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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Adgitize to Close


Here's one of the saddest pieces of news I've gotten in quite a while: Adgitize is going to close at the first of the year.

Owner and founder, Ken Brown, says, "We have enjoyed working with all of you over the last 3 years and we hope that you have enjoyed our services. Adgitize tried to fill a niche market but the costs to run the business were more than the revenues generated."

This is really sad news. Entrecard is all but belly up with new blogs not being approved, and no response from the managers on any questions. CMF Ads folded earlier in the year.

This really leaves only Project Wonderful and AFTR, both of which I use, but neither one appeals to me very much. Adgitize has been more than an advertising means, it has been something of a family. The forum has been a lot of fun, and I've made several blogging friends there, or strengthened relationships.

Ken has always acted responsibly and treated his users with respect. For some reason, advertiser numbers have continued to decline to the point where the project cannot sustain its needs.

Adgitize will be missed.

Read the full news at Adgitize to Close

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Why You May Not Earn Money on Adgitize

Adgitize your web site.Just because you see Adgitize ads on a blog does not mean that blog is earning money. There is even a possibility you could be publishing Adgitize ads and not earning money. Do you know why?

Adgitize seeks to provide surfers with quality, original reading material. The standards to be an Adgitize blog just make sense. There are real humans checking the archives who are currently culling blogs that have fallen below the minimum standards.

There could be some serious, substantive reasons why your blog will not do well on Adgitize. Let me list a few.

Reasons Your Blog Won't Even Be Approved on Adgitize
  1. Your blog is a collection of things you have snagged from other sources. All approved Adgitize blogs have original content. That doesn't mean you can't occasionally use something that came via email, or post the rules to a contest from another blog. But it does mean that the vast majority of what you include in your blog is written by YOU.
  2. You don't post something very often. Blogs that want to earn with Adgitize need to have a post at least once every three months. Many blogs that have applied in the past are way beyond that limit and may have been turned off.
  3. You are a photo blog with little text. Adgitize believes in authors writing text. Photo blogs are fine, but Adgitize will not approve them unless you include more than a couple of sentences of text about the picture(s). You need to tell us why that picture matters, or where you took it, or... something.
  4. You are running ads with popups, redirects, music or sound that plays automatically. All distractions of this sort will keep your blog from being approved.
Reasons You May Think You Should be Earning, but Aren't
  1. Your feed may not be entered. You must have a valid blog feed entered in the Adgitize system. This is used to check for publication of new posts so that points can be awarded. Go to "Manage Blogs" and you can see if you have a valid feed entered.
  2. Your content may be too old. If you haven't published in more than 3 months, your blog may have been turned off without sending you a notification. If your blog has been turned off it will no longer be listed when you click on "Manage Blogs." You will need to re-apply.
  3. You need to publish ads.You can not earn the full potential on Adgitize unless you publish their ads on your blog. You can choose to display up to 10 ads, in various configurations (but no more than two groups). You do have the ability to choose or block certain ads that may be more to your liking, or not appropriate for you.

Adgitize is not primarily a money-making site. It is about advertising high-quality blogs. That said, you can make a few cents there by publishing ads and clicking up to 100 advertisers' blogs a day. You can make a little more if you publish your own ad in the system. Then you only need to click up to 50 advertisers blogs a day, and you will earn back everything you spent on the ad.

If you see a blog that does not meet Adgitize standards that does show their ads, there could be a couple of reasons. The blog might not have been approved, but the blogger did not remove the ads (thus they are simply providing free advertising for the blogs in the Adgitize system). It's also possible that they are a member but have changed something and now violate the TOS. Sometimes people add popup ads on purpose or it happens inadvertently when they join another network. You are always encouraged to contact owner Ken Brown with any concerns.

Again, there are real humans who will address your question promptly. That's one reason Adgitize pleases me, for sure.

Sign up with Adgitize

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

First Impressions of FoodieBlogRoll


I joined FoodieBlogRoll last week, with my relatively new wild foods blog Grazing the Ditches. They claim it will produce some revenue, and is compatible with Google AdSense, as long as you use only text-based ads from Google. So I decided to try it. They claim over 12000 food blogs as members, and with a human-reviewed approval process, I have reasonable assurance that the junk is weeded out.

The sign-up process was pretty simple, and my blog was human approved promptly... within a couple of days. The approval process requires you to add their widget to your blog. The widget is 200x260, which is a little larger than most advertising groups, but not unreasonable.

