That said, I wanted to help any new publishers out there by letting them know of the main do’s and don’ts of Google AdSense application. So read these valid tricks to help increase your chances of getting a fast Google AdSense approval for your new AdSense account.

Top Tricks To Get Your Google AdSense Application Approved

How to get fast Google AdSense approval for your application?

Here are the 20 tips and tricks that will help you in getting approved fast for Google AdSense.

1. Personal Info

You will need to disclose your true personal info. No mistakes & excuses allowed here. You will need to provide accurate info for all the details that you are asked for, in the application, especially the following:

Payee/Contact Name: Full complete name, including your last name.  You will receive check to this name, so make sure it matches the name on your bank account.  For business account,  enter the name of the organization in the ‘Payee Name’ field and your Website Manager name in the ‘Contact Name’ field.

Address: You will receive checks to this location, so make sure its valid or you will end up losing your payments (Who wants that to happen? No one does & no one should! ).

Email: You will receive all communication regarding your Google AdSense account to this email address, starting with your email verification message. So if you make any mistakes here, you’ll end up having to submit a new application using your desired new email address.

2. Name & Email Verification

Gone are the days when you could apply to Google AdSense with very little info and yet, get approved. I have seen Google AdSense evolve, both in its service and terms. When I got approved, I did nothing but filled the form and followed very minimal procedures to get approved for Google AdSense account. Now time has changed & Google’s terms have changed as well.

You will now need to add your Name and Email Address in an important page, such as the Contact Us page and/or About Us Page. My suggestion is to add it to the contact us page as it makes more relevant to add contact information to the contact us page. This will also prove to Google AdSense application approval team that you are the same person applying for Google AdSense account. This will help them reduce possible bot applications and spam.

3. Live website with Easy Navigation

This next trick can help you a lot. It’s especially good to make lasting first impression. Make sure that you are submitting a live website. Do NOT submit a website if you have the “Under construction” board on its homepage. Also the navigation (links to other pages) must be easy for your visitors or your application will be rejected. So if you don’t have a clear cut navigation, work on it & fix it. And fix it now! Go do it and come back. I will wait for you here and then we will continue with the rest of the tricks below.

4. Age Restriction

Ok so now that we are both here, know that it’s very essential that you are a major to get approved for Google AdSense. So you MUST be 18 years or older to get approved for Google AdSense. If you are any younger than this, your application will be instantly rejected. Sorry, no tricks here!

5. Website Age

The much older your website is, the much greater are the chances for getting accepted in Google AdSense program. In countries like China & India (apart from other countries), it’s really mandatory for you to own your website/blog for at least 6 months or more in order to be considered for approval.

6. Amount of content / Number of Blog posts required at Minimum

Apart from focusing on having quality content, it’s essential that your blog has a significant number of posts to get approved for Google AdSense. This is to show that you are active and you have not deserted your blog. Because the last thing Google needs is a publisher who does not care for his blog or has deserted it.

As such, there is no official declaration from Google that says they need XYZ number of posts in a blog to approve it. And yet, they expect you to have a good number of posts to approve your Google AdSense  application. So how to tackle this?

Well, here’s what I recommend. Before you apply for Google AdSense, write at least one high quality, useful post every day. I suggest that these articles contain anywhere between 500 – 1000 words each.  Do this for at least two months. If you have already started blogging and you already has an archive of posts, then that’s good for you. If you are a newbie, then I suggest you follow my recommendation.

A word of caution. Don’t post 1000 articles on the same day. I know, just one individual can’t do that. But there could be some creative people among us who feel that they could hire ten or even hundred writers, give them about 10 topics to write on and that way, add thousands of articles on the same day. If you are thinking that this idea would work in your favor, then sorry to say, but that’s just wrong.

Look at the top blogs out there today. Even they don’t publish thousands of articles every day. And they have been using different monetization sources such as Google AdSense for years now. When the established blogs can’t produce thousands or articles every day, you and I are no match, especially when trying to get Google AdSense application approved for the first time.

And also a blog should evolve naturally with time. Trying to post thousands of articles each day, will not only tire you and consume lot of your resources, but it will also look like spam. So don’t do these mistakes. Avoid bulk posting, especially when you are getting started with your blog and just trying to get approved by Google AdSense fast.

I am not saying it’s a sin to post thousands of articles each day. But to do that, you have to reach that level first! And that will happen as time passes by. You can’t become popular overnight. So don’t even try that. Don’t try to rush things just to get started with monetizing your blog.

I understand how important monetization could be to compensate for your hard work and efforts, but the key thing here is step into the door before trying to occupy the whole room for yourself.

Remember:

Slow and steady not only wins the race, but it is also safer!

7. Copyrighted Material

Don’t place copyright material on your blog or your efforts to get approved by Google AdSense will end up in vain. Google expects you to have your own content, that you have written. You can have it written by someone else, but make sure you pay them and by doing so, you get the copyrights for that article.

