Under the Bridge

iAds + Burstly

So you’ve probably checked some into the Apple iAd Network by this point and found they look pretty easy to set up, but if not here’s some links to get you up to speed:

iAd Network Resource Center

How To Integrate iAd into Your iPhone App

How To Guide For Apple iAds

All About Apples iAds

and perhaps you’ve heard that while the first few out of the gate with iAds are making some good coin at the moment, fill rates are pretty low; and just at a guess, we’d kinda suspect that iAd enabled apps are going to outstrip the growth in ads pretty seriously so you’re not going to be seeing Magical Money Fountain™ posts like that too much longer.

And besides that, there’s the issues that iAds are only available a) in the U.S. b) on iOS 4 devices. Both of which will probably become not so important in the future sure, but still some concern presently. What to do about that?

Well hey, look what’s out today:

Announcing Burstly 4.0 SDK with iAd Support

You may recall when we checked out Burstly a couple months back we were pretty impressed, although we haven’t got around to actually doing anything with it (that’s part of project #6 on the OhMiGAWDItsNotDoneYET List…) yet; so now that it includes the iAd network, looks like it’s even more so the preferred platform for your monetization efforts now. But be sure to let us know if you have any actual experience either way!

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  • https://mobworld.wordpress.com krishnan

    Hi Alex,

    I have not checked iAd. But is it true that, iAds would be available only in US?

  • http://www.alexcurylo.com Alex

    The original rollout and I believe still current state of things is that iAds are only served to U.S. customers, yes. I don’t know if or when that’s scheduled to change.