Comments on: AdMob AdMonitor: Watch Where Mobile Advertising Is Displayed In Real Time http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:04:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jessica http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1614158 Jessica Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:55:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1614158 Admob is SO BAD!!! I have tryed their tool and is sooooo bad. Google will totally take over, lucky them that google has been sleepy in this regard. And the "billions of ads with no revenue" what a terrible business they have. Admod will disappear soon, they are running out of money from their last 15 mill I heard. Admob is SO BAD!!! I have tryed their tool and is sooooo bad. Google will totally take over, lucky them that google has been sleepy in this regard. And the “billions of ads with no revenue” what a terrible business they have. Admod will disappear soon, they are running out of money from their last 15 mill I heard.

]]> By: Wayne Pan's Blog - tech | js | ui | ajax | life | mobile http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1595786 Wayne Pan's Blog - tech | js | ui | ajax | life | mobile Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:42:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1595786 [...] were sad to see it go. Except now we’ve brought it back in full force! We’ve even been mentioned on TechCrunch! (A little dream of mine for a while, not because I like Arrington or anything, but because [...] [...] were sad to see it go. Except now we’ve brought it back in full force! We’ve even been mentioned on TechCrunch! (A little dream of mine for a while, not because I like Arrington or anything, but because [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Frate http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1585295 Jonathan Frate Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:00:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1585295 "how exactly is 1 billion ads a month or up to 1500 a second minimal, and on what planet?" Hi, this is minimal because those 1 billion ads are not 'paid' ads. Advertisers don't pay unless the ad is clicked on...so, do the math, this means that there are a LARGE number of publishers willing to TRY to make money from ads, it doesn't mean that there are a LARGE number of advertisers actually paying out for ads. Admob deserves a lot of credit for convincing publishers to try them out. They've made the process simple and easy to signup etc, but you have to dig a bit deeper to understand how the financials of the game work... “how exactly is 1 billion ads a month or up to 1500 a second minimal, and on what planet?”

Hi, this is minimal because those 1 billion ads are not ‘paid’ ads. Advertisers don’t pay unless the ad is clicked on…so, do the math, this means that there are a LARGE number of publishers willing to TRY to make money from ads, it doesn’t mean that there are a LARGE number of advertisers actually paying out for ads.

Admob deserves a lot of credit for convincing publishers to try them out. They’ve made the process simple and easy to signup etc, but you have to dig a bit deeper to understand how the financials of the game work…

]]> By: Mobile Website Operator http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1585082 Mobile Website Operator Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:44:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1585082 I run a very large mobile website, and have been using AdMob for months. Let me tell you that from a technical and product standpoint, these guys know what they are doing. They have by far the fastest ad response (which is really important as mobile users are already bogged down by slow data connections, thanks to carriers) and they have stellar customer support. I have immediate access to product managers and support people who take feedback and improve the service. I agree that a better tool would be more useful, but this is cool. I wouldn't bet against them. I have used mobile ad networks from a number of other providers (yes, including Google) and it would not suprise me if AdMob gave them a run for their money. Hopefully they can keep up the good work. I don't think they are desperate to sell - perhaps they will let me invest some day alongside Sequioa, one of the investors in Google and Yahoo! ;) I run a very large mobile website, and have been using AdMob for months. Let me tell you that from a technical and product standpoint, these guys know what they are doing. They have by far the fastest ad response (which is really important as mobile users are already bogged down by slow data connections, thanks to carriers) and they have stellar customer support. I have immediate access to product managers and support people who take feedback and improve the service.

I agree that a better tool would be more useful, but this is cool. I wouldn’t bet against them. I have used mobile ad networks from a number of other providers (yes, including Google) and it would not suprise me if AdMob gave them a run for their money. Hopefully they can keep up the good work. I don’t think they are desperate to sell - perhaps they will let me invest some day alongside Sequioa, one of the investors in Google and Yahoo! ;)

]]> By: Really ? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1584934 Really ? Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:16:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1584934 @#18 The most legit? Really? I think they are disparately positioning the company for sell! This company has no unique IP. @#18

The most legit? Really?

I think they are disparately positioning the company for sell! This company has no unique IP.

