The Top 3 PPC Networks For Your Website

The internet is polluted with thousands of PPC ad networks that hope to replicate the success enjoyed by Google with their incredibly popular AdSense & AdWords programmes. Unfortunately, the majority of them don't have a large enough advertiser base and constantly fail to send payments on time. The networks listed below are the top 3 PPC ad networks (other than AdSense). While not as profitable as AdSense, they are all trusted and respected by the majority of webmasters online.

AdBrite

AdBrite, while not a true PPC network, offers a different and unique concept to advertising online. Webmasters are able to sell ad space on their website and place it in the AdBrite Marketplace, browsed by thousands of advertisers. Obviously, for this to be profitable you'll need a fairly popular website with at least a couple hundred unique visitors a day -- you can, however, use Run-Of-Network (RON) ads to fill this space while you're waiting for advertisers to buy your ad space.

Yahoo! Publisher Network

Yahoo! Publisher Network is still currently in it's beta stages and is only available to webmasters residing in the United States. It is known as the best alternative to AdSense, however there are some known issues with it's contextual ad targeting. Since Yahoo! is a known and reputable company, payments are always sent and on time.

AdEngage

AdEngage is very similar to AdBrite, however they offer much greater flexibility when designing the ad for your website. The advertiser base isn't as large as other network's, so you'll usually find that duplicate ads will appear when using their RON ads. Payments are sent on time and are offered through a range of different options, including PayPal.

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By: Liam Schembri

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Making Money Through Blogging - Part 1 - Pay Per Click Networks

You can make money by blogging - believe it or not!

Making money by blogging is a very controversial topic in the blogging community, but the fact remains - several people have made a lot of money blogging (up to $US 1000 per week - which is a LOT of money in some countries).

If you want to start a blog for free (or you don't know anything at all about computers) - go to www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com and start a blog on one of the networks - for free - all you have to do is create a new user, choose the template you want & then you're ready to go - no money down!

Done? Good - Now, you can make money on your blog in several ways :

a) Advertisements on Blogs (Paid per Click) b) Affiliate Marketing (Paid per Sale or Lead) c) Writing a Blog for a Specific Company (Paid per Blog)

I was going to place all of these points together, but when writing point a) it got so large that I decided to split it in 3. So..... in this post I will discuss Advertisements on Blogs.

A) Advertisements on Blogs

This is probably the easiest way to make money blogging because you don't have to do anything - once you've set the ads up (placed them in your template), they are always there. So each time you publish a new blog, people see new adverts. Several companies offer advertising for your website or blog, some of the popular ones are discussed below.

Most people do not make a lot of money from this form of advertising on their blogs. You need to have high traffic websites - that is - blogs that get a lot of people visiting. But.... remember that it is money for nothing - so if you have a website, or a blog - you may as well have some form of advertising that you don't have to touch.

The good thing about this form of advertising is that there is no "waiting period" - so you can start a blog today - and straight away put advertising on it (as long as you have been accepted by the advertising company that is). You can also start getting clicks (and earn money) the day you publish your blog - you don't need to wait for someone to go away, come back, go away again, come back again & then decide to buy the product - this could take a few weeks.

The main companies that offer advertising options are as follows:

Google Adsense (Worldwide) - Adsense is good because it is content driven - so the ads will change to reflect what is written on the blog (for example if you are writing a blog about making money, the ads will be about making money, and if you are writing a blog about confectionery, your ads will be about confectionery). To put it basically, you will be paid depending on how much the advertiser is willing to pay for the keyword - so.... some words are worth 2c and other words are worth $2. The minimum payout is $US100 - this can take a fair bit of time depending on how much money you are making!

Yahoo Publisher Network (U.S. only) - Yahoo is very similar to Google Adsense, but they are currently only accepting publishers from the U.S.

Adbrite (Worldwide) - Adbrite is not content driven - so you may write a blog about money, but get ads about clothing. When publishing Adbrite ads you decide the price. So.... if you decide that each ad is worth 50c, that is how much a publisher will need to pay to advertise on your website.

Chitika (Worldwide) - Chitika offer a different form of advertising to the above advertisers. They have minimalls (where you see a product, & have the option of buying the product), or cloudtags - (a cloud of keywords which are relevant to your blog - you are paid each time someone clicks on one of the relevant keywords). The ads can either be content driven (that is - they will adjust the ads to match your blog like google), or non-contexual (which means that random ads are shown - like adbrite).

