Tris Hussey at Qumana reports that AdSense for RSS isn't working very well, as he and a number of bloggers using the service are finding very low click-through rates. The bloggers cited include Robin Good, a new media luminary who has strong content and traffic. Meanwhile, the ThreadWatch team reports ad-saturated RSS feeds, some with up three AdSense ads among the first 10 entries. We're in the early stages of RSS advertising, so it could just be a matter of working the bugs out. Or maybe Dave Winer is right after all. Anyone have RSS advertising success stories to report?
June 18, 2005
Woeful Click Rates for AdSense RSS?