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  • BannersBroker – never give up, never surrender!

    Just a quickie about our old buddies at BannersBroker. Seems their latest thing is that their script tag you place on a page to supposedly get ads from THEIR network simply puts up stuff from clicksor. You’d think a company as big and important as BannersBroker would at least use their own domain name.

  • BannersBroker – the old, its not me, its you, story.

    Recently on my blog post declaring BannersBroker a scam someone posted a comment giving a second-hand response from BB UK rep, Jamie Waters. Being the good netizen, I went over to Jamie’s blog and commented on his posting (and video) called Explaining Banners Broker Slightly Differently. I said: Hi jamie, I have heard that you have commented…

  • BannersBroker – Tell me your tales

    It seems there is a thirst for real-world experiences about BannersBroker. Recently I’ve seen a steady rise in traffic – all people coming to my site here to read about my BannersBroker experiences. But I can’t be the only one. Other people must have publishing experiences with BannersBroker. If not, then they really ARE in…

  • YYZ and air Canada – reinforcing my negative feelings

    It’s rare, even for my very cynical self, to have so many negative things to say in such a short period of time about an airport and airline. I am writing this in terminal 1 of toronto’s pearson airport. Not from the lounge. More on that in a minute. Now, I fly a lot. In…

  • BannersBroker… verdict: scam

    Well, it’s not an accusation I level lightly, but, I have no option but to conclude that BannersBroker is in fact a scam. To summarize my experience with this ‘ground breaking revolution in internet advertising’: I did the OPPOSITE of what most people are doing with BannersBroker. I didn’t sign up for an ad/pub combo,…

  • BannersBroker – Another 10 days of silence

    Well, just to keep things up to date I thought I’d mention that another week has gone by and still no response from BannersBroker. We’ve had their ‘ads’ on LotteryCanada.com for over a month now. In that time LC has had over 1.1 million page views, half a million visitors, etc etc. BannersBroker still refuse…

  • BannersBroker – publisher reports still not forthcoming

    A month ago we started running ads from the ‘new internet sensation’ BannersBroker on LotteryCanada.com. At the time I was a little concerned and disappointed that unlike every other ad network BannersBroker offers NO statistics (real time or otherwise) on their site. So – I live-chatted with their technical support person on August 16th who…

  • BannersBroker – forgot to mention

    In my last post I complained about the poor service that BannersBroker provides what should be its most valued assets – its publisher network. But I forgot to mention that most of the time this is the ‘exciting’ ad we are displaying on our site: BannersBroker claim to have 100,000 people pumping out ads. And…

  • BannersBroker – a very poor publishing network

    Recently I’ve heard a lot of buzz about something called BannersBroker. It is supposed to be a ‘revolutionary’ change in how advertising works on the internet. Their focus is on getting people to sponsor adspace that they sell. They then give you a slice of the money. Whether that works or not I can’t say,…

  • Toygaroo… the final chapter is numbered 7

    Sadly today Toygaroo announced that it was closing down. It has been an interesting and exciting ride for me. And I worked with some great people. But, not every business works. What seems good on paper doesn’t always pan out. Over the past 20 months I’ve received some great feedback from people who love the…