Bidvertiser (Worldwide) - Bidvertiser is very similar to Adbrite in that the Ads are not content driven. Bidvertiser will automatically put the highest paying ads on your website or blog (so if one advertiser bids 10c and the other bids 15c, you will have the 15c ad showing on your blog). The minimum payout for Bidvertiser is $US10, so you will be paid much sooner than other advertising networks.

Try one, or try them all - it is good to have alternatives (so sign up for more than one, and then you can change quickly if you need to). Some people prefer google, some people prefer Yahoo. The thing you need to remember is that some ads will work well with your blogs, whilst others won't - take a little bit of time, experiment, and find the "residual income" that earns you the most money - for.... not much work!

Once you have written your blog, don't forget to "ping" the blog networks. Go to www.pingoat.com to do this - this will send your blog to several networks at once - that way you optimise your chance to make money (the more that people see your blog, the more chance you have of making money).

You can also submit your blog to www.netscape.com, www.digg.com, and www.reddit.com - people will review your blog and vote on how good it is - the better it is, the more votes it will get - the more people will read it (swings & roundabouts).

And that.... as they say.... is that!

Enjoy your money making experience - let us know how it turns out, and which network suits you best.

By: Shirlene Moore

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Monetizing your website with AdBrite

If you are looking to monetize on your site and would like to have control over what kind of ads would appear on your website, AdBrite may be the right solutions for you.

The first thing that sets AdBrite apart is the fact that you have an absolute control on what kind of ads will appear on your website. Unless you choose to opt-in and show so called network ads. But if and advertiser wants to purchase a space on your website, you have an option to approve or disapprove the ad. And this is what makes AdBrite ads such a great tool. It opens the door to build a potentially long lasting business relationships with your advertisers. Any good businessman will tell you that return clients are crucial to build a successful business.

You may have heard that in order to make money with advertisement on your website you need at least 1000 daily visitors to your website. This is not necessarily true. Some people make money with lower number of visitors.

Many people think that in order to make money with AdBrite or other advertisements, all that is required is to place few banners or ads on your site and money will begin to roll in. If you have this kind of attitude, most likely you will be disappointed when you discover that after few months you have made no more than $10. As with any advertisement you need to be proactive and look for your your advertisers everywhere you can. Don not expect them to show up and start advertising on your website simply because it exists. If you can contact at least 10 potential advertisers daily, in the very short period of time you may be able to earn good money with AdBrite.

By: Vlad Z

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Pay-Per-Click Affiliate Programs

Pay per click affiliate programs are programs which allow you to sell advertising space on your website and get paid when people click through these ads from your website to another website. Google AdSense is the most popular contextual pay per click affiliate program but by no means the only pay per click option. Some other pay per click affiliate programs you may wish to try out are Yahoo's Publisher Network, Bidvertiser, AdBrite, SearchFeed or ClickSor.

Google and Yahoo are the biggest search engines on the Internet and just as Google has AdSense, Yahoo has it’s publisher network. In order to be considered for the Yahoo publisher’s network you need to have a valid US social security or tax ID and your website needs to be predominantly in English and targeted at the USA. If your website fulfills these criteria you can start placing their adverts on your website and earning commission on each valid click sent.

Bidvertiser is another pay per click affiliate program that offers AdSense style adverts for your website. Bidvertiser always shows the highest bidders on your website and has a low payout cost of $10 which is paid either through PayPal or check. You are also able to block any unwanted ads which you do not want to show and generate reports to monitor your performance.

AdBrite allows you to sell AdSense style advertising space on your website at your own rates and with you controlling the approval process. AdBrite then takes care of the other aspects such as billing, serving, scheduling, etc.

SearchFeed is also a pay per click advertising program similar to Google AdSense but where you can choose the keywords you want your adverts to target. You have a number of different advert options including a error page 404 traffic capturer, allowing you to make money off these error messages. Payment is also through PayPal and you have a number of reporting options.

ClickSor is another contextual advertising program like AdSense but which has a number of advertising options including text links, text banners, graphical banners, pop-unders, XML feeds, layer ads and search boxes and offers up to 85% revenue or profit share. Payment is made either through PayPal or a check payment.

