I updated my apps with Ogury's SDK and went live on 20th August 2014. I posted my initial thoughts about the Ad network after a month here after a month of use and successful payment.
Several changes have happened overtime.
You can sign up and integrate their SDK quickly, no waiting time, you require the jar file of only about 374KB 2 lines of main code.
It might be important to point out that thier SDK will make your app run in the background, this is OK for those of you whose apps already do that but it might annoy users who update and find this "addition".
A specific ad is shown only once to a specific user and not any more times to prevent spamming. This user will not see any ads more than once.
I received my first payment via paypal within couple of days after my first month but have since then received payments via Bank Transfer and these come on a NET30 basis. The Minimum Payout is $50. At the end of the month you are sent an email detailing the amount you have earned and are required to send an Invoice of that sum to them for them to issue the payment, I find this rather cumbersome but what do you expect from a British Company (just kidding).
The support is BRILLIANT, you are assigned an account manager who you can communicate to easily and is at your beck and call, in my experience, mine has been very responsive on all issues and answering my questions.
They are GooglePlay complaint.
Fill Rate varies dramatically, some months are bad and others are great as you'll see below.
I run the SDK alongside my admob, the ads appear when the user opens the app, the ads are interstitial or Video, my apps use admob for banners and Interstitials between activities.
Ofcourse all this talk is nothing without results. Below you can compare my earnings for both Admob and Ogury in the last 11 months, You can see I've earned more with Ogury despite the revenues lacking consistency, some months are bad, others are good, last December I made $950 with Ogury, my highest ever with a single ad network.
Admob
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For a better understanding of my traffic and Average Usage Times over the 11 months, here's data from my Google Analytics Account showing Use ranking by Country.
Conclusion: I've made roughly more with Ogury than Admob, only recently has the Euro lost value to the Dollar so don't base on current Forex Exchange Rates for comparison. I Do suggest you give Ogury a shot.
Help with integration
Hey @ paulasiimwe,
I am trying to integrate the Ogury iOS SDK and was getting stuck with setting the bannerView frame to be attached to my view hierarchy.
By any chance, could you possibly help me out?
Thanks in advance for your time and help!
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that has heard about apps like Pandora can steal your information? I was on virus forum and read this:
"I love Pandora. I really couldn't do without it. But I could do without its sending my demographic information, phone ID, and location to eight trackers across six companies. And Pandora's far from the worst offender, the WSJ shows us.
The Journal's report lays bare much of what we already suspected, or outright knew but didn't bother thinking about: iOS and Android apps are having a field day with your personal info. More than half of the 101 popular apps they tested sent your UDID to companies without your awareness or consent. Nearly as many sent your location, and a handful even sent along demographic info and other personal details to advertisers.
It's a small sample size given the hundreds of thousands of apps out there, but it's hard to imagine that the most prominent names just happen to be the most aberrant. And the list of worst offenders also reads like a roll-call of must haves: Pandora. Angry Birds. Netflix. Shazam. Et tu, Yelp?
And yes, it makes perfect sense that apps that deliver location-based information would need to know your location. But the extra step of passing that on to marketers is something a user should at the very least have knowledge of, and should ideally be able to opt out of. Not everyone enjoys highly targeted ads so much that they're willing to compromise their privacy to have them on their phone.
iOS apps shared more data than Android apps, on the whole—somewhat surprising given the rigidity of the App Store approval process compared to Android's looser environment. And there's really nothing you can do to stop it.
There's something Apple and Google could do, though: create privacy policies. Make it abundantly clear to users what information apps are going to take, who they're going to send it to. And if you're feeling really generous this holiday season, give us a chance to opt out."
am i the only one that is worried or is there no need to worry?
welcome to the future buddy.
Yup, if you don't want anyone else knowing your business, don't own a smartphone or go on the internet. No one's info is safe.
It is the double edged sword of being connected to the rest of the world, the rest of the world is connected to you.
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You should be more concerned with people dumpster-diving your trash.
Seriously I'm more afraid of people stealing my mail then stealing my info on the web.
It's common sense for crying out loud.
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People are so concerned with this stuff sometimes. It boggles my mind. What do I care that some company knows what city I'm in.
You know who else knows what city I'm in? Every local shop I go to.
Heck, I used to work for a relatively small company (about a dozen or two locations in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois) and they asked for someone's zip when checking out. This was so they knew where their customer base lived. So if enough people drove from 20 miles away they would know they need to send their ad to more people in that town.
It's not as scary as most think.
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With T-Mobile announcing a software update for the Galaxy S II that includes “ISIS” details, the internet is abuzz with what exactly T-Mobile was updating. Thankfully, Bloomberg seems to have the answer with a report that ISIS’ CEO says to expect a September launch in two test markets. In fact, the two test markets, Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah are the very same markets we discovered as T-Mobile’s own test markets back at the end of July.
In T-Mobile’s case, they plan on allowing customers to download applications and content and utilizing Near Field Communication (NFC) in more ways than one:
The mobile payments concept is compelling, and T-Mobile is participating in the Isis joint venture to make that a reality. But NFC can simplify much more than purchases. Let’s take a look at three exciting opportunities for NFC — beyond mobile payments.
•Your wallet. With Isis, you won’t have to carry around a physical credit card, but there’s a lot more in your wallet that can possibly move onto your phone with the introduction and adoption of secure NFC services — things such as reward cards, membership cards and even your personal ID. It also can become a compelling way for merchants to share offers and discounts.
