Most people believe that Google Adsense is the best way to monetise a blog.But thats not always true.Often Google Adsense doesn't provide good results for blogs in specific niches.So,those webmasters need to search for another ad network.Also Google Adsense doesn't accept blogs which are less than 6 months old.So this post is dedicated to those people
Chitika
Chitika is known to be the leading
alternative to Google AdSense not just in revenue numbers but also because of
the size of its ad network –currently 200,000+ active publishers worldwide.
This Google AdSense alternative is very popular among new bloggers because of
their low minimum payout which is just $10, so, you don’t have to wait for
months or years to get your payments. Chitika also provides you with complete
control over your ads. Chitika also uses its proprietary “Click Prediction”
technology to show select ads when there is a greater chance they will be
clicked on. This is obviously a great way to improve your revenue. I
started using Chitika just a few weeks ago.
B4PSAds.com
Despite their unusual name, B4PSAds.com is
another great alternative to Google AdSense advertising if you’re looking for
ways to monetize your Blog. B4PSAds.com offers a complete advertising
solution offering Pay Per Click (PPC) and Cost Per Action (CPA) to publishers
and advertisers alike. That means that you can get revenues not just for the
clicks but also for the conversions that happen after the click itself.
They also have a very easy approval process, and it most cases, it only
requires verification of the email address. B4PSAds offers payment via Paypal
or Direct Deposit. Minimum payout is just $50 and payment is on a very unusual
Net 5 terms. For example, on the 5th of each month your earnings from the
previous month will be reviewed and posted to your account ledger and available
for withdrawal. This is the second service that I’m using now replacing my old
Google AdSense account.
Infolinks
Infolinks is fairly new however, it has
rapidly become one of the most popular and widely used in-text based ad
network. Their system indexes your Blog page looking for keywords and phrases
that are not currently links and converts them into advertizing links. Their
minimum payout is $50 making payouts also quite frequently, especially if your
visitors come from western countries like USA and Canada. When a user places
his mouse over the text link a box opens up showing the ad. If they click on
the link you get paid. It is very simple and works very effectively. You
can also use Infolinks in conjunction with an existing advertising campaign on
your website. For example you can show banner ads from Chitika and show
text links with Infolinks.
BidVertiser
Another great way to monetize your Blog is
BidVertiser. BidVertiser is basically a mix of of PPC and affiliate
marketing. What this means is that you get revenues for every valid clicks on
your ads plus if any of the click gets converted to a sale, you will also
receive an affiliate commission. The minimum payout is $10 increments via
PayPal or $100 by check. As far as the design of the ads, you can define
the look and dimensions of your text ads. BidVertizer also offers the
opportunity to block unwanted ads.
Clicksor
Clicksor appears to be one of the preferred
Google AdSense alternatives for new Blogs or websites with little
traffic. Their approval process is quite simple too being much more
flexible than Google and most websites are approved right away (at least for
now). Clicksor supports different types of ad formats like In Text,
Contextual, Popups, etc. The contextual ads are very effective as your visitors
will only be exposed to ads that match the keyword search that took them to
your site in the first place, thus increasing your potential click through
rate. Clicksor’s payment schedule is also much better for the small site
owner. In any pay period in which your earnings exceed $50.00 ($20.00 with
PayPal), payments are made either by check or instantly through PayPal ($20.00
minimum for PayPal). View Clicksor
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Intellilinks
Intellilinks ad network is very similar to
infolinks (mentioned above) but they have an integrated feature to sell links
on your site/blog. Intellilinks specializes in placing organic text links
across an ever-growing network of websites in order to build rank and traffic
for advertisers and increased revenue for publishers. You can either allow to
display ads automatically on your blogs or manually review them and place them
yourself. The best feature about intellilinks is that there is no payment
threshold. They split revenue 50:50 and make payments monthly by PayPal
no matter the amount earned.
Skimlinks
Skimlinks provides Bloggers with a very
automated way to monetize all of their content regardless of the Blog’s
particular niche. In addition to the more traditional way of
monetizing phrases on your site by automatically converting them into affiliate
links, they also offer a more unique monetizing option. Skimlinks can
take regular links on your site and redirect them through their affiliate
servers. So, for example, when you add a product link to your Blog, Skimlinks
automatically turns this link into an equivalent affiliate link when a user
clicks on it by redirecting briefly through the Skimlinks servers. All of
this process being completely invisible to the visitor. Each time a user
clicks on a product link that Skimlinks can re-direct to an affiliate, you earn
a commission.
Media.net
Media.net is not as commonly known as the
other options above, but it’s still a viable option to monetize your blog is
you want to find an alternative to Google AdSense. It’s also relatively
easy to get approved by them. They are part of the Yahoo!-Bing network
and give you instant access to a large number of markets and keyword-targeted
advertisers. Their payment plan is similar to AdSense, meaning that they
pay only when your account accumulates a minimum of $100 in revenue.
Media.net offers content ads, search targeting, and mobile ads that add
revenues to your account when web visitors click on those ads.
Kontera
Kontera’s system is similar to Infolinks
above. Kontera is extremely easy to use. All you have to do is add a few
lines of code to the end of your webpage and within 24 hours additionally links
start showing up on your page that serve Kontera Ads. This service does not
provide you with a complete replacement for all your ads and they do not
provide banner designs. Their ads are based on text links that are
related to your content. Some bloggers love Kontera because they seem to
have one of the best payout options. However, from the user stand point,
you will see a lot of web visitors extremely annoyed by these types of
contextual links. So it could be a balancing act between maximizing your
revenues and alienating your Blog or website visitors. Kontera uses
PayPal for payments and their minimum amount is $50.
Buy Sell Ads
Although this happens to be the last Google
AdSense alternative on my list, it actually happens to be one of the best
options to monetize your blog as well. The only caveat is that is your
Blog is brand new or if you don’t have a decent amount of traffic, you probably
will not qualify. Once you are approved though, you can list your Blog or
websites in their marketplace. Then when one of your ad spots is sold,
you get 75% of the total and they keep 25% as a commission. In other
words, they assist publishers (you) sell their ad space directly to
advertisers, which is much easier than you approaching individual advertisers
on your own. The minimum amount that can be withdrawn from your account credit
is $50.
So
there you have it! If you’re looking for Google AdSense alternatives that
are also very viable ways to monetize your Blog,