Google AdSense, AdBrite, Bidvertiser, ClickSor, SearchFeed, the Yahoo's Publisher Network and many other contextual advertising and pay per click affiliate programs offer a great way for you to monetize your blogs, add an additional revenue source to your website and make some extra money. Each have their own unique benefits and offer you the chance to decide which option will work best for your website.

This article was written by Ran Aroussi of http://www.AffiliatesGarage.com - a free service you can use to display ClickBank & PayDotCom text-ads on your website or blog. Go to http://www.AffiliatesGarage.com to get your "AdSense-style" affiliate ads that are relevant to your content and earn up to 75% commission.

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Advertisement Programs for Publishers

There are various advertising programs for website publishers that allow to place ads on your site. These programs then pay you for every click to the ad or per thousand impression. I will list the current popular programs.

Google AdSense - Currently one of the most popular advertising programs on the net. Probably best for when your site starts to get big and generate more traffic.

Pros - Easy to set up, high paying, targeted ads, professional
Cons - $100 minimum payout, a lot of people get banned without warning for cheating, more difficult to cash out, cashes out only through check and bank fund transfer.

BidVertiser - Another very popular program. A alternative to AdSense and is similar to it.

Pros - Pays through Paypal and check, high paying ads, minimum payout $10 with paypal. Very customizable ads.
Cons - Not as many ads and AdSense, sometimes ads are not targeted too well.

Obeus - One of the newer publishers programs.

Pros - Pays through e-gold! Fast payout, minimum payout only $1
Cons - You only earn for ads when advertisers choose your site to be a publisher. Not as popular as other programs and you might not get any advertisers if your site generates is small and generates little traffic.

Hopefully, with the help of these advertising programs, you can start earning revenue from your site. Be careful though, do not cheat by clicking your own links or you will get banned from the programs and that won't be very fun with potential profits lost.

By: Bofia K

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Make Money With Pay Per Click Programs - Alternatives to Adsense

All Pay Per Click programs serve ads on websites. Owners of websites enroll in these programs for showing revenue generating text and images. Of late, Google has also started showing video advertisements on websites. Revenue so generated either by PPC or per thousand impressions is shared between Google and website owners.

Many people are reported to have been told by Google that they can run Adsense ads and some other PPC ads on the same website pages. What Google forbids is showing of contextual ads which copy or mimic Google ads.

Unlike Google Adsense, under many other PPC programs, one has the facility of choosing advertisements. One can choose the highest paying ads.

Many website owners have been experimenting alternatively with Adsense and some other PPC programs like Bidvertiser, Adbrite and Clicksor in order to see the impact on their revenue. Though some have reported good results with Bidvertiser ads, but mostly they have not been better than Adsense.

One major problem relates to out of context ads being shown by Bidvertiser. Thus while a website has some particular subject, Bidvertiser ads relate to something else.

The above is not the case with Adsense. It has a rich repository of ads and it always shows contextual ads on a website.

One attractive feature of Bidvertiser relates to its payout amount which is just $10 as compared to $100 in case of Adsense. The other major benefit of Bidvertiser is the control that one can have over showing of ads on a website.

Essentially Bidvertiser ads look very similar to Google Adsense ads. That is why there is always a doubt lurking in the minds of people whether they can show both types of ads together.

Though Google is reported to have clarified that both types of ads can be shown on the same page, some webmasters do not take any chances. However, it is alright if they are shown separately on different pages of the same website.

Despite Bidvertiser being smaller in comparison to Adsense, it has potential to move forward in future, given some of its unique features.. This can be an effective alternative to Google Adsense, especially if one runs into any trouble with Google. One should keep this and other alternatives in case one cannot use Adsense due to any reason.

Other PPC programs also provide complete control on ads, ability to sell ads directly to users and to customize ads look and feel. Clicksor is all about contextual advertising. Google policy is not to allow any such advertising on the same page, Adsense ads are being shown.

Basically most of the programs other than Google Adsense allow customization of ads to match a site, discretion to approve or reject ads and most important, no objection to work alongside with other programs. However, payout is reported to be not that impressive as in case of Adsense.

By: Altaf Sahibzada

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