Once you have done this, if you want to earn money you have to be approved for the Publisher Program. That took another few days. At that point I was able to learn what the requirements are to be a Publisher. Basically you HAVE to display one ad widget, and you can optionally add two others.

The required widget is large, 300x250 pixels, and it must be placed above the fold. I've chosen a template with a rather tall header (and I like the template a lot), so the only way I can make it work is to place it in the body (post) section above the regular entries. One it is installed, you MUST send them an email, and they manually check it again. Paying ads will not run until you do this.

The second one they want you to use is a 728x90 banner ad, that also must go above the fold. They want you to put it in your header. I'm not going to do that because it will mess up my graphic header, and make readers scroll a lot to get to the meat of the blog.

The third one is a tower, 160x600 pixels, that can go in the sidebar and does not have to be above the fold. It's not clear to me if you are allowed to use that one without the wide banner.

I've have the first widget installed for a day now. My first impression of the ads being served is not so great. I thought they would be food related, but so far I haven't seen a single food/cooking ad. Of course, I haven't continually refreshed the blog just to study the ads. However, I've seen three for online advertising, one for an online university, and one for a movie. None of these have been inappropriate material (I'm what a lot of people will call a prude), but they aren't what I would consider high-quality ads. I don't mean their graphic quality... I mean the quality of the product.

So, how is the ad performing? Here's the rub. I won't know for possibly 3 months. They do not post any figures until revenue and results are verified, and that is 45-60 days after the end of the month. I understand why. People have complained when estimates don't match with verifiable results. Some other revenue sites do the same thing. But, it means that I can't even gauge whether this is worth it for quite a while, and yet people will see those ads that I'm not quite happy with for all that time.

Stay tuned.


Monday, October 24, 2011

What's Up with Entrecard?


Entrecard has certainly gone downhill, if that is possible to believe. About half the time, when I try to do my dropping, I can't click to another blog because the ad doesn't appear in the window. I've seen other bloggers complaining about problems with Entrecard, too.



A number of times, while trying to get my dashboard to load, I get this error message:

"Entrecard is having technical issues. Any of the following may apply:
We may be suffering extreme load (lots of people)
We may be upgrading our server software
We may be suffering from a serious bug
We have on-call people watching the system, outages are unlikely to last more than 10 minutes. We apologise profusely for the inconvenience. "

Since I've been seeing that for weeks, I doubt that they are working very hard on it. I've been a supporter of Entrecard, despite their shortcomings, but these conditions are really not good for advertising.

If the ads don't appear in the widget, not only can I not click, but it means that others are not seeing my ads which I paid for with ECs. Others, who have paid money to advertise are getting no value at all. And those of us who use Entrecard know that ECs are paid for with plenty of time.

I've sent a feedback message about my concerns. But, whoever runs EC these days is unlikely to do much unless a lot of us send messages.

They also have yet to release a toolbar that works with FireFox 7.

I feel caught in a tight spot. I continue to get a lot of exposure through Entrecard and don't want to abandon ship, but I'm thinking about it.

XXX

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Why You Should Choose Adgitize in Light of CMF Closure


With the news that CMF ads is shutting down bloggers are probably looking for the best place to advertize. CMF has chosen to endorse Project Wonderful, but I think there are good reasons to choose Adgitize instead.

To the credit of Project Wonderful, they allow you to target where you want your ads shown. You can research blogs that match the topics you cover and choose to advertise only on those. They are also incredibly cheap, free (if ad publishers are silly enough to allow this) or just a penny or pennies a day. And, not only that, but their engine will track the timing and let you spend portions of pennies over just a few hours. So, ok... it's cheap to place ads, but you have to do a lot of research and requesting.

On the flip side, if you choose to publish ads with Project Wonderful, you are only going to make pennies a month, unless your blog gets a huge amount of traffic.

Frankly, I think it devalues the whole blog industry by promoting the idea that it's OK to receive less than 50 cents a month for a banner ad. That said, I still have PW ads on one of my blogs. It's the one with the best traffic, and even with ads that get cancelled the minute the price goes above 3 or 4 cents a day, I still make about 2 cents a day. Whoopie. Come to think of it, maybe the next time I cash out, I'll just cancel it too.

So, why choose Adgitize? Adgitize is a blog advertising network. It's about advertising- you are not going to get rich there either. But it's a lot less work, and if you are willing to click just 51 ads a day you can at least break even, and maybe make a couple of dollars.

