For most blog/site owners, Google AdSense is the Nirvana or their journey to making something of themselves in the blogosphere.
It has become tantamount to being accepted into a sort of fraternity. It’s every blogger’s dream to have a site on Google AdSense making money and so every year you see more and more people apply to the program– then get rejected.
At this point, many just give up and close up shop. It has happened to me too, but searching the net for alternatives, this author stumbled across an interesting article which highlighted other advertising networks for publishers.
While Google AdSense is certainly the baddest wolf in the playground, it definitely isn’t the only one.
Below is a list of the top 5 alternative networks that can bring you decent ad revenue for your site.
- Media.net
This is one of the best alternatives for AdSense. It is powered by Yahoo and Bing and is a contextual ad network which enables publishers to earn money from advertising revenue.
It offers customized ad units that fit with your site look. It also shows ads to the mobile phone and tablet users.
At this moment in time this network is not opened for public sign up. But don’t let that stop you, you can request for an invitation.
- Bidvertiser
Bidvertiser works as a pay per click advertising site that could be great for people who failed to get Adsense approval or got banned. It’s a tad different from AdSense as while the former shows ads based on context or visitor’s interest, Bidvertiser creates a bidding system that allows the highest bidder to advertise on your blog. Fair warning, it takes a little while to get your site found by Highest bidders, so revenue might initially be low, but stay on and you’ll reap the benefits.
Bidvertiser offers Text ads, Banner ads, Mobile Ads, Slider ads etc. You can also make money by promoting your customized toolbar. Minimum payment amount is $10 for PayPal/Payza and $50 for check. Read: How to Make Money With Bidvertiser
- Infolinks
Infolinks is a bit of a strange one as it is different from the rest. It’s a in-text advertising program. What it does is not take too many spaces of your site to show ads. It shows in text ads or pop-up ads. Due to this, it can even be used in conjunction with AdSense.
Infolinks offer 4 types of ads – InFold, InText, InTag, and InFrame. All of them are designed to overcome banner blindness. Minimum payment threshold of $50 for Paypal or $100 for Bank wire.
- Amazon Native Ads
Amazon is huge. It has the world’s largest affiliate program. The advertising aspect of it is called Amazon Native Shopping Ads. If you’re in the US or are getting a lot of traffic from there, then this could be for you.
It has three types of Ads – Recommendation Ads, Search Ads and Custom Ads. It provides highly relevant product ads in a responsive ad unit that can be placed anywhere in your blog/site. It shows ads based on your selected categories and your blog contents.
- Adversal
If what you’re looking for is serving Ads, then Adversal might just be the best AdSense alternative there is. It has a great CTR and works with several languages. You need to have monthly page views of 50,000 to apply this network.
Minimum payout is $20 and payment modes are PayPal, ACH, Check, or Wire. It has an affiliate program too.
This article is of great help to those who want to monetize a site but have been frustrated by Google AdSense. If you need any help you can check out these alternatives.