If a website owner does not pay the writer, then the writer becomes the owner of the written content and will hold all copyrights. So in such a case, a non-paying buyer cannot use an article on his own website, for which he has not paid the author for content writing. Moral? Get unique content written and compensate the writer for their time & efforts and automatically get all copyrights. Simple.

8. Top Level Domain (TLD)

Having a Top Level Domain (such as www.mysite.com) , has become an absolutely important part in getting your Google AdSense application approved. If you are hosting your blog on a free shared host, then consider that your application is in danger.

To get approved without risk, go buy a Top Level Domain and start your blog on it. It’s not mandatory to buy a Top Level Domain that matches with your website name, although using a related domain name could help you a bit in search engine results. We can start a debate on this (& I am really not in the mood for this as I want to help you guys get your AdSense application approved quickly first), but let’s leave that idea for another article.

So as long as it’s a valid domain name that is not offensive or illegal to use, the chances of getting your Google AdSense application  approved are bright.

Examples of Valid TLD:

• www.mysite.com
• mysite.com

Examples of Invalid TLD:

• mysite.com/somepage.html
• mysite.com/somedirectory
• mysite.com?q=somequery
• mysubdomain.mysite.com
• mysubdomain.mysite.com/somedirectory
• mysubdomain.mysite.com?q=somequery

9. Decent (at least) Website Design

I call a website that hurts people’s eyes or effects their readability as “Insta-Fail”! Personally, I instantly quit websites that use colors that affects readability negatively. This is especially true in case of dark themed websites. When I design websites for my clients, I try to avoid using dark colors, such as black in majority. In some cases, it might look visually appealing to have a dark background website, but it needs a significant amount of work to make it look comfortable for the majority of the users to read, if not all. This is because basically, we are making the website for our users not for ourselves.

Your website design need not be great looking to get approved for Google AdSense. You don’t need to get Ooohh!! Aaaahh! from your visitors to get the Big G to approve your application. Just make sure that the website has an easy navigation, colors that are easy on the eyes, a functioning search box (recommended as it adds in favor of usability). You can also use social media sharing to your advantage here and include link to your Google Plus profile and add some social media buttons such as Facebook Like, Twitter Tweet, Pinterest Pin, etc. to your blog posts.

In short, you can have a great web design to please your readers. But essentially have at least a decent looking website to get your Google AdSense application approved. That includes considering choice of colors used, target audience, etc. If you are looking to get a new WordPress theme designed for your WordPress blog, I can offer my services to you. FYI, I am a WordPress theme designer & WordPress plugin developer, apart from being a Web Designer & Web Developer. So feel free to contact me with the details and I would be happy to help.

10. Keep your website clean

Keep Website Clean to Get approved fast for Google AdSense

Don’t host any malware or employ any redirects. Don’t use any pop-ups, pop-unders, especially if it interferes with website navigation.

11. Variety & Type of Content on your blog

Be extra careful when it comes to the type of content that you post in your blog. Google AdSense is definitely not for adult oriented websites. It’s not even for the websites that deal in Dugs, Gambling, Illegal Weapons, Hate-related, etc. Google AdSense is not right for you if your blog deals with the above content or any content in relation to the above areas.

If you are sure that your blog falls under at least one of the unacceptable categories and would like to look for alternatives for Google AdSense, then I suggest you start reading my article “20 Top High Paying Best Google AdSense Alternatives To Monetize Your Blog“.

12. Guidelines for Webmasters

If you have done any of the following or thought of doing it, STOP! Fix it before you proceed.

1) If you have used irrelevant keywords or used keywords excessively in the content or code of your blog articles, then remove the excessive ones.

2) Do not use hidden links/text.

3) Also refrain from using Auto-generated content, Scraped content, Doorway Pages.

13. Write content that adds to value of your blog and helps users

Make sure that you focus on providing quality info to your users and your hard work will be rewarded. Don’t leave feedback or state anywhere that you are applying for Google AdSense just because you are interested in making money. If you do this even by mistake, your Google AdSense will be rejected without any doubt.

14. Using Other Advertisement Networks on the same blog

If your blog is brand new and you don’t have any ads running on it, then you don’t need to worry about this. But if you already have a blog and you are already using other ways of monetization, then make sure that you remove them. Why? The reason is simple. If you already have ads on your blog, then chances are high that you have reached the maximum allowed ads usage per page.

Google permits you to place up to 3 ad blocks on a single page and if they see that you are already using other ad networks and have already placed ad blocks (say three ads), then they feel that if they approve your Google AdSense application, you might over-crowd your content by adding more ad blocks. This means, they think that you might end up with 6 ads blocks as opposed to the suggested maximum of 3 ad blocks per page.

So this will look as if you are trying to force ads on your readers and Google does not like that. Hence when they find you already using ads from other Ad Networks, the chances are high that they will reject your approval. In my view, they will say “You don’t need us as you have already taken care of monetization!”.