Adgitize serves ads to all the blogs in their system that publish ads. The membership just broke 10,000, with over 18,000 blogs logged. Not all of those are active, but let's say that half of them are. Your ads will be shown on 9,000 blogs without you needing to do anything at all after you create your profile and banner, and pay $14 a month. (There are shorter plans, if you just want to try it out.)

Since advertisers who want to get paid enough to get back their $14 have to click ads, you will get traffic. There is always the argument about whether it is quality traffic. I say, "You have to get people cruising through to have a hope of creating readers out of them."

If you don't want to advertise, you can choose to just publish Adgitize ads and click 100 ads a day. If you do this you will earn a few cents, which eventually ads up to enough to cash out. But, remember, the point of Adgitize is not to make money, the point is to advertise.

You are allowed to block any ads in the system that you feel aren't appropriate for your blog. All blogs are checked by a human being within a few days of their applying to the system, and ones which do not adhere to the standards are turned off. (the biggest issues are original content, no popups or autoplay, must be safe for work, and current material) There are some other customizations available.

Owner Ken Brown says, "We are currently working back through our membership base, now four years since our launch, and are removing blogs which are no longer active or following the standards." That will be a long haul to complete, but it's nice to know that someone is trying to pay attention.

To summarize, I think that Adgitize gives bloggers a lot of exposure for very little work. With only $14 in hand you can start building recognition and getting traffic that will never cost you money again as long as you click those 51 ads a day.


Adgitize

Saturday, September 17, 2011

CMF Blog Advertising Network to Close

CMF, one of the largest of the blog advertising networks plans to shut down in October 2011. Says owner Ben Barden, "For several months we have noticed a sharp decline in activity... It’s reached the point where we can’t ignore it any longer."

Various functionalities at the site will be phased out between now and October 30. Everyone will be allowed to cash out, but you do need to make the requests in a timely manner. For regular cashout, requests need to be made by September 25. After that time, anyone with more than $1.00 in their account will be able to place a final request by October 23.

Also on October 23, widgets will be disabled, and the network will close completely on October 30.

CMF Ads has been a solid advertising option for bloggers for a number of years. It's too bad that more people did not take advantage of the options there, and that it has come to this end.

Read the full schedule of shutdown events at the CMF Blog


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Second AdSense Payment Received




Here's the entry from my bank account showing an EFT transfer from Google Adsense. The first time, it took me three years to reach the $100 payout threshold. This time, only 15 months. Right now, I'm on track to make the next payment in a little less than a year if things stay about the same.

Am I going to get rich from Google Adsense? Not on your life. But, it does pay some of the expenses of sites of mine that I host, and that's a big help.

Where do most of my clicks come from? Actually, not on any of my blogs. Most ad clicks are on my West Michigan recreation site Get Off the Couch. I think that is because it is very specific, and ads can be targeted really well.

If you are going to use AdSense, just be careful to follow the rules. For example, this blog does not show any AdSense ads, because I talk about Pay-to-Click sites here, and that is a definite no-no. People have wondered about Adgitize ads and Entrecard or CMF. But I've been using those right along and they've never balked at them.

I do use Chitika ads along with AdSense, and that seems to be ok. Those are targeted in a different way from AdSense, so apparently they don't see it as a problem.

If you see yourself into blogging or having web sites long term, and have good niche sites, AdSense can be a legitimate way to earn.


Thursday, August 4, 2011

Advertising Space Purchase Comes with Qualtiy and Reputation


One of my other blogs will soon begin featuring an advertisement from an outdoor equipment distributor. I did not pursue this opportunity, but was contacted by them.

I'm not going to list particulars yet... it all seems to be a done deal, but I haven't received the code or any money yet.

However, I am going to make the point that it takes time to build a blog reputation. This blog has been live for two years and has earned a PR3. Success takes time.



Saturday, June 11, 2011

Adgitize Focuses on Providing Blog Ads


Adgitize your web site. Ken Brown, Adgetize owner, has announced a return to the point system in use prior to Summer 2010. It will begin July 1, 2011

Adgitize is a great, low or no-cost way to advertise a blog on thousands of other blogs. The number of views and/or clicks one can receive for $14 a month is unlimited, and can be considerable. With the point system it is even possible to earn back the cost of an ad, and receive all that benefit for free.

