I've reached a quick conclusion and have removed the WidgetBucks widget from my testing blog.
Why?
Two reasons:
(1) Their widget was holding up the loading of the blog I was testing it on. As we know, if a blog or website takes a while to load people go elsewhere and don't hang on for more than about 8 seconds. Frankly I want every visitor I can get. As I keep repeating over and over like a parrot: Traffic = Money. And I'm in blogging to make money.
(2) The second reason: Because of the stats on the right: 4982 page impressions = income 42 cents! Not really much more need be said about that, but I will!WidgetBucks said on their blog: 'publishers (are) earning more with YieldSense without lifting a finger.' That's why I did a second money making test.
Well this isn't what I've found in fact it's the opposite!
If you compare this test with the big test I carried out last year, see my post How Much Should You Earn For 1 Million Page Impressions, you'll see that this time the rate has gone down from roughly 11 cents per 1000 to 8 cents per 1000.
So bye bye WidgetBucks. As I said back in November: All that glitters is not gold.
Good luck,
Mike.
