I have been trying out some different website advertising options, for the purpose of monetizing my blog. So far I’ve been through Google’s Ad Sense, Project Wonderful, Shopping Ads, Text Link Ads, Link Worth, and Performancing Ads.
Google Ad Sense - Didn’t measure up at all. No matter what I picked for keywords, etc, I always seemed to get ads that were completely inappropriate for my site or the same ads all the time. They really didn’t do very well - although I do still have them on this blog and my blogger blogs. I’ve made a whopping $10.00 from them and that’s it. I can’t even get a pay out.
Project Wonderful - Definitely did not measure up. In three months of having ad boxes, I made less than $2.00. The people from Project Wonderful said it was because of my traffic ratings, but in reality it is because their system allows people to bid nothing on my ad space and get an ad. Considering the advertisers were there to buy ad space, they shouldn’t get it for free. And paying a penny was BS as well. They also claimed you couldn’t raise your minimum because it wouldn’t be fair to people who’d already bid on your space. Well, that’s fine except that all they have to do is set it up so that the new price starts going forward from when the price is set and any bids already in the system for that space go for the original price. Duh.
Shopping Ads - These are ok, I have them on a couple of my sites still, but I don’t tend to use them much. I’ve made $0.11 from them so far and I suppose eventually I’ll make more. Frankly, it’s just a matter of getting traffic to the blogs they’re on. The blogs they’re on are niche blogs and have keywords coded to the ads that go with the niche. I just need to get visitors to the blogs.
Text Link Ads - I’ve never posted a single ad for them in the over a year I’ve been with them. It took them over six months to finally decide that any of my sites met their criteria and I’ve yet to get a single solitary ad from them. I don’t even bother with them anymore. I don’t even get email from them!
Link Worth - I’ve actually had some luck with them. Since I get paid via PayPal, my payout minimum is $25 and I’ve been paid once and I’m almost to the payout point again. So I’ve actually had some luck with them.
Performancing Ads - I just put these on a couple of my blogs and while I haven’t sold any ads yet, I’m not pulling them just yet. I’ll give them until the end of October and then they’ll get pulled if no one has bought an ad from any of my blogs.
So there you have the various ad related ways I monetize my blogs. Well, not all of them. I do also do affiliate ads through LinkShare and Google Affiliate Network. I’ll post more on those when I see how well they do for me.
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By Char
September 18, 2008