Adgitize will never find itself in the position of promising more payouts than it can deliver, because the points determine a percentage of the daily revenue available. The daily earnings are based on that calculation. Each day we will take the total number of points in our system. We will calculate what percentage your earned points represent and then multiply that by the amount of revenue available in Adgitize that day for payout to the publishers. Points can be earned in several ways which includes clicking on ads within the system.

Since the forum opened, points have been awarded to posters. This part of the point system will be ending, and the focus will return to providing advertising value through the large system of over 15,000 member blogs.

Those who advertise more than one blog will receive extra points.

This active program will be known as Adgitize4Blogs. Adgitize4Business will be a passive earning program designed for those who wish to advertise sites which are not blogs.

I have been advertising through Adgitize since August of 2009, and can attest that it will make a real difference in the amount of traffic you will see. It's up to each blogger to present quality material which can convert lookers to readers, but Adgitize will definitely get people looking at your blog.

Give it a try for a month!

Adgetize

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Post Zoom- Good Traffic for Minimal Work




In mid-October, 2010, I signed up with Post Zoom. This is a blog link hub/community of sorts. You can enter blog posts into their categories (2 per day per blog allowed) and these will be displayed on their site, in the category of your choice. The posts also are shown on member sites which have the Post Zoom widget installed, if there is an image associated with the post.

How has this worked out for me? Very well! For My Quality Day, since October 12, I've received 1697 visits through Post Zoom links. That works out to about 12 hits a day. On this blog, I've received 144 visits through Post Zoom links. That's just over one a day, but I don't post as often on this blog, and the topics are of less general interest. My other blogs fall somewhere between these two numbers.

PostZoom Pros:
• Free traffic for minimal effort- I have to add the posts to their system manually, but then I can choose the category and customized the tags.
• Niche tags- If a tag is used on more than a total of eight posts that tag is added to their tag list. With custom tags you can quickly create a niche entry in their list.
• No clicking to do- add your entry and leave- there is no requirement to click other sites to maintain your status
• Owners are open to adding top categories if you can convince them that something important is missing
• You can choose the categories of posts that will show in the widget you place on your blog

PostZoom Cons:
• You do have to enter your posts manually
• There is no outgo of cash, but there is no opportunity for income either
• Site is a bit awkward to negotiate
• It's not listed how many blogs/posts are in the system. I'd like to see counters of some kind to gauge the growth of the site.

If this sounds good to you, check it out. This is not an affiliate link of any kind. I get no benefit if you sign up, other than that there would be more participation in the system.

Post Zoom

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Post Zoom - Ad Exchange Option




Post Zoom is a new blog link exchange that seems promising. Basically, you put a widget on your blog, add your posts to their database, and for every click that arrives on their site from your blog your blog will be shown in two other widgets. In addition, people may be surfing directly from the Post Zoom home page.

I've decided to give this a try with a couple of my blogs. The widget is small. You can choose 1x1 up to 1x5 in either orientation. The size of each block of the widget appears to be about 100x150. You can serve your ad with an image or not, and the image can be from your blog or from a separate URL, making this quite versatile.

I placed the widget on My Quality Day about a week ago, and have received 5 visits through Post Zoom, as recorded by Google Analytics. The Post Zoom stats says that 2 clicks to them have come through my blog, and 9 views of my blog have been posted through the widget in that time. In my opinion, this isn't too bad for a really new site.

The owner (well, the person who answered the contact form), Eric Castelli, has been very responsive to comments, always a good sign! He quickly agreed to add an Outdoors category, which fits my other blog well. They are open to adding other categories as the need arises.

The site is organized fairly well, but you have to get used to it. When you go to the home page you will see the posts currently being served. These are ranked both by newness of posting and highest popularity. If you want to register or log in, you must read some very small print in the right column.

You can see a 1x1 widget in my left column, just under the CMF ads.

Benefits: It's pretty early to tell, but if it becomes a popular place for surfers to check in for content, it could be quite useful.

There's not a huge time investment- no sites to click, etc.

You can place each of your blog posts in any category, individually. This is nice for eclectic bloggers, such as I am. If I post about flowers one day that can go in Outdoors. If I talk about something I baked that can go in Food & Drink, independently.

You can limit the categories from which the widget on your site will load, to tailor it to the content of your blog.

Drawbacks: You must load your posts on the site yourself. This means that you have to remember to do so, and take the extra couple of minutes required.

