Every website and blog
is different and what works for you may not necessarily work for somebody else.
If you are looking for some adsense alternatives to add some extra income
streams then here are a few of the best ad networks of 2013 to try out. Each
advertising network offers something a little bit different. Using a variation
of ad types on your site can prove to be the most effective.
The first few adsense
alternatives listed here are fast at approving applications. You can start
earning from them within a couple of hours. The adsense alternatives further
down the page are harder to be accepted for but will have higher paying rates.
Please head back over to us to let us know how you get on and what you
like/dislike about the networks. We would love to hear how the ads performed
within your niche.
1. Bidvertiser
Bidvertiser is another
advertising agency that is a great option for those who have been banned from
adsense. Bidvertiser have been around since 2003 and are unique in the fact
that not only do they pay per click but also on conversions too which can lead
to a very healthy income stream. Like most other pay per click agencies Bidvertiser
ensure that only the highest paying ads are displayed on your site. We received
immediate confirmation that our account had been activated after sign up. It
doesn’t seem that they have any approval criteria in regards to traffic or the
language of the site.
How
does Bidvertiser Operate?
Bidvertiser offers
their own toolbar that allows people to search and see sponsored results in
your website, this can be customised to look like it is part of your website
and can be a good money earner. They also have a PPC ad network which also pays
out on actual sales.
They offer a few
different ad choices along with their toolbar, including Banners, Buttons,
Inline Ads and Skyscrapers.
Bidvertiser do not
accept adult content sites or sites that contain a large amount of advertising
material in relation to content.
Bidvertiser Review
POSITIVES
Sign up process is painless and Bidvertiser
review your site with instant account approval
Easy installation that requires an HTML
code to be added to your webpages
Ads will instantly apear once code is added
to your site, once this happens advertisers will be able to start bidding to
advertise with you
It is easy to change the appearance of the
ads with a point and click tool
The toolbar can be altered in appearance to
work with the look of your site
NEGATIVES
Not very high pay out rates per click (this
might only be the case with our chosen niches)
Ads aren’t always relevant to the content
if you are targeting a small niche
Reporting within the Bidvertiser site is
quite basic and doesn’t give a lot of information on number of impressions or
on click through rates
Bidvertiser
Vs Adsense
Bidvertiser is a great
adsense alternative that can be used in conjunction with Adsense, some of the
Bidvertiser ads do look similar to Adsense but you can customise these ads to
amend that. Bidvertiser offer you the opportunity to bring in a decent income
with the toolbar but generally have a lower pay out rate than Adsense for PPC.
Although this is meant to increase with time the longer you stay with them – we
haven’t noticed this yet.
Bidvertiser
Payout Amount
Bidvertiser provide
payment via PayPal, Skrill, MoneyBookers, Western Union cheque or by wire. Payment
is made 30 days after your reach the minimum amount. This is $10 with PayPal,
PayPal, Skrill and MoneyBookers, $100 by cheque and $500 by wire. If you have
earned less than the minimum payment your balance is carried over to the
following month.
Earnings are tracked in
a very clunky reporting system that ideally needs to provide more information.
Signing
up for Bidvertiser
Signing up is easy. The
sign up form is straight forward and your account is approved immediately. You
will receive an activation email and instructions on where to find the HTML
code so you can start showing ads on your site immediately. Bidvertiser also
has a blog that regularly updates you with new features.
2. Skimlinks
Skimlinks are
relatively new and have been in operation since 2008. They are an award winning
company with accolades from a4uAwards, New Media Age and from the Smarta100
team as well. Skimlinks affiliate marketing saves you time and is plain simple
to use. Read on to find out how they can simplify making money with your
website and why we consider Skimlinks a valid adsense alternative.
How
Does Skimlinks Operate?
Skimlinks have over
18,000 online merchants who’s products you can link to and earn money from
selling on your site. The beauty of Skimlinks is that you don’t have to waste
your time joining the affiliate program for each company or sourcing the
affiliate links. Each product link you add to your site from one of Skimlinks’
list of merchants automatically becomes an affiliate link. If you don’t think
you link to enough products on your site you can take advantage of their
Skimwords campaign. This uses words within your content to link to related
products as an affiliate link.