So be smart, strip of any existing ads you may have before you apply for Google AdSense. Once you get approved, you may add them. By saying “add them”, I DON’T mean add 6 add blocks (3 ads from Google and 3 ads from your other Ad Network). I mean add the 3 ad blocks that Google permitted. Don’t try to fill your blog with ads, especially when getting started. It can look tempting to have large number of ads, but it won’t work out well unless your page layout and content allows you to do so.

15. Try to Help Others

You may think what helping others has to do with your Google AdSense application. Let me explain. By “helping others”, I mean try to be socially active and try to solve other people’s problems and issues in your niche. Be an active participant in Forums, Community discussion boards, etc. Usually all these sources will let you make a profile and even let you place a signature. If they do, provide your website/blog name in this. Over time, this will act like a back link to your website. When Google AdSense application approval team performs an analysis of your websites, they will see the back links from good sources and this will give them additional motive to consider approval for your application.

And when you are at it, just make sure that you are “actually helping people”. Don’t do this just to increase back links because it’s very easy to get yourself banned from the forum by the moderators. And one more thing, if you didn’t think of this earlier. Remember the backlinks that gave Big G a reason to consider your website? Well, they can simply visit those backlinks to see the reason why you got it. And when they see that you are actually involved and trying to help others without leaving spam messages such as “Hi, it’s me”, “Thanks”, etc. they will really know about you. They can read all what you posted and why you did and make a wise decision on whether to approve your Google AdSense application or not.

So yes, they are all there! We got eyes everywhere and we are being watched. If you think that you won’t have enough time to genuinely help others, then simply ignore this tip and move on to the next one. You are here to read tricks that will help you in getting your Google AdSense approval fast and not the vice-versa. Right? So let’s move on.

 16. Read Google’s Terms & Conditions and abide by them

Ignoring this tip is a good way to make sure that your Google AdSense application is rejected. Yes, you may not have the time to do so, but I urge you to do it. And do it now by clicking here to read the Google AdSense Terms. You will thank me later. And while you are at it, make yourself a cup of coffee and have some crackers. You got some work to do!

17. Avoid repeated submissions

In case you have already submitted an application but unfortunately got rejected for some reason, don’t be hasty to submit another application very soon. Just give it some time, about couple of months or so. Usually the application review team will let you know the reason why they rejected your application. So read through it entirely and work on to fix out the issues and give it some time to show its results. Once you are confident that your blog/website does not exhibit the same reasons for which your application was rejected earlier, go ahead and submit your application.

18. About Us page

An About Us page is definitely one of the most important factors that determine the outcome of your Google AdSense application approval. If you ever had problem in getting approved, or you are currently about to apply, then make sure you have an About Us page. Don’t think that you don’t need an About us page, if you are going to apply for using AdSense on your blog. No!

It’s highly vital that you have an About Us page as it gives your readers, a good idea about who you are and what you do. And it is also a good way to advertise your services and it’s free! So why do you want to let go of this golden opportunity? Go ahead, write a concise article about yourself/your company and add it to your blog/website to get approved for Google AdSense fast.

19. Privacy Policy page

The Privacy Policy page is one of the most commonly overlooked facts that could have a serious impact on your AdSense application. You may feel that you may not need it, especially if you are running a blog. Well, that’s not true anymore! A privacy policy page helps users understand how data related to them, or the data related to the site will be used. It will offer them helpful information or restrict them, based upon the rules you set. It’s just one additional step towards getting your users closer to your blog/website.

Now if you are thinking of contacting your local attorney for a Privacy Policy, STOP! There’s no need to do that. You can use the website below to generate free Privacy Policy for your website/blog. Check it out at: FreePrivacyPolicy

20. Contact Us page

I think the value of adding a Contact Us page is self-explanatory. But still, I would like to elaborate on that so that you understand it’s importance. A contact us page not only gives a chance for your users to contact you should they decide to hire you for your services, but it also proves to Google that you actually do care for your visitors and offering them a way to contact you only tells them that you could be a very good potential Google AdSense publisher because you are basically thinking in favor of your users.

So make sure you add a Contact Us page to your blog. If you are using WordPress blog and have trouble adding a Contact Us page or need assistance doing so, contact me and I will add a basic contact form for Free. Yes, you read that right. I did say “Free”. No strings attached. Why am I offering it for free? Well, there are three reasons:

1. You are my visitor.

2. I understand that getting approved for Google AdSense can be really tough without following all guidelines and hence I want to help you get approved.

3. I enjoy working with WordPress.

If it sounds good to you and you seek my help in getting a free basic WordPress contact us page, then contact me now. Here’s what the contact us page will contain once I create it:

1. A contact form that the user can fill out and submit to you.

2. The Contact form itself will contain following fields: Name, Email, Subject, Message. When user fills out and submits the info, you will receive that email to the email that you have provided for your WordPress admin email.

