I like Miva, but any tool that takes that long to approve is a pain in the backside. I know everyone is slammed, but sometimes you need a campaign to hit now. If I am trying to push Paris Hilton jail items I need the campaign to run while it’s hot.
Great article!

Yeah, this was a great article. I had heard of Miva PPC but hadn’t ever given it a chance. But being as I am about to start some local campaigns this could be a great tool

Thanks for sharing, Don. The mention of Findwhat brings back memories of a few years ago when I used to actually run findwhat ppc ads on some of my sites. They actually had a rev-share type of agreement even before AdSense came along.

I think I remember reading somewhere that Miva is the 4th largest PPC search engine behind Adcenter. Has anyone used them for arbitrage?

Does Miva have a content network?

Don,

Miva sucks. Simply put. I have an affiliate link on my site because I like money. Miva may deliver lots traffic but it seldom converts and has some of the worst quality traffic I have ever seen. If you are managing accounts based on pure volume then Miva is great, if you care about performance; It blows.

They have something called MIVA match. make sure it is off. Is is awful.

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You gotta be kidding me…

Was just telling myself I needed something to blog about - thanks for the inspiration.

Do not use Miva unless you are a glutton for punishment.

Does Miva have a content network, and how does it operate. I heard Miva is garbage.

FindWhat was junk and MIVA is crap. What a worthless clicks! Never got a single conversion.

I was thinking about miva for publishing PPC. Anyone on the publisher side? Doesn’t look so good for the advertisers from what is being said above.

Are you KIDDING me? MIVA is worse than 7search. This is total BS, probably works for MIVA or getting a cut.

I used Miva in the past with little success. It felt like click fraud to me so I cancelled after a two month campaign.

Sorry, engaged, I don’t work for MIVA. In my market, when each click conversion can result in a job worth $500 or more, I wanted search traffic that converted better than AdWords. I found it through MIVA.

We all know that not every click will convert. That’s why it’s important to find the traffic that does convert and at the lowest per click rate.

MIVA tends to be on networks that get more local targeted clicks than does AdWords in my market. Comparing my stats between AdWords, Overture and MIVA, MIVA wins in sending the highest converting clicks in my market for the least amount of money…not necessarily the highest amount of traffic. (Looksmart actually works well for us also) You just have to know how to use their tools and know how your local traffic searches the web when they need a local company.

Don

Sorry, engaged, I don’t work for MIVA. In my market, when each click conversion can result in a job worth $500 or more, I wanted search traffic that converted better than AdWords. I found it through MIVA.

We all know that not every click will convert. That’s why it’s important to find the traffic that does convert and at the lowest per click rate.

MIVA tends to be on networks that get more local targeted clicks than does AdWords in my market. Comparing my stats between AdWords, Overture and MIVA, MIVA wins in sending the highest converting clicks in my market for the least amount of money…not necessarily the highest amount of traffic. (Looksmart actually works well for us also) You have to know how to use the network tools and know how your local traffic searches the web when they need a local company.

Don

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