CJ, LinkShare, Pepperjam and GAN are the top tier of the affiliate network route to monetizing your website. Affiliate networks, if you are not familiar with the scheme, pay on a lead or action. Basically, when a user clicks the ad and then buys something at the target site, the publisher gets a percentage of the sale. While there are a few advantages to this option over PPC and PPM networks, they do not compensate for the ridiculously low income this option provides. In my trials, I sent several thousand impressions to several top advertisers. While a few clicks were [ Read More ]
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A review of foregoing ads altogether isn’t really a review, but more of a commentary and an evaluation of the pros and cons. Generally, it takes thousands of ad impressions (visitors * pages viewed * ads per page) to make any money at all from site ads and tens of thousands to make anything worthwhile. Meanwhile, the browser has to fetch the javascript, and then fetch the ad components, all of which slows a site down and more often than not create a hostile environment for users, with poorly flashing, loud, distracting ads. If your site gets under 100 visitors [ Read More ]
Amazon offers one of the better alternatives to ad networks. With almost every imaginable product available to links to and numerous Amazon created ads, almost every site will find something relevant to their content and visitors. It is also the only affiliate program which I have had the pleasure of profiting from, albeit minimally. Most are a complete waste of time. Don’t get me wrong, you won’t make near the profit that you would with ads, but it’s a positive supplement to ad programs. The only down side is that you may see numerous clicks before anyone purchases anything. The [ Read More ]
