How Do You Advertise on Ask.com?

by Chris Sorrell

Posted: 14 years ago 10 replies

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Hey guys. I'm finding it impossible to sign up to advertise on ask.com. Does anyone advertise on there or has anyone had similar problems? I am going to sponsoredlistings.ask.com as advised but once there all that happens is that the page refreshes if you press 'get started' or the 'advertisers' link. I have already emailed them three times for confirmation on how to go about advertising with them but not heard anything back after 2 weeks. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Thanks.

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hendrata 14 years ago

maybe you can ask (type) "how to advertise on ask.com" in their website
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williamrs 14 years ago

Try to use a different browser. I also had problems to use TrafficJunky and Pulse 360 with IE. Try Firefox.

Anyway, I have never advertised with Ask, but many people have told me that their advertising system sucks. They also have very low volume.

Give them a try (it can't hurt!), but don't expect too much from them. :/

William
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DavesKIEST 14 years ago

I also had problems when i tried to reach them. eventually i managed to contact an AC their site !!!
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jordanberg2311 14 years ago

i used them try type 'sponsored listing' at their search engine.

i have cancelled my account there as the traffic is completely rubbish. I have the same ads and keywords as my overture's account, i get clicks but no conversion. 100bucks down the drain..=(
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- Johnaxe 14 years ago
  
  I have advertised on Ask.com in the past ( with dismal results ) and they recently sent out an email to all advertisers stating that the Ask Sponsored Listings service will be discontinued at the end of September. They didn't elaborate why, just that it will be gone and any advertiser with funds still in their account will be issued a refund on the card they used to fund the account.
  
  Ask Sponsored Listings was always very frustrating to work with anyways so consider yourself lucky you didn't have to lose a bunch of money with them.
  
  John
  
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Gauher 14 years ago

I have been advertising successfully on Ask.com for the last 3-4 years, but I have had about 10 failures for every one successful campaign.

What I find odd Johnaxe is that I got a different message than you with no mention of closing of my account.

This what I got on Sept 14th that has me excited.

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Dear valued Ask Sponsored Listings customer,

We wanted to share some exciting news with you!

Building on the success of our initial PureLeads™ technology launch earlier this year, we are quickly approaching the launch of our new ad center.

Scheduled for the beginning of October, our new platform will showcase:

• A new and improved user interface
• Improved system response times and faster system updates
• Enhanced API integration (with the release of API version 5)

We understand your bandwidth may be limited at this time, so we have designed our migration plan with you in mind. In fact, no time is required to migrate any aspect of your current ASL account. We will do it for you!

Please see the following list of FAQs on our migration process.

Will the launch of the new user interface affect the structure of my account?
Your account structure will not change - your campaigns, ad groups, ads, and keywords will remain the same.

Will I need to upload new budget, keywords and/or ads into the new platform?
No, your existing campaigns, ad groups, ads and keywords will be migrated.
If your account requires restructuring, your strategic account manager or account executive will notify you.

Will my ads go offline during this migration?
No, your ads will continue to serve.

We will send another email update as we approach the end of September.

In the meantime, please feel free to contact your strategic account manager or account executive with any questions.

Thank you for your continued business, and we look forward to introducing you to our new ad center in the coming weeks!

Sincerely,

The Ask Sponsored Listings Team

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- Johnaxe 14 years ago
  
  Hey Gauher,
  
  That is very odd. Perhaps it's because I haven't really used them for awhile and am not currently spending any money there. Maybe they are only migrating people who have a consistent daily spend with them.
  
  That kind of sucks. It sounds like from the email you received that maybe they are making changes that could result it better performance and traffic quality. If that's the case I would very much like to do some more testing when the new adcenter comes out.
  
  Perhaps we should address this issue over in the PPCF forum aswell and see if anyone else is having their accounts closed or moved to a new adcenter.
  
  I'm wondering if this new adcenter will be private or something?
  
  John
  
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  Gauher 14 years ago
  
  Hey John,
  
  I have posted this over in PPCF so lets see if any of the other guys heavy into PPC got the same message from Ask.com
  
  Cheers
  Gauher
  
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  premiumsource1 14 years ago
  
  Did anyone figure this out? I seem to have the same problem. I've advertised with them for about a year or so and then stopped for several months and now I am not able to refill my account and they aren't getting back to me. I'd appreciate if someone would chime in. Thanks.
  
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  premiumsource1 13 years ago
  
  I'd appreciate if someone would give me contact information of your account manager because mine doesn't work there anymore and can't get in touch with them. Thanks.
  
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