3. If you need any other contact info to be added, please prepare it in a Word document as you like so that I can add it to the page, once the contact us form is ready.

Get Google AdSense Application Approved Fast by simply following the above Tricks!

Well, that’s it for now! Hope you guys got good idea on what to do to get your AdSense application approved fast!

Your Turn!

What do you think of these different tricks to get your Google AdSense application approved fast? Have you ever used any of the tricks that I mentioned? Do you have any tricks of your own that you would like to add in to help our friends here? Please feel free to share your Google AdSense approval success stories with us. We can’t wait to hear from you!

So what exactly is a Google AdSense alternative?

Back in the days, anyone could sign up for a free Google AdSense account. But of late, lot has changed. Google has implemented strict rules that need to be complied with, in order to get approved for a Google AdSense account. One of the main requirements to get approved for a Google AdSense is to have original and quality content that provide value to users. If not, there is a risk of getting disapproved for a Google AdSense account or an existing account might be suspended, if it is found to violate the TOS.

So whether you are a new user trying your luck to get approved for a Google AdSense account but have hard luck so far or you happen to be one of those unfortunate ones whose account got suspended for whatever reasons, then this article is for you. In this article, I am going to share with you some of the Top and best alternatives for Google AdSense that could help you in monetizing your blog and/or website.

Note: Some of the companies shown below accept only large-scale users. When I come across such an alternate for Google AdSense, I will be indicating the same. The descriptions are based on personal experience/views and do not represent any form of endorsement.

 1. Yahoo! Publisher Network

Yahoo Publisher Network

Consider Yahoo! Publisher Network to be a huge competitor to Google AdSense. And if you are looking for an alternative for Google AdSense, then the YPN could be a very good source to start from. They primarily deal with the following Ad products:

• Display: These are very creative ads & IMO, they create it for you & charge you high. But worth it if you want to capture a large audience.
• Search: The ads are displayed when Search is performed. Supports Mobile Searches, Rich ads in searches, etc.
• Targeting:  Of all the options that they provide in Targeting, I like the Search Targeting the most. Basically this is how Search Targeting works. When a user performs a search in their website, they show the results & within seconds, they show a popup in the middle of the screen. This popup will contain the ad related for that searched keyword. That way, user will be focused only on that related ad.
• Analytics: Helps measuring the effectiveness of Ad campaigns.
• Networks & Exchanges: Offer premium digital advertising.
• Mobile Video: Focus on mobile users.
• Connected TV: This is Yahoo! Connected TV Broadcast Interactivity advertising.
• Audience Buying: This is a complicated ad service & applies to big scale marketing companies.

How much can you earn: N/A

Payment Methods: N/A

Payment Frequency/Terms: N/A

Payment Minimum: N/A

PROS:

1. They deal with Graphic Display Ads, Video Ads & Rich Media Ads.

2. Offer ads for Mobile, Tablets & Desktops.

CONS:

1. Manual application & approval required

My Verdict:

Yahoo! Publisher Network appears to be a very big advertising agency. IMO, its one of “best alternative for Google AdSense” out there. All their products appear to focus big companies & MNCs. So if you are running a company & would like to switch from Google AdSense and try other services, then I suggest you definitely give Yahoo! Publisher Network a chance. Individual/Small scale advertiser, you can try them but if you are unsure, you may pass on Yahoo! Publisher Network safely.

HELPFUL LINKS:

Publisher FAQ – http://advertisingcentral.yahoo.com/publisher/index

Signup – http://advertisingcentral.yahoo.com/publisher/contact

Supported Ad formats: http://adspecs.yahoo.com/formats.php

2. DoubleClick (by Google)

Google DoubleClick

Ironically, one of the alternatives for Google AdSense include a product (now) owned by Google themselves! It’s called DoubleClick. They seem to offer the following Ad Services:

• Ad Serving
• Optimization
• Sales Management
• Yield Management
• Sell-side Platform
• Mobile
• Video
• Audience Management
• Rich Media Campaign Management
• Rich Media Production

Again, the concept of each of the above ad services is more or less the same as of the Yahoo Advertising network.

How much can you earn: N/A

Payment Methods: N/A

Payment Frequency/Terms: N/A

Payment Minimum: N/A

PROS:

1. They deal with Graphic Display Ads, Video Ads & Rich Media Ads.

2. Offer ads for Mobile, Tablets & Desktops.

CONS:

1. Manual application & approval required

My Verdict:

Although DoubleClick is a good  alternative for Google AdSense, it could not be a solution for everyone. DoubleClick targets big companies & MNCs. So if you are running a company & would like to switch from Google AdSense and try something on big scale, try them. Additionally they offer you  more services than they do for a general AdSense publisher, such as running more than 3 ads on a single page, etc. Individual publishers, just pass on them.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.google.com/doubleclick/publishers/index.html

https://www.google.com/appserve/fb/forms/publishergeneral/

3. Zedo

Zedo

Conisder Zedo as an alternative to Google AdSense. They offer the following Ad services:

• ZEDO Ad Server
• Self Service
• Yield Optimizer
• AdMagic
• Rich Media
• Ad Operations
• Newspapers
• Mobile Ad Serving

How much can you earn: N/A

Payment Methods: N/A

Payment Frequency/Terms: N/A

Payment Minimum: N/A

PROS:

1. Ads on Photos: They are displayed automatically when the photo has loaded. The ad stays open until the user clicks the close button in the top right corner of the ad. The ad will show again on mouse over.