Skimlinks
vs Adsense
Skimlinks is completely
different from Adsense. The two ad networks work great together as a way to
monetize your website. By using Skimlinks your site won’t look like it is
covered in ads but will have great product recommendations that appear to be
normal links to a merchant’s site. Adsense has the advantage that you are being
paid every time that someone clicks, this is not always the case with
Skimlinks. Since you are in complete control of which links show on your
website you can talk up the product within your content before the reader
clicks ensuring a better chance of a sale and commission for yourself.
Skimlinks is great to use in conjuction with another ad network and should be
considered as a good paying adsense alternative.
Skimlinks
vs Vigilink
Skimlinks is better
than Vigilink due to the fact that with Skimlinks you are immediately approved
to be an affiliate with the Ebay Partner Network and Amazon, with Vigilink
there can be a secondary approval step. Skimlinks are able to pass on their
arranged commission rates which can be higher than what you would have been
offered if you were to sign up directly with the different merchants.
Skimlinks
Payout Amount
Skimlinks have a low
minimum payment threshold at $10, £7 or 8€ NET60. Which means that it will
normally take 60 days for payment once your commission has been cleared by the
merchant, these terms can differ depending on the merchant.
Signing
up with Skimlinks
Signing up with
Skimlinks is easy, you simply fill in a one page application form with details
of your website. Skimlinks review your site and within 3 days you will know
whether you have been approved. Each subsequent site that you submit will need
to be reviewed by Skimlinks prior to you
being able to earn money from any of the Skimlinks merchants. Installation is
as easy as inserting Javascript into your site template or there are
installation plugins available if you use Ning, VBulletin or WordPress.
The reporting software
with Skimlinks is easy to use, you can filter your results by merchant or by
domain, by different date criteria and you can also compare Skimlinks to
Skimwords. The only negative to report is that reporting is delayed by one day.
3. VigLink
VigLink is an American
company that has been in operation since 2009. Viglink is quite similar to
Skimlinks, both companies allow normal looking outgoing links to become
affiliate links simply by inserting their code on your site.
How does VigLink
Operate?
VigLink act as the
middleman between you and over 30,000 different merchants. VigLink allow normal
product links to become affiliate links that will not look any different to
your readers. You can use VigLink on websites, social media networks, and within
apps.
There are three
different ways to use VigLink to make money.
VigLink Anywhere
Instead of using
Bit.ly and other link shortening sites to shorten your affiliate links, VigLink
does this instantly with their VigLink Anywhere system. This is great for using
on social media sites and within email campaigns. It is as simple to use as
Bit.ly.
Just add the link,
once it has been shortened it will contain your individual VigLink code so any
affiliate sales can be tracked.
VigLink Convert
This is the system
that VigLink is known best for. VigLink converts normal links into affiliate
links. VigLink works with 90% of the biggest internet retailers so it is easy
to find a company that you want to sign up with.
VigLink is able to
negotiate higher commissions than the majority of bloggers could manage on
their own but they do take a 25% cut of your earnings.
VigLink Insert
VigLink Insert
uses semantic technology to convert relevant, random words on your site to
affiliate links. Certain words are chosen from within your content to become
affiliate links to different products from one of VigLink’s 30,000 merchants.
VigLink claim by
using VigLink Insert on your sites you can double your VigLink income.
VigLink Review
ADVANTAGES
·
Easy approval
process that isn’t reliant on traffic levels or origin of website traffic.
·
Generous referral
program allows you to earn money for 1 year on all your referrals to VigLink.
·
Makes it easy to
turn product links into referral links.
·
Affiliate links
are enabled immediately after the VigLink code has been installed on your site.
·
Easy installation
instructions.
·
They have more
than 30,000 merchants for you to affiliate with.
DISADVANTAGES
·
People may be put
off by the tax information that needs to be submitted, but it isn’t that
difficult to obtain an EIN or ITIN number from the IRS.
·
VigLink take 25%
off your affiliate commission, this is the same cut as Skimlinks.
·
VigLink support
is run by a community support panel which means other users and VigLink
employees, you’re encouraged to search through other users’ issues or post your
own and wait for an answer.
·
Reporting system
can be confusing at first.
