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Luckily for me, I managed to get a holiday today, due to it being the first week of Uni. Along with being able to finally write this paid review of Publisher Spot and the updates made to it, I’ll also try and get a post or two written for the next few days on here. 
Publisher Spot is the project of webmaster Tyler Cruz – someone that most of you will have come across. Tyler runs an entrepreneur blog as well, and tends to order a whole host of paid reviews whenever major updates are made. To find out more about Publisher Spot, including my thoughts and ideas on how it could be improved, feel free to read its first review on this blog.
Although I’m not supposed to talk too much about what it is, and concentrate on the features, doing so is essential to the review. Basically, Publisher Spot is a place where users review affiliate and ad networks, meaning that you can go there if you’re uncertain on which one to join and check up on feedback, ratings etc. At the moment, there are forty five different networks reviewed – how’s that for variety.
Some of the new features include a member system where one username works for all – all you have to do is sign up once and you’ll be able to use your account to not just rate networks up or down and review them, but also comment on the blog and forum. However, the forum is currently dead – maybe some paid posting could be organized or a contest run so that more people would be apt to join.
Another feature added is the ability for you to advertise on Publisher Spot. Now most of you will not find advertising on there useful, however those of you that run or are involved in running affiliate / ad networks… that offers you the chance to feature your brand in front of targeted traffic that will convert. There are currently three advertising options – the banner above the fold on the front page, a network spotlight on the front page and featured network status, which puts you at the top of all browse and search pages.
The good thing about the commenting / rating system is that people have to be logged in to comment, which prevents networks going through 1,000 proxies and rating themselves 10/10 on each one. However, this also means that there is no incentive for people to sign up and rate networks – the general theory is that a person who is happy with a product or service will tell just one person, but a person that is unhappy will tell the world. This means that you could have only those with negative thoughts taking the time to sign up and rate networks. Although the feature is fairly new, there also seems to be few comments of networks – for example, the review of Pay Per Post has more than 100 users that have rated it, but zero comments.
How could this be fixed? A contest of sorts perhaps – giving out a cash or some other prize to a random person which has rated and commented about their rating on more than X networks (I’d say ten). Incentives always help getting people to participate, and once they get involved they may continue to do so even after the prizes stop being offered.
On the whole though, Publisher Spot is a valuable resource, one that Tyler has invested thousands of dollars to develop – all it needs is that bigger resolution and it’s perfect. Help him (and potential affiliates) out by checking out the site, leaving your ideas as a comment on this post on how it could be improved and what you think of it.
Other than that, if you prefer watching some video to take a look at the major improvements of Publisher Spot, there is a fifteen minute video you can check out with them all listed.
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September 10th, 2008 at 8:24 am
I remember your first review on this and I thought it was a great idea. However I never went back to check it out in depth, as I must have forgot about it!
Anyway, going to check it now!
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September 10th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Very cool. Thanks for the heads up! Nice intro video explaining all the sites features, etc.
Cheers!
Jay
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September 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
A place to get objective reviews of affiliate networks etc. would be a very valuable resource. But of course, the key is keeping it objective.
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Adam - Creadiv (8 comments) Reply:
September 10th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Exactly which is why it is important for people like us to make it over there. This site depends on us. If bloggers don’t get on bored and use the site to rank the networks then it will unfortunately be a great resource wasted.
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Minnesota Weekend Getaways (38 comments) Reply:
September 11th, 2008 at 11:18 am
You’re right … I’ll be stopping by there later today.
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September 10th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I have seen this reviewed somewhere else but I cannot remember where. It looks like a really cool blog and I will definately bookmark it so when I start selling affiliate products I can check it out
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Blogging Millionaire (8 comments) Reply:
September 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
It seems like I have been seeing you everywhere lately.
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Melvin (106 comments) Reply:
September 11th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Building links are essential..
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September 10th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
That 5 minute video is cool.
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September 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Nice video explaining things. I will have to book mark this for later because its a great reaource
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September 10th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Its a great resource for affilaite marketers to leverage the networks on that site
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September 11th, 2008 at 12:04 am
actually sites that do reviews are very common nowadays.., Not many few emerge succesful from doing these stuffs
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September 11th, 2008 at 3:45 am
“the general theory is that a person who is happy with a product or service will tell just one person, but a person that is unhappy will tell the world.” That is absolutely accurate and is true for most products and services.
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September 11th, 2008 at 4:56 am
That would be a very good idea, to get reviews of so many networks. Just one point, are they using some system to keep their ratings transparent or is that influenced by other factors?
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September 11th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I came across PublisherSpot the other day, can’t remember who’s blog I came from though
Seems to be doing well for itself, but I don’t have a need for it atm
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Thanks, The video is really cool.
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September 11th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
That is really an awsome video. Thanks a lot
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September 11th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
You seem to add good value, even when you are being paid to review.
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September 12th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I don’t know where he invested several thousands of dollars to develop, but never the less wish him luck and prosperity
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September 18th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Is it just me or am I seeing Tyler’s site review on every MMO type blog? Well, not mine, but everyone else’s?
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October 2nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Thanks For the great video.It has certainly helped.
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