Post Zoom

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Adgitize Adds Way to Earn Points and Gain Exposure




Ken Brown, owner of Adgitize, has announced a new way to earn as many as 100 points in a day. You just have to participate in the Adgitize forum.

His philosophy has always been to not only provide advertising, but to help bloggers become better bloggers. His system promotes:
1. Regular writing on your own blog (100 points a day for a post)
2. Visiting other blogs (up to 100 points a day for clicking other blogs in the system)
3. Now, you can gain name recognition by participating in the forum (up to 100 points a day)

A post with 200 words is worth 100 points
a 100 word post = 50 points
a 50 word post = 25 points
and a 25 word post = 10 points, up to a daily maximum of 100 points.

Brown explained that the monetary award per point will be reduced slightly, across the board, so as to stay within the budget. But that for people who participate in the forum, they are likely to see their earnings increase.

One of the things that attracted me to Adgitize early, and has kept me there, is that the system is stable. Brown calculated how the system would function at all levels before he launched the program, and developed a way for it to pay for itself. Unlike some other systems which suffered from inflation, or collapsed for lack of funds, Adgitize is stable, any changes are announced in advance and are not knee-jerk reactions to crises.

This is an even better time than ever to sign up and buy a monthly ad on Adgitize. You can't go wrong- your blog will be advertized across 5000 sites, you will make blogging friends, and you will probably end up being paid to do so if you are active.

Adgitize

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Adgitize Your Blog and Bring in Readers




There is no better time to advertise through Adgitize than right now! But you may still be wondering what good it does to put a little picture square into the Adgitze system.

One thing is certain: you may have the best blog in the world, but if no one knows it's there, you aren't going to have readers. How can you get readers? Advertise. It's that simple. But why should you choose Adgitize over other systems?

You are practically guaranteed some great traffic. While it is true that you will experience some bounce traffic- people who leave quickly, just after clicking on an Adgitize ad on your page- many people will read your content. If they like it, they will come back regularly. Some people may find your blog marginally interesting (let's face it, no one can write a blog that everyone in the world will love), but gaining the point for visiting your site may be enough to pull them in for a quick scan.

Best of all, if you advertise for a month, at just $14, click 50 Adgitize ads a day, and post on your own blog, you will at least break even. So the advertising cost will be nil- just the time to view some other great blogs.

How does it work for me? The blog which I advertise with Adgitize gets 42% of its traffic from those small but effective ads!

Adgitize

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

How to Maximize Your Adgitize Experience




Adgitize is a blog advertising network that can provide you with a great deal of exposure. With just a little effort on your part, it can also be free!

Tip #1: Design a Catchy Banner
Use good graphic principles- clean lines, clear colors, a graphic that reflects the theme of your blog. Text may or may not be appropriate, but make sure it is readable and crisp. Although several size banners are supported, the most popular size is 125x125 pixels.

Tip #2: Buy an Ad
It seems like this is a no-brainer, but it is possible to belong to Adgitize simply as a publisher. You may earn a few pennies a day, but your web/blog will not gain any significant exposure. The most economical is a full year at a time at $12 a month, but the most popular format is one month at a time for $14.

Tip #3: Post Once a Day
You get 100 points a day for posting to your blog. You can have multiple blogs in the network, so you only need to post to one of them to gain the 100 points. (More than 100 points are not given for multiple posts.)

Tip #4: Click 50 Ads a Day
If you are an advertiser, you only have to click 50 ads a day to gain 100 points. This is not too onerous. I don't have a super-fast connection, and I can get this done sort of behind the scenes by having two tabs open and loading while I'm doing other things. You MUST wait until the page finishes loading or your click will not count. You can also only click one ad per page.

Tip #5: Accept Adgitize Ads on Your Site
You are not required to do this, but other members who need to click ads are more likely to visit your site if they know it will lead them to another ad to click.

You also earn points for traffic to your sites, and from displaying Adgitize ads.

The Adgitize Point Guarantee
Ken Brown, founder of Adgitize, has stated that what began as a summer promotion will continue into the future. If you accumulate 300 or more points a day, you are guaranteed at least $0.47 cents. This totals $14.57 for a month of 31 days, recouping your investment. Higher points will result in a profit.

Why not give Adgitize a try?

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Adgitize Guarantees No-Cost Advertising Through July




Hey! Do you want some free advertising across 10,000 web sites? For a very minimal amount of work, Adgitize will guarantee that through July 31, 2010, in a summer special offer!

