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With the latest changes in Google Adsense for Arcade Websites alot of webmasters and small/medium Arcade Sites are in trouble. For many sites Adsense has been a great Moneymaker over the last years.
Certain Ad placements did bring good money but are somehow problematic for the Advertisers. Many sites have/had their Ads without any spacing somewhere around the actual flash content. This caused accidental clicks on this Ads and Google had to react to save the quality of their Ad-Network. They did this by a new rule or as they call it recommendation: You have to have your Adsene Banners and Ads at least 150 Pixel away from the Flash Content.
Some autopilot Arcades didnt even notice this change and in result many of their accounts and sites have been already banned.
Many of those aware of the change suffered for an revenue reduction of 20-50%.
Anyways if you still are able to use Adsense you should do for your Arcade Site as its still a top shot. But you should also be aware that putting everything on one Card could also lead you into trouble.
Lets take a look at some relatively new Ad Networks which are specialized on Arcade Websites.
Copacet is a new Ad-Company. They have lately launched their service and as far as i know there are some long term Arcade Insiders involved in it. They offer quiet a wide range of Ad-Formats.
The admin panel for publishers offers complete controll over the Ad-Campains for the publisher. Although they are quite new there is a lot to choose from. They are very transparent too as they do give you concret numbers for the payouts of the Ads.
If you do not wanna pick your ads they also offer you campaigns. Campaigns include a mix of all available offers and are available for 728x90, 300x250 and 468x60 Banner-Ads.
At the moment they offer the following Ad-Types:
Now this is a huge amount of choices for a publisher. As said they do have standard compaigns too but you may consider picking the offers that work best for your audience by yourself. Most offers only pay out for a certain GEO (some are US or EU countries only). You can see all details for the GEO and payouts in the corresponding offers.
Copacet 300x250 Special Offers
This is a special section featuring only 300x250 Banner Ads. There are conversion based and CPC offers at the moment.
Copacet CPC Banners (300x250, 468x60, 728x90)
Another Special Section with all available CPC offers for various banner sizes. Payout range from 0.01-0.04 Cents per Click at the moment.
Copacet Free Game Download CPA
Free Game Downloads may also be very interesting for an Arcade Owner. The payout as based on CPA and the offers vary from 0.2 to 1.02 Cents per Conversion (Action) depending on GEO.
Copacet MMO/RPG CPA
Another very intesting section with MMO/RPG CPA campaigns. Payouts again are based on GEO. Range is from 0.47-3.5 $ per Conversion.
Copacet Floating Ad (Floaties)
Copacet finally brings the Floating Ad back. This type was previously available from Epic GameAds and has been dropped after a few month. In contrast to the Epic GameAds CPM Floatie the Copacet Floatie is CPA based. Payouts lie between 0.01 - 0.12 per Conversion.
Copacet Popunder
Another standard Ad-Type the CPM Popunder. Payments are between 1$ and 10$ CPM.
Copacet Preroll
As iam writing this post there are no prerolls available yet. I bet his will change in the future.
Copacet is as said new in the market. There are people involved with first hand knowledge of the Arcade business which always is a big plus.
They do offer alot of different ad types and do let you choose your own ads or if you do not have the time just go with the standard campaigns. Time will tell if they can gain ground but the first impression looks good without doubt.
Certain Ad placements did bring good money but are somehow problematic for the Advertisers. Many sites have/had their Ads without any spacing somewhere around the actual flash content. This caused accidental clicks on this Ads and Google had to react to save the quality of their Ad-Network. They did this by a new rule or as they call it recommendation: You have to have your Adsene Banners and Ads at least 150 Pixel away from the Flash Content.
Some autopilot Arcades didnt even notice this change and in result many of their accounts and sites have been already banned.
Many of those aware of the change suffered for an revenue reduction of 20-50%.
Anyways if you still are able to use Adsense you should do for your Arcade Site as its still a top shot. But you should also be aware that putting everything on one Card could also lead you into trouble.
Lets take a look at some relatively new Ad Networks which are specialized on Arcade Websites.
Copacet
Copacet is a new Ad-Company. They have lately launched their service and as far as i know there are some long term Arcade Insiders involved in it. They offer quiet a wide range of Ad-Formats.
The admin panel for publishers offers complete controll over the Ad-Campains for the publisher. Although they are quite new there is a lot to choose from. They are very transparent too as they do give you concret numbers for the payouts of the Ads.
If you do not wanna pick your ads they also offer you campaigns. Campaigns include a mix of all available offers and are available for 728x90, 300x250 and 468x60 Banner-Ads.
At the moment they offer the following Ad-Types:
- 300x250 Special Offers
- Copacet CPC Banners (300x250, 468x60, 728x90)
- Free Game Download CPA
- MMO/RPG CPA
- Floating Ad (Floaties)
- Popunder
- Preroll
Now this is a huge amount of choices for a publisher. As said they do have standard compaigns too but you may consider picking the offers that work best for your audience by yourself. Most offers only pay out for a certain GEO (some are US or EU countries only). You can see all details for the GEO and payouts in the corresponding offers.
Copacet 300x250 Special Offers
This is a special section featuring only 300x250 Banner Ads. There are conversion based and CPC offers at the moment.
Copacet CPC Banners (300x250, 468x60, 728x90)
Another Special Section with all available CPC offers for various banner sizes. Payout range from 0.01-0.04 Cents per Click at the moment.
Copacet Free Game Download CPA
Free Game Downloads may also be very interesting for an Arcade Owner. The payout as based on CPA and the offers vary from 0.2 to 1.02 Cents per Conversion (Action) depending on GEO.
Copacet MMO/RPG CPA
Another very intesting section with MMO/RPG CPA campaigns. Payouts again are based on GEO. Range is from 0.47-3.5 $ per Conversion.
Copacet Floating Ad (Floaties)
Copacet finally brings the Floating Ad back. This type was previously available from Epic GameAds and has been dropped after a few month. In contrast to the Epic GameAds CPM Floatie the Copacet Floatie is CPA based. Payouts lie between 0.01 - 0.12 per Conversion.
Copacet Popunder
Another standard Ad-Type the CPM Popunder. Payments are between 1$ and 10$ CPM.
Copacet Preroll
As iam writing this post there are no prerolls available yet. I bet his will change in the future.
Copacet is as said new in the market. There are people involved with first hand knowledge of the Arcade business which always is a big plus.
They do offer alot of different ad types and do let you choose your own ads or if you do not have the time just go with the standard campaigns. Time will tell if they can gain ground but the first impression looks good without doubt.
Category: Site News | Tags: Ad Networks Arcade, Arcade Ad Networks, Adsense Alternatives, Revenue Arcade | Posted on: November 11th, 2011