Archive for the ‘PPC’ Category

Widgetbucks is a BIG SCAM

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

I smell SCAM, my account IS SUSPENDED FOR NO FREAKEN VALID REASON! .. ITS ALL A BIG SCAM!! and yah they try to run away rather to solve peeps problems... Widgetbucks scam my $1000, that's a two and a half months earning (June, July and August 2009). I don't receive any email regarding the suspension of my account, they like to SCAM MORE. Lucky me, I always check my account twice or trice a month.

I've been with them for almost 2 years and they lost a good publisher. Here's a reply from Craig Simmons of Widgetbucks Support Center when I tried to reinstate my account.

Your account has been suspended for suspected click fraud while we investigate the activity. An email was deployed, but might be caught up in your spam/junk filters.

Please let me know if you have any additional information that might help explain the high click through rates.

Thanks,
WB Support Team

I send them my traffic stat and stated that I'm using geo targeting (I'm sending, US, CA,UK, AU traffic). After 5 hours, I received a reply from Widgetbucks.

Our traffic quality team has investigated your account and found abnormal clicking patterns that are not consistent with normal traffic patterns, especially for your sites focus. As a result of these findings, we are forced to conclude that this was fraudulent traffic which merits indefinite expulsion from our network. We will not be able to reinstate your account.
WB Support Team

I guess they did not even study or look at my traffic stat/site. I have an increase of traffic for almost 40% on mid of June, I'm running a kids/teen site, it's normal to get a higher ctr on this kind of site.

BEWARE of WIDGETBUCKS or MPIRE CORPORATION. ITS A BIG SCAM!! PEEPS DONT WASTE YOUR TIME IN THIS! I SHOULD LISTEN TO DIGITALPOINT PEEPS WHO ARE ALSO SUSPENDED FOR THE SAME REASON. YOU MIGHT BE EARNING TODAY, BUT HOW ABOUT THE FUTURE?

Remembering Eraserheads

Monday, June 30th, 2008

I loved Eraserheads since I was in high school and even up until now. Listening to their songs bring back a lot of beautiful memories. It’s like a trip down memory lane… Eraserheads or E-heads as some would call them had written tons of beautiful songs. Their albums were Pop U!, UltraelectromagneticPop!, Circus, Cutterpillow (one of my favorite album), Fruitcake, Bananatype, Sticker Happy, Aloha Milkyway, Natin ’99, Eraserheads- the Singles, Carbon StereOxide, then Please Tranpose in 2003. The band members were Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Marcus Adora and Buddy Zabala. Ely then decided to leave the band in 2002 and since then the band eventually died though Eraserheads had made a name for itself that will never ever be erased in the minds of Filipinos. Eraserheads is like the Beatles of the Philippines. They paved the way for other bands like Parokya ni Edgar and Rivermaya. Eraserheads is the greatest band in the Philippines and the one who started it all.

eheads aloha milky way

eheads aloha milky way

have I found a band that could compare to Eraserheads. I simply love the songs they made like Ligaya, Para sa Masa, Alapaap, Julie Tear Jerky, Overdrive, Ang Huling El Bimbo and a lot more. I can listen to their songs over and over again and never grow tired at all. Their songs are the best… simply the best.

A few years after the break-up, the tribute album “Electromagneticjam!” was released. Eraserheads classics were remade by Filipino artists like Imago, South Border and Orange and Lemons in honor of the band. This did cause quite a stir especially for Ely Buendia who thought it was too early to have a tribute. Nonetheless, the tribute was a success and it gave the fans the chance to relive the E-heads days with a more recent rendition.

I really miss this group. How I wish they could make great songs again. I wish they would bring back the alternative rock madness that enticed the country for 1 whole decade… the 90’s. The present bands make good songs too but they are just not like the E-heads. Eraserheads will live on in our hearts.

Wow it’s getting worst

Monday, April 7th, 2008

It's getting worst everyday, my widgetbucks RPC (rate-per-click) is decreasing, now I'm suffering again from .02 per click which worst than my adsense. Widgetbucks publisher was informed about this issue about 6 days ago, hope Mpire is working on to get those CPC rates back to their week-ago levels.

I believe Widgetbucks is still the best alternative to google adsense, galaw galaw baka ma stroke :D

UPDATE 4/06/2008: WidgetBucks' RPCs Rebounding.

Good news to WB publisher, RPC's is now back to normal. :D