Content Network Question

Anyone? haha

For best conversions it is always best to manually search google for sites that ranks based on the keyword you're targeting.

Thank you. Yes, I did try this. But it took a huge amount of time, and I was going for volume. After messing with the Content Network though, I have to say the traffic is garbage. When I say garbage, I mean absolutely useless.

I chose websites that are dead center on topic, yet I get about 50 -60 clicks or more per hour, and 95% of those "clicks" are overseas. (
On Google Search my conversion ratio is over 14% on leads once they land on the site. On MSN, it's almost 20%. Even on tier 2 PPC Content sites I see about 7%... On the Google Content Network, I've spent over 1,700 in clicks, and it's at a solid ZERO, using the same proven pages)

Despite the fact that these websites are supposedly drawing in 96% American traffic, and that's all I targeted, this is quite disappointing to me.

Looks like a lot of click fraud as well. Sure I expect some, but this is far worse than any tier 2, or even tier 3 PPC campaign. After fiddling with it, I finally turned it off. This is my 3rd go at the Content Network, in 3 different niche campaigns (Professional campaigns, not general) and each one has been a miserable failure.

I suppose I'll stick to Search and tier 2 PPC's. I even tried hiring an "expert" and his run at it failed as well. I'm sure the content network has its place, but from a few thousand dollars tossed in, 3 training courses, and hiring out, I've yet to realize a single dollar in return. Suppose I will move on.

for the content network you can also geo target.

I am using content network with great success but there are also some campaigns where it did really bad so I just disabled them.