Hello, all. Just had the most disturbing experience with Kanoodle ContextTarget.

I uploaded a set of keywords and decided to supplement with context ads, similar to Google's Adsense. The $.50 price tag is a bit steep but I thought I'd test anyway.

Woah! My entire test budget vanished in less than 24 hours -- before my keyword ads even got reviewed.

Not only that, but Visitor Stats tells me I got exactly 24% of the visitors Kanoodle claims to've sent me, and charged me for. Not only that, but an inordinate number of their content partners aren't in English.

I'm irate. If there were smilies that showed artery-red fireworks exploding, I'd be tempted to use them.

Did I mess up? Is this my fault? Others with similar or better experiences weigh in, please. Otherwise, beware Kanoodle ContextTarget!

George
Marketing Monkey

www.skuff-skins.com

Update: I wrote a long cranky letter to Kanoodle and received an offer to refund 50% of my test budget. Which I appreciate.

I'm still not sure whether or not my site actually received all the visitors I was charged for.

This post hasn't yet received any replies -- surely I'm not the only Kanoodle ContextTarget advertiser out there? Or are all you SEO gurus laughing at me for using PPC at all?

George
www.skuff-skins.com

We made over $1200 net with Kanoodle context last month - spending between $200-$400/day - a 23% margin. My experience is it's been the little engine that could. Makes more for us than Google - haven't cracked that code yet!