Every now and then, people get banned from Google Adsense for some reason. I hold the view that Google will ban you only if you have done something wrong. Not otherwise. But many people have many different views on that. Anyway, this post is not about how not to get banned from Google Adsense, but on what the alternatives are if you do get banned from Adsense! This is one of the most common question asked of me by email, what are the alternatives to monetize a blog, or a website if you cannot use Google Adsense.
Here is the list of a few Google Adsense alternatives:
- Kontera - Kontera is not exactly an alternative to Google Adsense, being an inline text link, but it is something that works best with it. This is my second best earner after Adsense.
- ValueClickMedia - ValueClickMedia is one of the two best CPM/CPC based network (the other being CasaleMedia). It is difficult to get accepted into it. But if you get into it with a quality site, there is nothing quite like it.
- CasaleMedia - The second best CPM/CPC based quality network which can make you good money online. Not that difficult to get accepted and they have many quality campaigns for good CPM and CPC.
- NeverBlueAds - My first choice for proper affiliate programs. They have good collection of advertisers and quite good support too.
- ClickBank - If you are new to affiliate marketing and want to try selling digital products, this is the best network available. You get auto accepted. They have digital products for most of the niches on the net. So whatever the niche of your website, you will find a product to sell on it.
- Adbrite - Adbrite is also a good Google Adsense alternative for making money online. This works best for website which have a huge number of impressions. I use them for my low quality websites which have quite high page impressions.
- Chitika - Chitika is a network whichwas quite bad, but has learned from it’s mistakes and is now quite good. They have started different kinds of new products.
- Amazon - I use amazon by putting just one or two related books/cd/dvds link on all my sites. It is good to just put one related link of a book or related product and forget about it. I am starting to get some good results with their widget products as well.
- TNX - A new link selling network which allows you to sell links on any site with or without traffic, or even decent Page Rank. So if you have a new site, you can make some money with TNX by just selling one unique link on a page.
- WidgetBucks - If you have a website related to electronics products or other shopping related sites, then you can make good money with widget bucks
- Adtoll - Adtoll is a new and promising Adbrite type of advertising network, which allows you to sell your own links as well as RON links.
- Adversal - If you run wallpapers, pictures or celebrity related sites and you don’t have a problem running pop-ups, then Adversal is the best pop-up network at the moment.
What about you? Tell us about your experience with these networks and any others that you like.
Thanks.
This is just what I’ve been looking for. I really wanted some good CPC alternatives to Adsense so I’ll give Casale a try.
Thanks for the review, Kevin.
Chitika, and Kontera work well for me, but the one I’m most surprised with is Amazon.
Visitors buy books and many other products (CDs, DVDs, etc.) and the few cents made on each item adds up very fast.
For me, it’s not as much as Adsense, but it’s good monthly revenue.
You did not say bidvertiser - it sometimes it don’t count clicks, but once you email them they do, other than then it’s a pretty good adsense alternative!
Is there any alternative for adsense for a general website which offers contextual banners, and not just affiliates! something like YPN which is only limited to USA!
thanks for the post, will try out adbrite and see how it works!
do you feel like too much creates ‘ad blindness’ etc. i want to diversify as well, getting half from something other than adsense…
thnx Kevin
hey Kev
thanx a lot for this post..I needed to find some other sources of making money online badly
doing ground work for one of my yoga video sites..