I started a money making test on AdEngage on the 3rd of April - see my post Money Making Test: AdEngage.This is how I have got on and, as you will see, it hasn't gone too well. All I have managed to earn in 16 days is a derisory $1.82!
The Stats:
Period: April 3 to April 18 (inclusive) - 16 days
Page Impressions: 86440
Number of clicks: 63
Earnings: $1.82
To sum this up, on the blog I tested AdEngage on I only had one click per 1372 page impressions and each click was worth only 0.0289 cents.
As a comparison I get about 35 cents per click overall with AdSense so 63 clicks would have given me $22.05 but ...
... with AdSense and 86550 page impressions I would have expected to have at least 216 clicks and this would have earned me $75.30 in the same period.
I'm actually underestimating AdSense figures and per click revenue.
Perhaps it's not completely fair to compare AdEngage and AdSense as there are variations as to how they work. With AdEngage, for example, it's possible - at least in theory - to sell ads on your blog or website through them. This would supplement earnings, but I haven't managed to do this.
On this short money making test I feel, no I know, that I could get a much, much superior return for the space utilised than I have with AdEngage.
I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
Good luck,
Mike.
See also:
Making Money With AdSense
