I received the following announcement from MIVA Media on March 13th, announcing their acquisition by Adknowledge.

For those of you that don’t use MIVA pay per click advertising, or have heard that it’s a waste of time — read my comments at the end of the announcement…

Dear Advertiser,

We are emailing today with important and exciting information regarding MIVA Media. As you may be aware, yesterday afternoon MIVA Media was acquired by performance-based ad network, Adknowledge, in an all cash transaction.

This transaction creates a major force in online advertising and comes at a time when an increasing number of advertisers are focusing their marketing spend on performance-based channels.

We believe that combining the resources and technology of MIVA Media and Adknowledge will create significant opportunities for both advertisers and publishers. Initially there will be no change in the way you plan and manage your MIVA campaigns, however work will immediately begin on integrating our teams and product offerings. Our objective is to create one, unified and best-of-breed online ad solution that can deliver the maximum value to your online business.

We will keep you posted as this exciting process progresses. In the meantime, we have included answers to some commonly asked questions below.

Kind regards,
MIVA Advertiser Support

I’ve used their service since it was Findwhat and one campaign that I run there gets about 350 clicks per day for around $13.00, or 3.7 cents per click. The campaign produces $100/day (on average) in revenue, or $87.00 pure profit.

I’d say THAT’s worth it.

Get $25US or £30 in FREE Credits

MIVA is offering bonus credits to new U.S. advertisers worth $25 and £30 in free credits to new U.K. advertisers.

Need traffic?

Pay-per-click search engines are the best way to satisfy that need. However, with several hundred pay-per-click search engines to choose from across the web, it can be confusing to know where to start advertising first.

Too, some internet and affiliate marketers are afraid of losing money through pay per click advertising.

Well, here’s what I have to say about that. I’ve been using PPC advertising since it was introduced and spent an ‘excessive’ amount only once – and only by result of acting stupidly. There’s absolutely NO way you can spend too much when you set a budget. Simple as that.

About 60% of my traffic is generated through pay-per-click search engines – and the ‘secret’ here is that when you drive traffic initially to your site using PPC’s, the search engines notice your site (because it’s now getting traffic) and your site will rank higher than it would if you weren’t getting PPC traffic.

The best PPCSE’s (pay per click search engines) offer account signup bonuses. Take advantage of these to get hundreds of dollars in free traffic to your site.

Listed below are the very best pay per click search engines for delivering high-quality, targeted traffic at reasonable prices.

1. Microsoft adCenter
2. Google Adwords

I’ve also listed other PPC seach engines at which you should consider advertising.

Top PPC Search Engines

Check in on this page every now and then to find out which of my favorite pay per click search engines are offering deals and discounts for new advertisers.

Microsoft AdCenter

Microsoft AdCenter is best for those affiliates in more mature niches and you can get started with only $5.

Open a Microsoft adCenter account.

Google Adwords

Google Adwords often offers $50 in advertising credits for new AdWords customers with self-managed signup. The offer is based on a $55 total credit, which represents $50 of advertising credit and a $5 activation fee.

Sign up for a Google Adwords account.

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