CONS:

1. Manual application & approval required

My Verdict:

As of the date of publishing this article, I am unable to quote whether this is good for individual publishers or not. But this can definitely work out for large scale/premium publishers.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.zedo.com/publisher-products/

http://www.zedo.com/get-started-with-zedo/

4. Clicksor

Clicksor

Enter Clicksor! Clicksor is one of the best alternative to Google AdSense. Clicksor displays advertisements related to their website content i.le. they use a similar advertising technology called “contextual advertising technology”. This will improve click-through rate and you will eventually end up with higher CTR on the ads you publish. They also offer ad customization features such as different size and ad formats.

They offer the following Ad formats:

• Inline Text Links
• Text Banners
• Graphical Banner
• Pop-Unders
• Interstitial Ads

How much can you earn: 60% of advertising revenue generated by the website. May vary.

Payment Methods: Clicksor offers three payment methods:

1. PayPal payment in US dollars with a minimum payout of $50.

2. Check in US dollars with a minimum payout of $50.

3. Wire Transfer with a minimum payout of $1,000 and a $75 administration fee.

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on Net 15 schedule. For example, revenue that you earn on March 31 would be sent to you on April 15.

Payment Minimum: Depends upon the Payment method you choose. Refer Payment Methods above.

PROS:

1. The different ad formats & types they offer.

CONS:

1. Minimum payout amount ($1000) is very huge, IMO & has an additional admin fee.

My Verdict:

Individual Publishers and Large scale publishers rejoice alike. They accept everyone, as long as your website complies with their TOS. So this is definitely the first place to start applying if you are looking for a quick start. So if you really want to start displaying ads & not end up paying them fees, then choose PayPal as your payment option. I consider it as one of the “best Google AdSense alternatives” out there in the market today!

HELPFUL LINKS:

www.clicksor.com/publisher-solution

5. Tribal Fusion

Tribal Fusion

TribalFushion is one of the top alternatives for Google AdSense. They offer following ad services:

• Premium CPM advertising.
• In-text advertising,
• Lead generation portals
• Performance marketing
• High impact branding campaigns.

How much can you earn: 55% of advertising revenue generated by the website. May vary.

Payment Methods: They just mail a check in US dollars.

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on Net 45 schedule.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $50.

PROS:

1. Offer high eCPMs.

2. Target high quality content & hence provide high quality ads that can lead to more revenue for you.

3. Scan through their inventory dynamically to find the best advertiser.

4. Variety of Ad formats.

CONS:

1. Have a minimum of 500,000 unique users/month.

2. Its own top-level domain URL. This means that you are running your website on a free host and specifically using a free sub-domain name & the main domain name does not belong to you, your website will be rejected.

3. Manual application required.

4. No PayPal payments.

My Verdict:

TribalFusion looks promising but their requirements are high, especially the one that asks a Publisher to have at least 500,000 unique users/month. Hence even though TribalFusion is a very good “alternative to Google Adsense”, I would not suggest it for everyone. For individuals, TribalFusion is definitely not an option if they have less than 500,000 unique users/month. For publishers who have more than 500,000 unique users/month, feel free to try out their service.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.tribalfusion.com/publishers

http://www.tribalfusion.com/publishers/apply

6. Ero Advertising

Ero Advertising

One of the best alternatives for Google AdSense is Ero Advertising. The biggest advantage of choosing Ero Advertising is that they allow ads to run on adult websites. They seem to have tie up with popular online brands, so that’s good news. That does not mean that you cannot run ads for regular websites. You sure can do that. They employ contextual advertising and also target users by demographics

How much can you earn: 55% of advertising revenue generated by the website. May vary.

Payment Methods: 3 methods.

1. Paypal

2. Wire Transfer

3. Paxum

Payment Frequency/Terms: Monthly or weekly payment

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of 10 Euros.

PROS:

1. If you had trouble finding a good alternative of Google AdSense for your adult website, then this would be perfect.

2. They offer lot of adult categories.

3. You can choose to accept/reject an advertiser ad. So you control the ads that appear on your website.

4. Display ads that generate more revenue, thus making you more profit.

CONS:

1. Payments are made in Euros and not in Dollars.

My Verdict:

Undoubtedly Ero Advertising is an excellent “alternative to Google AdSense” as it pros outwiegh it’s cons by manyfold. Try them out today!