]]> By: Morgan of Mobile http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1584793 Morgan of Mobile Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:16:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1584793 These guys are by far the most legit company in the business. The counter thing they have is important to show real data since other startups are trying to mimic them unsuccessfully as evidenced in the story below. http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/13/are-the-mobile-advertising-upstarts-out-of-control/ These guys are by far the most legit company in the business. The counter thing they have is important to show real data since other startups are trying to mimic them unsuccessfully as evidenced in the story below.

http://venturebeat.com/2007/04.....f-control/

]]> By: Customer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1583642 Customer Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:50:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1583642 Admob...instead of doing another google map please fix your stupid ad tool. Your technology sucks and as of today we have seen no results. The "technology" you own is a joke. Maybe that is why no one wants to acquire you (a little too late already). Admob…instead of doing another google map please fix your stupid ad tool. Your technology sucks and as of today we have seen no results. The “technology” you own is a joke. Maybe that is why no one wants to acquire you (a little too late already).

]]> By: El Guapo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1583359 El Guapo Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:19:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1583359 I'm a mid size publisher with AdMob. Bottom line is this. They are the real deal and all their numbers are actually as they claim. No BS. The Pay on time unlike other networks that owe me money (this is huge ok?). They respond quickly to inquires and customer support issues (within first 2 hrs of a question). They have like no downtime at all. They have been improving their click throughs steadily and getting rid of all kinds of fraud activity. I know cuz I helped them get rid of some shady sites. Their site is constantly improving. The visualizer is a nice tool for them to show whats going on in the network. They have tons of boring stas I look at all day long and this at least is cool to look at. If you have a mobile site you gotta try them out and see for yourself. If you dont then you should learn how to develop a mobile site cuz they are making money. Thats the bottomline. I’m a mid size publisher with AdMob. Bottom line is this. They are the real deal and all their numbers are actually as they claim. No BS. The Pay on time unlike other networks that owe me money (this is huge ok?). They respond quickly to inquires and customer support issues (within first 2 hrs of a question). They have like no downtime at all. They have been improving their click throughs steadily and getting rid of all kinds of fraud activity. I know cuz I helped them get rid of some shady sites. Their site is constantly improving. The visualizer is a nice tool for them to show whats going on in the network. They have tons of boring stas I look at all day long and this at least is cool to look at. If you have a mobile site you gotta try them out and see for yourself. If you dont then you should learn how to develop a mobile site cuz they are making money. Thats the bottomline.

]]> By: Dominic http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582963 Dominic Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:22:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582963 Another P.O.S. Another P.O.S.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582890 Allen Stern Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:10:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582890 Duncan - they might be the biggest (i have no idea) but the idea of a real-time map of who is viewing an ad is a waste of technology. No one should be sitting there watching this. Give me an orderly view - the map is fine - click a country and see everything for the past 30 days, fine. Duncan - they might be the biggest (i have no idea) but the idea of a real-time map of who is viewing an ad is a waste of technology. No one should be sitting there watching this. Give me an orderly view - the map is fine - click a country and see everything for the past 30 days, fine.

]]> By: feedback http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582779 feedback Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:08:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582779 @Duncan, Feedback: Biggest dedicated mobile ad provider? That's what their PR is suppose to say, otherwise they will end up looking for a job with the biggest mobile ad provider:-) @Duncan,

Feedback: Biggest dedicated mobile ad provider? That’s what their PR is suppose to say, otherwise they will end up looking for a job with the biggest mobile ad provider:-)

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582748 Duncan Riley Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:44:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582748 Omar my mistake, the Directors part has no bio for yourself (its higher up the page) and Webb's directly below below your name, so I misread it, post corrected. TechDumpster (comment 1), how exactly is 1 billion ads a month or up to 1500 a second minimal, and on what planet? From what I understand (at least what their PR rep tells me) AdMob may well be the biggest dedicated mobile advertising provider out there. Omar
my mistake, the Directors part has no bio for yourself (its higher up the page) and Webb’s directly below below your name, so I misread it, post corrected.

TechDumpster (comment 1), how exactly is 1 billion ads a month or up to 1500 a second minimal, and on what planet? From what I understand (at least what their PR rep tells me) AdMob may well be the biggest dedicated mobile advertising provider out there.

]]> By: ian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582523 ian Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:47:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582523 visualizations are cool it's one thing to see in the ad-targeting console the geographic options available, but this mashup makes it easy for me to show folks at a glance why go with admob when we're running mobile campaigns for our global service but this visualization is just fun, really. nothing to do with effectiveness. tried google and the startup also-rans. sticking with admob, thanks. visualizations are cool

it’s one thing to see in the ad-targeting console the geographic options available, but this mashup makes it easy for me to show folks at a glance why go with admob when we’re running mobile campaigns for our global service

but this visualization is just fun, really. nothing to do with effectiveness.

tried google and the startup also-rans. sticking with admob, thanks.