•Your key for access and content. With NFC, your phone has the potential to replace your keys and your tickets, and NFC tags can let you access and download rich content.
•Your command center. NFC has the potential to automate common tasks and commands. For example, imagine getting into your car at the end of the day, and, with a simple tap, your phone knows to bring up a traffic map and send a quick text message to your family members letting them know you’re on your way
When it comes to devices, Mastercard has already given their blessing to T-Mobile on three devices, the HTC Amaze 4G, Samsung Galaxy S III and Samsung Galaxy S II. We expect more approval down the road, especially given that the Blackberry 9900 and Galaxy S Blaze 4G each include NFC capability.
With three national carriers behind ISIS, we have high hopes that it will succeed where Google Wallet is currently struggling to keep its head above water. NFC may very well be a major part of our mobile future, and it’s now up to Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to try and prove that.
Anyone else get the Email from Google ? First promotional Email ever received from them to be honest.
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Do they compensate the devs , Lets say someone sells a game for $/£ 5.00 and they sell it cheap , surely thats a bit unfair to the dev as they are not guaranteed to make a profit like that ( the dev , not Google obviously as they will recuperate the sales).
Google had a similar sale last year. Lots of apps for 25 cents.
I wonder too.. there should be a ToS hidden somewhere in Play Store :S
Not sure if Google pays devs their original value, but there's an excuse not to bail either since.... their apps will get a boost in "Top Paid Apps" ^^
Whitesands said:
I wonder too.. there should be a ToS hidden somewhere in Play Store :S
Not sure if Google pays devs their original value, but there's an excuse not to bail either since.... their apps will get a boost in "Top Paid Apps" ^^
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the discount only applied for top apps, and since those are paid apps, they are already on the top paid apps list, so the boost in top paid apps means nothing, I think Google subsidies them.
I bought a couple of those. Smart tools and Sketchbook pro. Not bad for fifty four cents.
I always buy something during the sales.
When you request the recovery image for your Moto X, Motorola exposes your email address to everyone else who has requested the same image for a given timeframe.
This is unacceptable exposure of confidential customer data.
Hey Motorola, how about you stop holding our recovery images hostage and just provide a regular no-authorization-required HTTP download instead of all this Google Docs authorization BS and get rid of this problem altogether?
Screenshot for proof:
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Might be best to post this on the Motorola forum.
Customer service has been great for me.
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Might be best to post this on the Motorola forum.
Customer service has been great for me.
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I agree, and I posted it there as well. I just wanted to make XDA users aware because XDA users are especially likely to try and get recovery images from Motorola.
Yup, probably best to post this at the official Motorola forums. It's probably a stupid oversight, like "I have this great idea to streamline the distribution of the stock image... Oops..."
They have nothing to gain from that, it was probably a coding error in the system that handles the requests and distributions.
Plus... Your email is already all over the place... Privacy, confidentiality? What the hell is that these days... It doesn't exist, so another 2 dozen people have your email, no reason to be over dramatic about it.
Sorry, my philosophy is, not to make mountains out of mole hills... No offense to you.
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
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Plus... Your email is already all over the place... Privacy, confidentiality? What the hell is that these days... It doesn't exist, so another 2 dozen people have your email, no reason to be over dramatic about it.
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Some people have separate email accounts that they prefer to keep private. Regardless of your lax attitude towards confidential customer data, this is indeed an important issue and Motorola has just acknowledged that they will fix it.
Have you forgotten that Weev was sentenced to over 3 years in federal prison just for exposing iPad customer's email addresses? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57592084-83/at-t-ipad-hacker-appeals-conviction/
Vint Cerf had a very interesting take on privacy: http://m.cnet.com/news/vint-cerf-privacy-may-be-an-anomaly/57613120?ds=1
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Should have at least used Blind Carbon Copy (BCC). This is very surprising coming from Motorola. This tends to happen with less-established businesses (e.g. one person businesses who aren't tech savvy). People don't think sometimes.
Chances are, no one on that list is a spammer and is going to sell your email address. But it does suck, and I agree you have every right to be upset about it.
Think positive though -- here's your chance to get a gift card out of it when you complain.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vn.ibit.AppLocker
Hey everyone, how's it going?! Our app is officially published on the Google Play store and we would love to share it with you. The name of the app is Lockout: Operation Drunk Posts. All support and feedback is greatly appreciated. It has been in the making for about a month now due to pre-made plans and events that could not be rescheduled. The current version on the Play store is 1.0.0. We will be having many updates in the near future, and hopefully our first one July 9th or July 10th. Please keep in mind that this is only the first edition, don't judge a book by it's cover. More features and ideas will be implemented in future updates. Thank you to all of our supporters that we have picked up in the production process, I will try to p.m. you especially, if I don't forget that it.
Lockout: Operation Drunk Posts allows the user to block whatever social apps you want for a certain amount of time.
By locking out social apps while you're partying, it prevents you from making that occasional drunk post. Maintain your scholarships, reputation amongst your peers, and your own self-morale by installing and using this app whenever you go out.
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Thank you for reading all of that if you did, I know it's kind of long. Try the app out and let us know what you think or any revisions you can think of. I have 5 more feature I want added to the current application (shown). Just need to find the right person to implement them for us. Private message me if you're interested or can refer someone. Thanks! Hope you enjoy the app and find it useful! Spreading the word is all that we ask from our users, it is free you know! :wink:
thanks...now post in the apps section...not sure why here?