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.ero-advertising.com/en/publishers.html

https://userpanel.ero-advertising.com/signup?publisher=1

7. AdMagnet

AdMagnet

They claim to display millions of ads daily.

How much can you earn: 55% of advertising revenue generated by the website. May vary.

Payment Methods:

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on schedule.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $50.

PROS:

1. High CPM.

2. Provide direct access to the best advertisers and agencies

CONS:

1. They need a minimum of 1 million page views per month.

My Verdict:

Do not even think of this website, unless you have at least 1 million page views per month and if you do have such kind of viewership, it’s worth a try. It’s a very good alternative in India.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.admagnet.com/publishers.html

https://affiliates.admagnet.net/affiliate_signup.html

8. Infolinks

Infolinks

Infolinks is a popular website monetization company. Not only that, but it also regarded as one of the top alternatives for Google AdSense.  They use “smart ad units” that seem to overcome ad blindness and improve user engagement. They seem to show ads based on user intent. They employ  a Pay-Per-View model. So you generate revenue based on Ad views i.e. you get paid every time someone sees an ad, regardless of whether it was clicked or not.

They offer following solutions to Publisher:

Inframe: This lets you display ads on browser margin.

Insearch: This displays ads relevant to users’ searched terms when they arrive on your website via search engine.

Intag: This displays a tag cloud of keywords relevant to your content. Usually displays it in a horizontal list.

Intext: This selects best keywords automatically within your content and highlights them as an ad link. When user clicks on such a link, they will be shown the ad.

How much can you earn: 70% of advertising revenue generated by the website.

Payment Methods: Several. They are:

1. PayPal

2. Bank Wire

3. eCheck

4. Western Union

5. ACH (only for U.S. bank accounts)

6. Payoneer

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on net 45 schedule.

Payment Minimum: They have a default minimum payout of  $50. This raises to a minimum payout of  $100 if you chose a Bank Wire or Western Union Transfer.

Payment Fees (incurred):

ACH – No fees

eCheck – $6 (plus 2% conversion fees if applicable)

Payoneer – No fees

PayPal – $1 for US residents and 2% (up to $10) for all other publishers

Western Union – $15 minimum fee

PROS:

1. Different varieties of ads. Especially Intext.

2. High revenue generation of 70%.

3. Instant signup. Get started immediately soon after.

CONS:

1. Generated revenue may be very less if there are no advertisers for the category of your blog/website.

2. Ads are not a part of your content. They always stand out.

My Verdict:

Infolinks is a fresh change in the world of website monetization and it is one of the high paying alternatives for Google AdSense. It does work as I have used it on my blog, but the revenue you earn can really depend a lot upon your website niche. They have no minimum impressions/visitors limit thereby making it an excellent choice regardless of  whether you are an Individual publisher or a large-scale publisher. It’s definitely worth a try!

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.infolinks.com/publishers/intext

http://www.infolinks.com/

9. SekiNdo

SekiNdo

SekiNdo is a high paying alternative for Google AdSense. I say “high paying” because you get to control the ads shown in lots of aspects. They are different in the sense that they let you choose your most desired ads and affiliate programs. They also support different ad formats such as Banners, Texts, Buzzers, Rich Media & Super Converting Pop-Ups. You get to define ad spaces and choose the campaigns that will appear in them.

How much can you earn: You are in total control.

Payment Methods: cheques or wire transfers

Payment Frequency/Terms:

1. They pay publishers on net 30 basis.

2. They pay in US Dollars or a different currency, based on the relevant US Dollar rate on the payment date.

Payment process: In the middle of each month, they close the billing period of the previous month and a mail, with all the required information, is sent to each publisher which has reached the appropriate credit. The publisher should send the appropriate tax invoice not late than the 5th of the following month, while the invoice date has to be on the same month in which it was sent. When receiving the invoice, they will send the payment based on a net 30 basis. In case that either the invoice date is later than the relevant month, or the invoice was received after the 5th of the following month, the payment will be transferred accordingly, on a net 30 basis.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $50.

PROS:

1. You get to decide on your own which advertisers you are interested in displaying, and which affiliate program you want to market.

2. You are in control of deciding what you want the pay model to be i.e. decide between CPM/CPS/CPA/CPC/CPL type of revenue and CPC/CPM/CPL/CPA/CPS types of prices.

3. Instant signup. Get started immediately soon after.

CONS:

1. You are totally responsible for the earnings. This means you will have to spend time going through each of the offers manually and then decide what is best for you and then implement it manually.

2. You miss out on ads automation i.e. if a higher priced ad/offer is available and you miss out on it because you are short on time, well, you miss it!

