I can confirm.
Why it matters?
Do you have any proof? If it was coming from anyone else I'd take them seriously but your posts stink of pewep.
I can confirm.
Why it matters?
Can anyone confirm whether or not he had ads running on the site from day one, and if not does anyone know when he added the ads?
archive.org shows adsense code on the first capture in may 2013.
Do you have any proof? If it was coming from anyone else I'd take them seriously but your posts stink of pewep.
My post was not serious and I haven't said anything actually. What did you saw I confirmed?
Try web archive. I don't know why something like that would matter... maybe it's some research thing I can't see yet![]()
For some who start viral sites (like facebook) it is believed that it is better to launch with no ads and include them way latter after garnering an audience. This guy didn't follow that rule, which is why it matters.
But I don't know why I'm answering since you probably know this, being the SE1 and PPC expert that you are.
BTW mpbiz, you beat me to it, I was going to give you shit for 'y u no archive.org'
I messaged mpbiz the same thing about not losing the audiences trust from shoving ads in their face right from the forefront, however, I don't think that matters much when you have no real brand value to your audience. The only brand value that Viral Nova has is from the notoriety it has garnished from reporters for "bad" journalism and doing something that has never been done before. It has garnered a lot of interest from internet marketers too, but from the general public, not so much. He could swap out the domain name, clone the website, and post it up on his fan page and very little would change.
That's definitely basic stuff.
When trying to get something viral you must be sure there aren't any other distractions like ads. Or at least, as less as possible. The best example that can be is upworthy.com
You guys optimize your landing pages to sell a product, these guys optimize the page to get more shares because that's what they have to "sell".
My post was not serious and I haven't said anything actually. What did you saw I confirmed?
Try web archive. I don't know why something like that would matter... maybe it's some research thing I can't see yet![]()
flappy bird is amazing.
i've an app at the moment in android that took off, doing 10 million impressions a day, earning a measly €0.05 CPM from Admob (or RPM as Kaedus says, I think the acronyms are interchangeable). so say he's making $25k a day on android, he's putting up about 350million impressions a day! ridiculous numbers
Slightly OT, but still interesting:
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Indie smash hit 'Flappy Bird' racks up $50K per day in ad revenue
That's exactly the worry. Sell while the selling is good. Doing what he is doing with ViralNova is no more reliable than depending on a network of made for adsense sites. They both lend themselves to being destroyed overnight by either algorithms or getting hacked from adsense.
He has no shortage of ideas, so if anything, I'm sure he's just bored and wants to enjoy some of that money that he has finally. Some people just like hatching ideas and sending them on their merry way like teens entering into adulthood, ya know? He's probably bored and has a million ideas in his head of what his next big thing will be and has no time to pursue them.