CodeAds review
Author: Nick PapanotasYou visited a few times and I would appreciate your thoughts on this post, why not comment?
Recently I was searching for a new CPM company to use with sites that I don’t have good results with adsense. Then I read a thread in a webmaster forum about CodeAds. Their program looks very promising so I thought to give it a try.
Here are some things that made me choose to start over with CodeAds :
- Fast payments. They pay 48 hours after you reach the minimum payout ($10)
- They pay through paypal
- 5% referer bonus
Starting with CodeAds
One bad thing about them is that they pay only for US traffic, but I guess that would be fair. Before using them on every site I have, I thought to give them a try from one site and monitor what happens.
In the meanwhile I got two referral signups which somehow later vanished from my control panel 
I know this looks fishy but it happens if the company ban someone you refer (or maybe not?)
CodeAds review
To be honest CodeAds is one of the worst networks I ever tried. My overal experience was really poor, and in many cases they caused problems that were visible to my sites.
For instance I was frequently get a “500 error - bad request” instead of an advertisement which exposed me to my visitors. Another thing that made me feel bad about them is that their ads are 99% from third party networks (adengage, CJ, friendfinder, etc.) and they even displayed a “Buy ads from this site” banner which was actually an ad of them from adbrite!
After a few thousand pageviews I finally got my first payment which was $10, but for some reason that I don’t understand they’ve sent me $9.5 Anyway I would suggest to stay away from CodeAds as there are countless programs that are better than that.
Olaf
from Website Templates2007-10-01 22:20:51
Hey Nick, you forgot to tell me that
I tried them only for a week, I think there are more strange things, I added the ads to some busy site with > 50% US traffic and only a few impressions are counted.
I’m happy that you got your money, buy some “Retsina” and drink a glass on my health
admin
from Webdigity webmaster forums2007-10-01 22:30:39
Hehe, how do you know retsina? I prefer “tsipuro” and with that amount I am sure I can buy you a drink too
Olaf
from Website Templates2007-10-01 23:06:07
Retsina?
There are thousands of Greek restaurants in Germany
(and I can buy Retsina by the grocery store here in the Netherlands)
Tim Nash
2007-10-02 18:57:45
lol now I prefer Raki personally I had a very nice evening, day hmm several days helping some friends distil Raki the entire day spent keeping the fire going by the end of it my Greek was so good my hosts knew what I was saying!
Olaf Lederer
from PHP rules!2007-10-02 21:38:23
Tim!!!
Raki is from turkey, they drink Ouzo in Greece
(what a great subject)
admin
from Webdigity webmaster forums2007-10-02 21:47:07
Raki is great - and it is the same with Tsipouro - but it is from Crete (Greece)
Now I know how I will make you feel good when we will meet
Panos
from Submityourcontest2007-10-02 21:49:37
I prefer both raki+tsipouro together
Panos
from Submityourcontest2007-10-02 21:50:42
I prefer both of them raki+tsipouro
Olaf Lederer
from PHP rules!2007-10-02 21:52:11
so those Turkish people has stolen the “yeni raki” form the people of Creta?
(I don’t drink these strong stuff anymore, but retsina with ice is very good)
… if we continue with this you need some new related affiliate link / banner
admin
from Webdigity webmaster forums2007-10-02 21:59:35
Lol, maybe I should write a post like “How to sell traditional greek drinks to webmasters”
Olaf Lederer
from PHP rules!2007-10-02 22:06:29
lol together in one glas?
Panos
from Submityourcontest2007-10-02 22:10:15
HEHEHE!!
Joking..