Afrigator launches Adgator
It’s a very exciting day for us her at the Afrigator office…today we’re launching one of the (many) projects we’ve been frantically working on for the last month or two. Today we are proud to launch Adgator, an African blog network that will allow bloggers to make money by displaying advertising on their blogs.
Why would we want to create an ad network I hear you ask? Well, it’s simple. We know that for many bloggers, writing is a passion and an outlet. But we also know that it takes up many long hours and that sometimes is gets difficult to keep going with no real reward (other than the satisfaction of your content being read and interacted with by others). So we’ve built a system that allows bloggers to earn some money from their blogs.
Since it’s still early days for the system, we’ve invited a small group of bloggers to try out the system and be the first to start making some money from their blogs. If you would like to join us, have a look at www.adgator.co.za for more info.
Justin has done a pretty cool blog post explaining Adgator a little more, so hop on over to his blog and have a read.
Chris M said,
Wrote on November 11, 2008 @ 12:33
Fantastic! I’ll be blogging about this shortly and testing it out this evening
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Wrote on November 11, 2008 @ 12:36
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SaulK said,
Wrote on November 11, 2008 @ 15:38
Awesome idea guys. Keep up the good work!
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Wrote on November 11, 2008 @ 16:39
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Jackie said,
Wrote on November 13, 2008 @ 08:05
Great idea and I signed up but unable to figure how to login as there is no link. Needed to see if the mentioned code there to pop on our blogs.
Darren Gorton said,
Wrote on November 13, 2008 @ 15:06
Well done on this idea team! Really good going, and hopefully it will deliver the results you [and your clients] anticipate.
Have just received the second email – they are brilliantly written – that’s the way companies should communicate with their communities! You’re leading the way, keep it up!
Lester Hein said,
Wrote on November 13, 2008 @ 15:17
@Jackie – I’ve sent you an email with all the info that you need. Have a read and you’ll know what we’re up to
@ Darren – thanks for the compliment, it’s much appreciated, especially now with the mountain of work that we’re under at the moment with Adgator and Afrigator.
Jackie said,
Wrote on November 13, 2008 @ 17:04
Thanks email received
Jackie said,
Wrote on November 17, 2008 @ 09:47
A couple of questions.
If we have two or more blogs do we have them all on one account or an account each?
The peel back ads originally mentioned, which I found a great idea, when will those codes be done or will that be a later item?
Thanks
Jackie
techmasai said,
Wrote on November 18, 2008 @ 08:05
This is great news, from the techmasai team we wish you the best
ulla said,
Wrote on December 2, 2008 @ 03:31
will it be wordpress friendly?
Justin Hartman said,
Wrote on December 3, 2008 @ 11:28
Ulla, yes it is Wordpress friendly. If you visit this page in your Dashboard http://adgator.co.za/blogger/get-code-wp.php you will see code specifically for Wordpress users.
Justin Hartman said,
Wrote on December 3, 2008 @ 11:29
Jackie – to answer your first question – right now you’ll have separate account details for multiple accounts. We will link all of these up in future releases but this wasn’t possible at time of launch. The peel-back ads will be implemented early in the new year. We will make announcements to users when they become available.
Jackie said,
Wrote on December 3, 2008 @ 11:53
Thanks Justin
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Olujide Alabi said,
Wrote on December 8, 2008 @ 02:38
This will be exciting, well done guys.
edundayo said,
Wrote on December 12, 2008 @ 17:58
What else can someone say! Maybe a “STANDING OVATION FOR THE AFRIGATOR TEAM” would be very appropriate.
I just can’t wait for this to be extended to the Nigerian Blogosphere.
Denford said,
Wrote on December 14, 2008 @ 05:15
I was telling ChrisM earlier today, it’s a pity Adgator is only open to SA bloggers. Zimbos are flocking into SA to shop, I think they buy more stuff in SA than South Africans themselves every year (lol).
Hope you remember us up here in the dark cont.
Lester Hein said,
Wrote on December 15, 2008 @ 09:13
Well, once we’re confident that we’ve nailed down all the bugs and have our processes ironed out, we’ll definitely be expanding Adgator in to Africa. Hopefully you won’t have to wait too long before we reach out to Zim, but as always we’ll keep you posted.
Kind regards,
Lester
Lester Hein said,
Wrote on December 15, 2008 @ 09:15
Thanks for the kind words Edundayo, it’s great to see that there are folks out there getting excited about the work we do (as opposed to just us being excited by it).
As I said to Denford, we’re perfecting the model here in SA first before rolling it out to all of Africa, but we’ll get there!
Kind regards,
Lester
edundayo said,
Wrote on December 16, 2008 @ 17:21
My pleasure Lester, I’m convinced you’ll surely get there. It’s an African Pride and worth being exited about, cause I’m sure it’ll pave the way for other creative African minds to follow. Kudos once again!
JesusFreak said,
Wrote on December 18, 2008 @ 06:08
Wooooooooow…
Couldn’t believe my eyes the first time i saw this…Thumbs up to afrigator and the newly adgator..
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alkoga said,
Wrote on September 20, 2009 @ 10:56
???? ????.Good idea.