Adsterra Native ads warning

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happylama

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Hi everyone,
today I started using adsterra native ads, the cpm was good and I was happy, after a few hours I checked a discord server I have for my users to report problems and it seems they were redirected 4 to 8 times in each page without clicking in anything, basically forced redirects and this only triggers with 1 tier traffic, better stay away from this network as you will lose your users with them.
 
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You're not the first one to say that, Adsterra sound as bad to publishers as it is to advertisers. I'm really surprised they're still in business.
 
Adsterra serves malware, tech scam and many other harmful ads. Avoid them if you're trying to have a good user experience on your website. It's a redirect-hell otherwise.
 
roydan said:
You're not the first one to say that, Adsterra sound as bad to publishers as it is to advertisers. I'm really surprised they're still in business.
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This.

As a publisher their ads are so aggressive that my website almost got unusable. Tried both adult & mainstream both were full of deceptive advertisements.

Also tried as an advertiser. You need some real good black lists to get any kind of positive ROI from this. I am not promoting affiliate offers, but was buying traffic for my own lead-gen site. Literally almost all clicks were bots.
 
Do not use Adsterra/ malwaresterra. Removing them from your site is also going to be a headache. I used to use them on my churn and burn blogspot blogs in 2020.
 
totally, I saw people recommending it here so I gave it a go hence why am warning people here , do not make the same mistake and stay away from them
 
I used Adterra for a short time on my new site and 90% of the ads are either scams or viruses. I had a long conversation with support and sent about 10 screenshots and links. The next day they said they removed the virus and scam ads but of course nothing has changed.

I have been using Monetag for about a month now. Nothing has changed much. Monetag also shows a lot of virus ads but at least the number of scam fake sites is less and the cpm is much higher.
 
Based on my experience, I’d recommend staying away from Adsterra, especially if you're focused on maintaining a good user experience. Despite offering competitive CPMs, I noticed they were serving highly intrusive ads that resulted in forced redirects multiple times per page. This happened without users even interacting with the ads, which is frustrating and can drive away your audience. These types of ads could seriously impact your site’s reputation and user retention, particularly if your visitors are reporting these issues back to you. If you value a clean user experience, it may be worth looking at other networks with stricter ad quality controls.
 
I’ve heard similar complaints about Adsterra’s aggressive redirects. This can really hurt your users’ experience. It’s best to avoid networks that force users to click on ads. Look for alternatives that prioritize user experience, like Google ads and Mediavine.
 
I’ve seen similar reports from others about frequent forced redirects, and that kind of behavior can seriously hurt user experience and retention. In most cases, it’s safer to work with ad solutions that don’t rely on forced interactions or aggressive redirects, especially if you value long-term traffic.
 
Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve noticed similar behavior when testing Adsterra native ads on a few projects. In some cases, user experience can be impacted by unexpected redirects, particularly with tier-1 traffic.

It seems like results can vary depending on settings and traffic quality, so anyone using this network should monitor performance closely and test on smaller volumes before scaling to avoid potential issues.
 
Google will punish you in SERPs for using them as well. I only use them on my blackhat websites that I can't monetize otherwise.
 
Damn, that sounds rough—forced redirects will make users leave instantly, not worth the CPM.
 
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