Yes, you will have to buy their $14 a month ad, but you can be guaranteed to earn that entire amount back by simply making more than 300 points a day.

How can you make 300 points a day? It's easy! You get 100 for writing a blog post. If you are an advertiser that gives you a 100 point a day bonus, and as an advertiser, you can get another 100 by clicking only 51 ads instead of the 100 required for non-advertisers.

Owner, Ken Brown, says, "we would rather give that money back to you" than spend it somewhere else. So he will guarantee you $.47 for a 300-point day. If you are consistent, this adds up to $14.57 for the month, resulting in free advertising for you.

What's the catch? What does Adgitize get? Their hope is to attract enough steady advertisers to keep the number above 200 on a regular basis. Why not give it a try this summer?

Adgitize

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Chitika Reduces Options for Small Bloggers


Chitika has been a good source of advertising income, averaging 5-10 cents a day. But that has all come to a crashing end.

They are reviewing all sites that are signed up with them, and unless your blog/ web site gets a high amount of traffic you can no longer display what they call premium ads. I haven't made a penny for the entire month of May.

I am sure feeling as if the options for small to medium size bloggers are becoming very limited.

Chitika

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Now the Fun Begins- Getting Paid from Adsense?


We've all heard the horror stories about people being denied payment from Google after finally reaching the $100 threshold. Well, here's where mine begins. They haven't actually denied payment as yet, but they have disabled their ads to this blog.

It seems that after all of my attempts to be careful and follow their rules that I missed one. You can't put their ads on a blog that even has content about pay-to-click sites.

They have not reduced my total earnings, or said that payment is being denied. So... I will wait and see what happens.

Almost enough on Google Adsense

Saturday, April 17, 2010

EntreCard Introduces Mysterious EntreCredits


Entrecard has sent an email to members inviting them to sign up at a site with almost no information as to what that might mean.

They said, "In a few weeks we will be launching entrecredits.com as a new site and we can't wait! But we need help. There's a lot to test, a userbase to build, and a UI to polish. As an Entrecarder you already have a strong understanding of how a credit-based economy works, so we're offering EC users an opportunity to get in early on this new site and help us create something to expand and complement Entrecard."

Doesn't say much does it?

At the site we read, "At last! a quick, simple micropayments solution that makes it easy to spend and earn on the web. We're opening for beta soon. To reserve your place in line and receive free credits to get you started, give us your email address below."

I have to admit that I'm skeptical. I make it a practice to NOT sign up for things that don't tell me what they are about. But, I have given them my email, since this appears to be from the support team at Entrecard.

Let's hope I didn't just sign up for some scam.

Entrecard

Friday, April 9, 2010

Almost Enough at Google AdSense




I thought I'd never get there, but it looks as if I will be reaching the $100.00 cashout point at Google AdSense this month!

My average income per day varies wildly, from $0.11 per day some months to $0.24 some months. I have noticed that when I can get traffic up it makes a big difference. I've been really careful to squelch click fraud, so I'm hopeful that I won't get one of those nasty denials of payment that I've read about from others.

It has taken me since December of 2007 to reach this level, so essentially 28 months. I'm working at monetizing some underviewed pages of mine. We'll see if that makes the next payout come any sooner.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Adgitize Offers Targeted Advertising


Adgitize has launched a new service which will help bloggers connect with advertisers even more effectively.

A few days ago, Adgitize owner, Ken Brown announced that publishers of ads should add new settings for their blog or pages. The geographic region where the writer is located can be selected. Also, there are 33 subject areas into which a blog may fall. Writers may choose up to five of these topics.

Beginning today, advertisers may choose to place their ads in targeted categories, which should result in higher conversion rates for them. There are 10,000 publisher blogs, and the ability to select good matches for advertisers should be a big plus.

Targeting will cost slightly more. To select a target geographic area or subject will add $3 per month to the base price of $14, thus costing $17 a month. To add both will increase the rate to $19 per month.

Personally, I am thrilled that Brown has chosen to include Nature/ Outdoors in his list of subjects. Very few sites include this as a category, and those of us who blog in those topics (see My Quality Day and Favorite Nature Blogs) find it difficult when signing up on social sites, because there is no place for our work. We are not really talking about sports, or gardening, or photography, but these are often our only choices.

Adgitize continues to deliver traffic at reasonable rates. Sign up today!

Adgitize