Google is Not the Only Option Available
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If your sales depend only on Google traffic and Google adsense or adwords then you could be in for a big dissapointment. Constant search engine rankings can take you from king of the hill to rock bottom.
Do NOT put all your eggs in one basket. There are numerous sources available to attract traffic to your site and depending on just one, like Google, is simply bad marketing.
Yahoo, Yahoo's YPN, and other search engines along with pay-per-click programs can bring you extra traffic and maybe even more profits.
If you compare Google Adsense and Yahoo's YPN ads, right now Yahoo's YPN is paying THREE times the amount that Adsense is paying. Why? I am Not certain. But it does make you want re-evaluate your options
Disseminate your advertising in several different ways. Test, over and over again. Optimize your pages for great content and keyword density and then let the search engines gobble that. DON'T optimize your pages for Google only. You might be number 1 today and then number 500 as soon as they have their next algorythm update. Nothing Google does is "personal", but it sure fells like it when it affects your pocket and all the work you did to make THEM happy.
You may be searching for business loans and the first few pages were all listings from the UK even though you are on the main search engine, and not the Google.uk. If you had wanted a loan, I had to search several pages deep to find on in the US.
Pay per click sites:
1. Yahoo! Search Marketing has a well organized system.
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
2. Miva distributes your keyword text ads throughout a distribution partner network.
http://www.miva.com
3. GoClick no monthly fee, no startup fee, and low 1 cent CPC
http://www.goclick.com/
4. 7Search results appear in over 35% of the top 150 search engines
http://www.payperranking.com/
5. Kanoodle has partnerships with sites CNET, DogPile, NetZero and more
http://www.kanoodle.com/about/advertise.cool
6. Search123 sports some cool tools to help you control your pay-per-click budget.
http://search123.com
There are MANY other search engines and advertising opportunities for you out there. You just need to do some research to find them. After awhile you will see that Google is not the only option available.
Below are options or alternatives for Google Adsense some are best suited for high traffic websites or blogs but there several that can be use with low traffic website or blogs:
1. BuySellAds
BuySellAds is the best alternative to Google Adsense if I you take into consideration the earning potential you have with them. Buy Sell Ads is the marketplace for buying and selling ad space on websites and blogs. However, BuySellAds does not accept low traffic websites into their network. Working as a publisher with them, you need to create ads inventory into your account and once you get a banner advertising initiation, you need to accept or reject. BuySellAds has been giving away 75% of total earning to its publishers. You can transfer your earnings biweekly into your Paypal account and there is no minimum payout type in case of Paypal transfer.
2. Puxee.com
Puxee.com can be considered as a good alternative to Google Adsense, which allows us to make money by selling banner advertisements on our blog. You can set some fixed monthly price for each banner unit on your blog. Puxee.com used to keep 25% percent of earnings, which is very low, compared to most advertising programs. Even Google Adsense gives just 68% percent of earnings to the publishers and keeps the rest.
3. AdvertiseSpace Network
AdvertiseSpace is similar to BuySellAds where you can make extra cash by selling banner ad space on your blogs. Like BuySellAds, you are required to create ad zones like you are interested in selling various banner ads on our blogs into our Advertising Space network. Advertising Space gives its publishers the facility to make payments directly into their Paypal account and $25 is the minimum payout if you use Paypal.
4. Through Direct Advertising
Direct advertising can be really effective way to earn lots of extra income from your blog. For getting direct advertisers, you need to create an advertising page on your blog. You should share website traffic details, advertising options with prices and mode of payment on advertising page. You can make money selling text ads, banners ads and paid reviews etc on your blog.
5. Paid Review Websites
You can make some extra money from your blog by writing paid reviews on your blog. Mostly paid review websites accept websites and blogs with decent popularity, traffic and page rank into their marketplace. Some popular paid review websites you can try are Sponsored Reviews, Review Me, LinkWorth and Blogsvertise. You can charge any money from $10 to $1000 for single paid review on your blog depending upon your blog popularity. Mostly pad review websites pays to its publishers directly into their Paypal accounts every month.
6. Text Link Ads Network
You can sell text links on your blog though Text Link Ads (TLA) network. You need to have a high PR blog to start making money while selling text ads with TLA network.
7. Chitika
Chitika is very similar to Google Adsense you get paid on CPC basis. Chitika only shows relevant ads related to your website content and you can customize their ads as per your choice to get maximum clicks on their ads while working as a publisher with them. You can safely run Chitika ads along with Google Adsense ads on your website. They make payments though Paypal and Check. Minimum payout with Paypal is $10 and for Check payment, minimum payout is $50. They have a thriving affiliate program that publishers can use to earn some extra income while referring new members to their network.
8. InfoLinks
Infolinks is a popular in-line text-advertising network geared for high traffic websites. Infolinks displays ads that are related to your website content. Infolinks converts certain keywords from your website content into advertising links and you are paid for each click made on those ads. So it means more clicks and earnings for you from Infolinks ads. They have kept a revenue share of 70 percent for its publishers, which is excellant. They make payments through Paypal, Check, Bank Transfer, ACH etc. Lots of big content websites and blogs like Squidoo, Britannica, John Chow etc integrate Infolinks ads into their content to earn extra income from their websites and blogs.
9. Kontera
Kontera is in-text advertising network like Infolinks. While Infolinks only allows high traffic websites and blogs into its network, Kontera used to accept high as well as low traffic websites into its network. Kontera is requesting publishers join them for getting best payouts in the business, premium ads with market leading CPC, record high CTR's, best relevancy and user experience, works within your text and takes only a minute to configure.
10. Adbrite
Adbrite is deemed one of the most similar alternatives to Google Adsense when you don't have an Adsense account and aiming at making money from your blog while higlighting pay per click ads on your blog and website. Adbrite also offers inline page links facility to its publishers to assist with making extra income on their website overall traffic. You will get accepted into Adbrite network as a publisher even if you have a blog or website with small traffic numbers. Adbrite is keeping a high revenue share of 75 for its publishers, which in comparison to other pay-per-click networks is very high.
11. Bidvertiser
Bidvertiser is another great option to Google Adsense in Pay Per Click category like Adbrite. Apart from getting paid for each Bidvertiser ad on your websites, you will be paid extra money for every conversion through your ads. Bidvertiser send payments to its publishers via Check, Wire and Paypal. You can get money transferred into your paypal account immediately after you have reached the minimum payout threshold of $10. Bidvertiser makes sure that only ads with highest bids will be shown on our websites and blogs.
12. Clicksor
Clicksor is another in-text advertising network like InfoLinks. They send payments every 15 days with a minimum payout of $50 only. They send payments to its publishers via Paypal, Check and Wire Transfer to eligible publishers. Publishers are able to earn up to 85 percent of total ad income with Clicksor advertising network. Working as a publisher, you will earn 10% of every advertiser or publisher you refer to Clicksor network.