3. Payment process is complicated to understand and involved many steps.

My Verdict:

It’s definitely worth trying out if you want total control of what gets displayed on your website and what you want to promote. Just make sure that you have additional time in order to do so. This is not a sign-up-place-ads-forget-it solution unlike Google AdSense. It needs additional work on your part to make the most out of monetization. Especially the payment process requires additional steps than what you would expect from a smooth payment routine and unfortunately, SekiNdo fails here. I really feel that any Publisher should not have to spend any more time on the Payment process, especially after he/she spends lot of time going through each of the offers manually and does everything manually. At the very least, SekiNdo should have seen to it that the payment is made whenever it is just requested thus reducing the number of steps in the process. The payment process definitely needs improvement. So try it if you are willing to put in huge time to understand their payment process as well & willing to go with it. I regard it as a good alternative to Google AdSense.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.sekindo.com/publisher/newPublishers.php

https://www.sekindo.com/account/registerNewUser.php

10. BidVertiser

BidVertiser

Opting to go for BidVertiser is like running your own version of Google AdSense in your website. It’s one of the “best alternative”. All you do is simply display the BidVertiser ads on your website and let advertisers bid against each other. BidVertiser will then always display the highest bidders to maximize your earnings from the displayed ads. A latest addition to this is that they also pay for conversions. They supports 4 groups of ads: Banners, Inline Ads and Skyscrapers and all of these ads can be customized to fit your website’s look & feel.

How much can you earn: Depends upon how much advertisers bid to display ads on your website.

Payment Methods: 3 methods

1. Check

2. Wire

3. PayPal

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on monthly basis.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $10.

PROS:

1. Make money from both individual clicks and conversions.

2. Ads can be customized.

3. Very quick payments & very little minimum payout.

4. High CPC can be expected.

5. CPC + Conversions are paid.

6. Instant signup.

CONS:

1. Can’t predict the amount of earnings every month. This can vary.

2. Ads may not be relevant to your website.

My Verdict:

Bidvertiser is definitely a delightful change. Because they let advertisers directly see and compete for your Ad space, you can expect only high revenue generating ads to be shown thereby earning you more. The downside of this is that the ads shown may not be related to the content of your website. This may not be such of a drawback if you don’t want to show related ads. So for example if your website is about clothing but the ads shown are about gardening, then you don’t have to worry about bounce rates very much because the user will more likely come back, after visiting the gardening ad, should he be interested in purchasing any gardening products. In other words, you are reducing competition for your website and possibly decreasing your bounce rates. I consider it as one of the “top alternatives”.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_publisher.dbm

http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/joinform.dbm?serv=BidVertiser&sn=publisher

11. Buy Sell Ads

BuySellAds

BuySellAds is a different type of advertising solution that lets you dictate your own pricing model and hence, it could serve as one of “best alternatives” that lets you take charge. Basically you assign vacant ad slots in your website such as sidebar, header area, footer, etc. and then assign a price that you would like to rent this space for. This price is then shown against your ad slot for a potential advertiser who can then rent that ad slot for the duration that you have specified. This means that no other ad will be shown in that place for the duration of the time that you have indicated. So simply put, you are “renting” space directly to advertisers. In the “rented” space the ads for only the advertiser who has bought he ad slot for the duration, will be able to show the ad. Here are the supported ad types:

• Display (any size)
• Display in RSS Feeds
• Sponsored Tweets
• Background Takeovers
• Text Ads (not for SEO)
• Image + Text
• Email Newsletter
• Custom

How much can you earn: You can easily earn hundreds to thousands of dollars each month if your website has a very good Google page rank.

Payment Methods:

1. Paypal

2. Check

3. Wire Transfer

Payment Fees: There is a $35 fee associated with cashouts made via Wire transfer.

Payment Frequency/Terms: N/A

Payment Minimum: Minimum amount you can cashout for PayPal is $20, Bank Check $50, and Wire Transfer $500.

PROS:

1. You can easily rake in hundreds to thousands of dollars literally each month, if you have a popular website.

2. You are simply “renting” space for a fixed price and for a fixed duration. That’s it!

3. Instant signup.

CONS:

1. You are supposed to wait until an advertiser sees your website as a very good place to market his ad. This means that it could cost you days or even months until you get your first advertiser.

2. No CPC, CPA, CPM, etc. So the same advertiser can get 0 clicks, 100 clicks or million clicks. You don’t earn anything extra from the amount of clicks you send to them.

3. If you rent your advertising space for a lesser price and advertiser gets large amount of clicks/conversions, you can’t do anything about it. That would mean that you just burnt yourself when in fact you could have priced that specific ad slot at a higher rate.

4. Need a minimum of 50,000+ monthly impressions each month in order for your website’s renting space to become available for advertisers.

