Thoughts on eBay's coming Context Ads?

**LeeD** · 06-20-2006, 08:46 PM

I think it may very well offer a nice rev share and thus they could prove to be very profitable ads depending on the site's niche. What are your thoughts at this point?

**imported_Todd** · 06-21-2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee

I think it may very well offer a nice rev share and thus they could prove to be very profitable ads depending on the site's niche. What are your thoughts at this point?

I'm guessing you're talking about this http://affiliates.ebay.com/ads/adcontext/ .

Looks pretty cool. I know I'll at least give it a try on a couple of my sites.

**nwingate** · 06-21-2006, 02:18 PM

Would these ads be allowed to be shown with Adsense?

**PhoenixDown** · 06-21-2006, 09:26 PM

Actually im worried about over saturation in the market with Yahoo, MSN, Google, ebay and if I heard correctly Amazon all getting into the mix.

**imported_DragonHawk** · 06-26-2006, 11:56 AM

I don't think that's a bad thing. The more companies there are, the more competitive it becomes. Therefore, it may even push up the amount paid to publishers as publishers now have more options to choose from.

**petertdavis** · 06-26-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nathan

Would these ads be allowed to be shown with Adsense?

I don't think so, but you should ask them directly.

**imported_Todd** · 06-26-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DragonHawk

I don't think that's a bad thing. The more companies there are, the more competitive it becomes. Therefore, it may even push up the amount paid to publishers as publishers now have more options to choose from.

Actually, it could be just the opposite. Advertisers now have more options. The more companies, the lower the prices could go for advertisers (kind of like gas wars where each station continues to lower there price for gas to get more customers). These businesses could compete to get advertisers by lowering advertising prices which could in turn drive down the publisher payout. This might not be happen (I hope it wont happen), but it's just a thought. Only time will tell.