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    AdSense

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle AdSense provides a way for publishers to earn money from their online content. AdSense works by matching ads to your site based on your content and visitors. The ads are created and paid for by advertisers who want to promote their products. Since these advertisers pay different prices for different ads, the amount you earn will vary. AdSense displays relevant ads to your site visitors next to your content and allows you to customize the look and feel of ads to match your site.N/A

    ironSource

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AironSource (or Supersonic before ironSource and Supersonic merged under the ironSource brand) is a mobile app monetization and mobile advertising application. ironSource (the company) is headquartered in Tel Aviv.N/A
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    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AdSenseironSource
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    Small Businesses
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Google AdMob
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AdSenseironSource
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AdSenseironSource
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I think any company selling a product or service can benefit from Google AdSense advertising as long as they come with a strategy of who to target with their Ad campaigns. If you just blanket anything and everything with your Google Ads it won't be as effective, and you will be wasting your spend
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    ironSource
    Very good to scale Android apps in US or MX. I wouldn't use it for scaling iOS Apps in Latin America as they have a very small inventory. The platform is super easy to use and start launching ads. We use it as a complement to Appsflyer.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Excellent Ads type and useful content
    • Excellent follow up and analytics
    • Secure your particular ads by following the plagiarism bloggers who steal your content. It happens to me and Google AdSense aware about these thief's by tracking my Google Adsense particular ad code
    • Excellent revenue for the bloggers who are honest about their content
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    ironSource
    • Dedicated account manager to keep things running smoothly and provide feedback weekly
    • Great reach of publishers
    • Large verity of ad formats
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    Cons
    Google
    • Google AdSense should monetize mobile applications
    • Google AdSense should monetize Mac native applications and games
    • Google AdSense should pay out more for a click for tier 1 countries traffic
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    ironSource
    • Not enough anti-fraud controls
    • Not enough inventory on small countries
    • CPMs are quite expensive
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    Usability
    Google
    I feel that Google AdSense has a plethora of features and detailed options for you to utilize when building campaigns. I do think there is room to make it more user friendly for beginning users. I had to request help from my Marketing team to build campaigns. Ultimately, that improvement would push my scoring to a 10.
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    ironSource
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    In addition to Taboola, we also looked at Amazon Associates. I believe the latter could have a place as a source of revenue for many small websites. As stated earlier, Adsense is simply the largest and easiest to use service out there for small to medium-sized websites. It offers the best tools and easiest path to monitization.
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    ironSource
    ironSource has more reach in the USA than other players that are focused on smaller geos. I would also say that Google is a big competitor with its DV360 and we use them as well, but ironSource is more focused on branding and Google provides more options for campaigns that have multiple objectives.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Helps us strategize better around potential ad revenue models
    • Helps us evaluate the impact of ads on the user experience on the front end
    • The optimization recommendations have generated an improvement revenue-wise
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    ironSource
    • It help us scale some apps.
    • Sometimes it doesn't deliver at the set targets.
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