Alternatives To Google Adsense!

I am writing this post as an answer to a direct question from one of my readers on using Google adsense on blog..

Google is very strict with its Adsense program and is very selective in allowing publishers into the program. Once they allow you, they closely monitor you for your integrity than performance.

While click fraud is an issue (prevention is better than cure), I think Google these days is more concerned about the quality of the site content. There are instances where Google has cancelled adsense accounts of established marketers just because of duplicate content, nothing else. These were marketers who were making high five figures a month with Adsense.

Google closes your Adsense Account Abruptly

Personally I would never make adsense as my primary or sole revenue stream(check my videos here). If my site is getting a ton of traffic I would prefer to run my own ads, served thru my own ad rendering system.

Dr. Mercola during his presentation at Yanik’s undergorund 4 demonstrated how he went from making $15,000 a month using adsense to $150,000 a month using his own ad publishing system.

Google disapproves your request for an adsense account

Here are some smaller and in many instances better alternatives to google adsense.

These are not my affiliate links. I complied the list from Threadwatch.org where Tim and Nick posted them. The original thread can be found here . This list could be old as it was last updated in 2007.

* Clicksor
* TargetPoint
* Adbrite
* BidClix
* Chitika
* AllFeeds
* Adhearus
* AffiliateSensor
* Bidvertiser
* Veoda
* RevenuePilot
* Kanoodle
* Enhance Interactive
* Quigo
* Intellitxt
* Nixxie
* InfoGrabber
* Yahoo YPN
* Mirago
* Miva
* SearchFeed
* Fastclick text ads
* AdEngage
* BannerBoxes
* ContextWeb
* CBProSense
* ClicksAdsDirect
* Adgenta
* ExpoActive
* ClickShare

If you are still bent on getting an adsense account from Google, do this…

Before you get eager and re-apply, make sure your design is good and the content is original. Display your contact information on your site and make yourself transparent Allow your website to season before re-applying.

For example: I would post original content to my blog on a daily basis for about 3 months or so, before re-applying.

Given that Google is now having a 3-way revenue sharing with websites such as Hubpages.com. It make perfect sense to get an adsense account to leverage these high traffic sites.