Hey guys,
For the past year or so I've been working on a competitor spy tool for display ads, specifically Google Content Network.
We're now launching a free beta version, and I would love for you to try it out and get your feedback, and learn how to make this technology even more valuable to affiliates.
The site is live at Uncover your competitors' online ads | MixRank.
Our main idea with this tool is to sort through the junk and actually filter out the best performing ads and traffic sources. So when you look up an advertiser, you can see which high traffic sites they're advertising on, where they have a good ad position in the AdSense block, monitor their split tests to see which headlines they tested and which ones got more impressions, etc.
Here's a sample report you can look at to get a sense of what we're trying to do:
WOOME.COM Report | MixRank
Personally, I've found that this data is most useful for quickly setting up large PPV campaigns, doing direct media buys on highly relevant sites in your niche, and running placement targeted campaigns through AdWords.
We were just covered by TechCrunch, so you can also read more about us here:
Want To See Which Ads Perform Best? YC-Backed MixRank Is A Spy Tool For AdSense
Questions:
How is MixRank different from other competitive intelligence tools?
We're only tracking text ads targeted at US visitors right now on the Google Content Network(Adsense ads). Image ads+other networks are coming soon.
So if you're interested in seeing ads that appear on search or other display networks, you should use other tools.
But if you're interested in looking at Content Network data, which you can use for AdWords campaigns, media buys, PPV, etc, then I think we have the best tool on the market.
In this business it's all about the data, and I think we have more data than any other tool on the market by far- over 250,000 advertisers, 93,000 traffic sources indexed daily, and more than 2,000,000 ads. Which means you can find unsaturated, cheap traffic sources that aren't picked up by other sites.
We're also innovating by tracking metrics like ad position and traffic volume to sort through the noise and actually show you where your competitors are getting their most profitable traffic. We'll be adding some pretty amazing features along these lines in the next few weeks.
Why are you making this data public instead of using it for your own campaigns?
Affiliate marketing is a high cash flow business, but it doesn't create lasting value the way selling software does. With over 250,000 advertisers in our database, we can't possibly be competing in every niche. We believe that, in the long term, we can create more value for the company and our investors by selling this service to advertisers rather than running campaigns ourselves.
Can I trust you? Will you steal my campaigns?
We're funded by Y Combinator, considered one of the world's most prominent technology investors. They wouldn't have put their money and reputation behind us if they weren't 100% sure they could trust us to run an upstanding and trustworthy business.
Why is MixRank free?
We're free during a short public beta period while we still have some bugs to work out and a limited feature set. Don't worry...there will be plenty of upselling to the paid version once we come out of beta.
For the past year or so I've been working on a competitor spy tool for display ads, specifically Google Content Network.
We're now launching a free beta version, and I would love for you to try it out and get your feedback, and learn how to make this technology even more valuable to affiliates.
The site is live at Uncover your competitors' online ads | MixRank.
Our main idea with this tool is to sort through the junk and actually filter out the best performing ads and traffic sources. So when you look up an advertiser, you can see which high traffic sites they're advertising on, where they have a good ad position in the AdSense block, monitor their split tests to see which headlines they tested and which ones got more impressions, etc.
Here's a sample report you can look at to get a sense of what we're trying to do:
WOOME.COM Report | MixRank
Personally, I've found that this data is most useful for quickly setting up large PPV campaigns, doing direct media buys on highly relevant sites in your niche, and running placement targeted campaigns through AdWords.
We were just covered by TechCrunch, so you can also read more about us here:
Want To See Which Ads Perform Best? YC-Backed MixRank Is A Spy Tool For AdSense
Questions:
How is MixRank different from other competitive intelligence tools?
We're only tracking text ads targeted at US visitors right now on the Google Content Network(Adsense ads). Image ads+other networks are coming soon.
So if you're interested in seeing ads that appear on search or other display networks, you should use other tools.
But if you're interested in looking at Content Network data, which you can use for AdWords campaigns, media buys, PPV, etc, then I think we have the best tool on the market.
In this business it's all about the data, and I think we have more data than any other tool on the market by far- over 250,000 advertisers, 93,000 traffic sources indexed daily, and more than 2,000,000 ads. Which means you can find unsaturated, cheap traffic sources that aren't picked up by other sites.
We're also innovating by tracking metrics like ad position and traffic volume to sort through the noise and actually show you where your competitors are getting their most profitable traffic. We'll be adding some pretty amazing features along these lines in the next few weeks.
Why are you making this data public instead of using it for your own campaigns?
Affiliate marketing is a high cash flow business, but it doesn't create lasting value the way selling software does. With over 250,000 advertisers in our database, we can't possibly be competing in every niche. We believe that, in the long term, we can create more value for the company and our investors by selling this service to advertisers rather than running campaigns ourselves.
Can I trust you? Will you steal my campaigns?
We're funded by Y Combinator, considered one of the world's most prominent technology investors. They wouldn't have put their money and reputation behind us if they weren't 100% sure they could trust us to run an upstanding and trustworthy business.
Why is MixRank free?
We're free during a short public beta period while we still have some bugs to work out and a limited feature set. Don't worry...there will be plenty of upselling to the paid version once we come out of beta.