]]> By: eli http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582431 eli Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:02:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582431 Great job, Duncan! Another stellar post. How much time did you spend on the AdMob site before posting to Techcrunch? Journalism at its finest. Great job, Duncan! Another stellar post. How much time did you spend on the AdMob site before posting to Techcrunch? Journalism at its finest.

]]> By: Omar Hamoui http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582349 Omar Hamoui Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:29:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582349 Great to see TechCrunch taking more of an interest in mobile with an increasing number of posts as of late! Just wanted to chime in here with a slight correction. I was in fact not the COO of eBay. That distinction belongs to one of our board members: Maynard Webb. During early 2006 I was in fact COO of a 2 bedroom apartment in Philly (my wife was CEO). On the AdMonitor piece, I just wanted to emphasize that we put this up as an interesting way to visualize the over 40M impressions we serve each day across our network. It's not really intended to be a reporting tool or anything of the sort; rather an attempt to expose just a bit of the massive activity that is occurring on the mobile web. Many people discount mobile browsing as something that has a long way to go before we see big numbers. This is our small attempt at exposing some of the activity that is actually out there. Great to see TechCrunch taking more of an interest in mobile with an increasing number of posts as of late!

Just wanted to chime in here with a slight correction. I was in fact not the COO of eBay. That distinction belongs to one of our board members: Maynard Webb. During early 2006 I was in fact COO of a 2 bedroom apartment in Philly (my wife was CEO).

On the AdMonitor piece, I just wanted to emphasize that we put this up as an interesting way to visualize the over 40M impressions we serve each day across our network. It’s not really intended to be a reporting tool or anything of the sort; rather an attempt to expose just a bit of the massive activity that is occurring on the mobile web. Many people discount mobile browsing as something that has a long way to go before we see big numbers. This is our small attempt at exposing some of the activity that is actually out there.

]]> By: ***V*** http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582277 ***V*** Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:59:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582277 It seems like a great tool for the smaller advertise who wants to pinpoint where their ads are being shown and to whom. On a larger scale it seems like a "neat" tool that provides needless information. V It seems like a great tool for the smaller advertise who wants to pinpoint where their ads are being shown and to whom. On a larger scale it seems like a “neat” tool that provides needless information.

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]]> By: Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582205 Bob Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:33:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582205 From AdMob's website: Maynard Webb, Investor and former COO, eBay Inc. Omar was in grad school then... :) From AdMob’s website: Maynard Webb, Investor and former COO, eBay Inc. Omar was in grad school then… :)

]]> By: Mario Ruiz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582202 Mario Ruiz Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:30:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582202 Hi Duncan, Take a look at this link. It is related with your post. The best ways to present data: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/ Mario Ruiz @ http://www.oursheet.com Hi Duncan,

Take a look at this link. It is related with your post. The best ways to present data:

http://www.smashingmagazine.co.....pproaches/

Mario Ruiz
@ http://www.oursheet.com

]]> By: Omar http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582194 Omar Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:27:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582194 AdMob's network IS worthless, we've tried many different verticals and have minimal conversions over a few months. I would imagine a lot of it would be automated clicking because a lot of the publisher site's are very shady. AdMob’s network IS worthless, we’ve tried many different verticals and have minimal conversions over a few months. I would imagine a lot of it would be automated clicking because a lot of the publisher site’s are very shady.

]]> By: no thanks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582191 no thanks Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:26:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582191 useless junk! useless junk!

]]> By: Bill Hartzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582189 Bill Hartzer Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:25:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582189 This is very cool technology--for a local advertiser it would be great to see where (on a map of a city) the ads are being shown (at the city level) rather than at the world or even the country level. This is very cool technology–for a local advertiser it would be great to see where (on a map of a city) the ads are being shown (at the city level) rather than at the world or even the country level.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582144 Allen Stern Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:10:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582144 Who would want real-time data of this? Give me a daily summary. No one will sit there and watch the map move. Who would want real-time data of this? Give me a daily summary.

No one will sit there and watch the map move.

]]> By: TechDumpster (living in First Life) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582143 TechDumpster (living in First Life) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:09:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/admob-admonitor-watch-where-mobile-advertising-is-displayed-in-real-time/#comment-1582143 It's under the radar because it's worthless. The number of ad viewers is minimal. It’s under the radar because it’s worthless. The number of ad viewers is minimal.

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