link. Granted, getting traffic on a general travel info site is a feat in the travel sector with all the heavyweights fighting for Google’s attention, but this is a fairly limited niche site. The campaigns took a couple of days to activate and start displaying on sites, and the results where underwhelming to say the least.
From the PR0 pages that the ads appeared on, a rough estimate would be that 95% are not even tracked by Google, or in the supplemental index. The rest of the pages with PR1 and PR2 proved to be a disappointment as well, picking up dead forum posts and abandoned pages. Another bad sign was a couple of sites i discovered that never even displayed the ads, i doubt TNX actually checks the pages their ads appear on to make sure everyone plays fair.
Overall i was disappointed by the performance of the ads, some lousy links are to be expected when you target low PageRank sites, but 95% of unranked pages helps very little.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:07 am
You said: “My only goal was to pass some PR juice to the page and see how TNX works on the advertiser’s point of view, and not to drive traffic to the page”
This is stupid tactics when it comes to buying links. On my opinion you don’t even realize what links do and what they are for.
I have been a customer of TNX since October 2007, all I can say is that TNX is an amazing network that does get your website in the TOP search engine results by pretty much any keyword … you just need to have basic SEO skills in order to operate this powerful tull called TNX.net
I am sorry for you mate.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Considering i only evaluated the network’s performance to deliver quality links (which are fairly clear) and not my own search engine optimization skills, i think i will stick to my assumptions.
Not to mention you did not even leave your site so we can judge your own tnx performance ourselves.