·
VigLink doesn’t
work with JavaScript disabled browsers.
VigLink vs Adsense
VigLink and Adsense are totally different ad
networks and aren’t comparable. Both of them do not require exclusivity and
will work well together on your site. VigLink and Adsense monetize different
sections of your website and by using VigLink it shouldn’t affect Adsense
earnings. VigLink is a very good adsense alternative.
VigLink vs Skimlink
VigLink and Skimlink are very similar and have a
lot of the same merchants. VigLink approval process is easier and quicker.Iif
you are outside of the US you might prefer Skimlinks, as it is easier to get
started as you don’t need to provide any US taxation documents. VigLink don’t
support automatic signup with all of their merchants such as the Ebay Partner
Network like Skimlinks do.
VigLink Payout Amount
There’s no minimum payment amount with VigLink
but you will need to wait 60 days to receive payment. So if you made money in
May you wouldn’t receive payment until the end of July. Payment is made via
PayPal and VigLink cover all the PayPal fees.
Signing up with
VigLink
Signing up is
easy, once you have entered your email address on the VigLink website you will
be sent an activation email. There is no approval process, so you will be
approved instantly. Once you have verified your email account you fill in a
couple of simple questions about location and password and from there you have
the code to enter on your website. You can start earning money straight away.
Entering the code
on your website is simple, there is one code that can be used for any site or
unique codes for any of the following formats: Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr,
phpBB, TypePad and vBulletin. Once you have entered the code on your site any
product links with VigLink merchants will automatically be switched into
affiliate links.
4.
Clicksor
Here is our
Clicksor review. Clicksor is a contextual ad network. This means that it
uses certain keywords and phrases that are in the body text of your webpage to
determine which ads display. Clicksor offer some unique ad types with numerous
sizes available which some ad networks do not provide, making them attractive
to publishers as an adsense alternative.
Clicksor in
Action
Clicksor offers
five different ad types to publishers to include on their website or blog. The
first is perhaps the most unintrusive to visitors as it does not actually
appear on the webpage at all.
PayPerView
For those with a
decent amount of traffic coming from search engines who are struggling getting
visitors to click ads then Clicksor’s pay per view pop-under ads might just be
the ads for you. When a visitor lands on your site, an ad will pop up
underneath your page, invisible to the visitor. The visitor will not see the ad
until the moment they close their browser.
The Interstitial
ads operate in a similar way as they also take up no ad space and are pay per
view. The difference being that they appear as visitors are browsing between
the pages of your site. You have control over the frequency at which the ads
display to suit your preferred level of visitor experience.
PayPerClick
Clicksor is
pretty transparent when it comes to sharing the average PPC
in which their current publishers achieve. We have found their PPC
rates for the intext and banner ads are generally lower than that found on
other ad networks, but with their unique ad sizes you can achieve a higher
click through rate by being creative with where you place the ads.
Many people using
the internet today are seeing google-like adverts on most webpages which have
been inserted in the same areas of the screen. By having slightly
different ad sizes than usual and in interesting places across your site, a
high click through rate can be achieved.
Clicksor Review
Clicksor review
websites very quickly and approval is pretty much immediate. They do allow you
to have ads from other networks on the same page as long as you only have a
maximum of three ad units from Clicksor. If you are going to use more than one
ad network on the same page, we believe the PopUnder would be the best option
as it would be the most non-intrusive and it will not lower your current
earnings or click through rates. For this reason Clicksor is a decent adsense
alternative.
Also if you are
using a 3rd party ad network and choose to use the Intext or banner ads from
clicksor along side, please ensure that the ads do not look the same as this
could infringe on some of the 3rd parties terms and conditions and could result
in a loss of all your earnings from them.
Getting Started
with Clicksor
Clicksor is very
easy to install. They offer a plugin for WordPress, Blogger, Drupal and Joomla.
There is also the option to place the code inside your site
yourself, preferably in the header or footer. This option can be
slightly confusing to do, as you must go through each ad type separately and it
is not immediately obvious how to select the ads you want. Basically, for the
ads you do not wish to display simply click the “skip this ad” at the bottom
and for the ads you wish to display click “save and continue”. It will generate
the code for you at the end then its just a case of copying and pasting.
Goodluck!
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