My Verdict:

BuySellAds is an excellent tool to use, especially if you know what your website is worth. If you are sure that you have a large amount of traffic and receive tons of traffic, then your ad slots will be booked like hot selling cheese cakes. Or if the atmosphere of your website is cold, then your ad space may not be rented as quickly as you expected them to and even worse, you may not receive an advertiser for days or even months. So this is definitely not an option if you are just starting out, but definitely an excellent choice once your website starts pulling in heavy traffic each day. I consider it as one of the “best AdSense alternatives”.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://buysellads.com/support/help/cat/3

http://buysellads.com/

12. Chitika

Chitika

Chitika is an advertising portal that displays contextual ads. Chitika ads can also be run alongside of other ads such as Google AdSense ads. They lets you display the following kinds of ads to earn revenue:

1. Search targeted: This make sure that the ads on your site are seen by users who are interested in the ad content.

2. Mobile: This allows publishers to show ads to their visitors in a mobile format to any iOS or Android user.

3. Local ads: This allows you to display local ads to your site’s visitors based on their location.

How much can you earn: Depends largely on whether ads or shown or not.

Payment Methods: 2 methods

1. PayPal

2. Check

Payment Frequency/Terms: They make payments on net 30 schedule.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $10 for PayPal and $50 for checks.

PROS:

1. Displays contextual ads.

2. Ads can be run alongside of ads from other networks such as Google AdSense.

3. Instant signup.

CONS:

1. Different levels of Ad program. They qualify you for an ad program based upon your website content. Silver & Gold.

2. You will need to have at least 5000 impressions per day from US Search Engine to be approved for Gold plan.

3. Ads customization available only for Premium plan.

4. Premium ads will only show to traffic originating from US search engines.

My Verdict:

I have mixed feelings for Chitika. A new publisher would not know how good/bad his website content is and it makes sense on part of Chitika to decide it for the publisher. But in cases where the publisher is aware of the market value of his content and attracts lot of visitors, it does not make sense if Chitika still does not consider him for a Gold level. Additionally, it’s a again an extra step to apply for Gold level. The only other way around having to manuallly apply for a Gold plan is to start using Silver plan and then have Chitika decide based upon the traffic your website sends them. So if you don’t mind starting out small and then applying for Gold plan in future, you can try Chitika. I regard it as a good alternative to Google AdSense.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.chitika.com/publishers

http://www.chitika.com/publishers/apply

13. Adhitz

Adhitz

Adhitz appeals very well to ordinary website owners and bloggers and lets them monetize their websites & blogs. All you have to do is add your website to their database, create ad zones, set the pricing and indicate the type of ads allowed. Once you enter this info, some HTML code will be generated that you will need to add to your website source code to start showing ads. They offer 13 different sizes for text ads and 4 different sizes for image ads to choose from. There are basically 2 streams of ads that you can earn revenue from. They are

1. Site Specific Ads – With these ads the advertiser elects to advertise on your website only and not on the whole network of websites. With Site Specific advertising you set the ad rates, and keep 70% of that amount.

2. Network Ads – These are considered “filler” ads and add to your income when they are available. Advertisers will pay a flat rate between $0.03 and $0.12 per valid click, the Publisher gets 70% of that amount. The value of the click is determined by the country where the click originated.

How much can you earn: Varies.

Payment Methods: Paypal & Payza

Payment Frequency/Terms: Payments are sent once a month on or before the 10th of each month.

Payment Minimum: You select.

PROS:

1. Large variety of ad types & sizes.

2. Instant signup.

CONS:

1. If you price your ads too high, you might scare off advertisers. If you price them too low, you might burn yourself.

My Verdict:

Adhitz could be a very good option if you wish to gain control of the pricing structure. It’s similar to BuySellAds in functionality and differ in the way that they don’t apply stringent rules unlike BuySellAds does when it comes to having impressions & visitors. So if you are a new publisher and would like to dictate your own prices for your own ads, go for Adhitz and price your ads low, especially when you are starting out. Once you get a feel of how things are working out, you can always raise your prices in future. I regard it as one of the best alternative considering the variety and options they have to offer.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.adhitz.com/en/Publishers-How_it_Works

http://www.adhitz.com/en/Register

14. Yieldads

YieldAds

Yieldads seems to be a promising online advertising sales network. They boast about their network has serving over 2.1 billion impressions with over 2,000 advertisers spanning 93 countries every month with increasing numbers. They offer the following ad formats: Leaderboard, skyscraper, rectangle, banner, layer, pop-up and pop-under.

How much can you earn: 60% of advertising revenue generated by the website. May vary.

Payment Methods: 2 methods. Paypal and wire transfer.

Payment Frequency/Terms: In order to receive payment, your will need to submit an invoice with complete payment information to them before or on the 25th of the month for earnings accumulated in the previous month. PayPal users will need to submit a scanned copy of their passport / ID. Payment will then be made within the first and second week of the following month.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $50 for PayPal and US $100.00 for bank transfer. If your account balance is less than US $50.00, the existing earnings will be rolled over into next month.

PROS:

1. They accept non-English traffic and non-English advertisers.

2. Good variety of ads.

CONS:

1. Ads may take upto 24 hours to appear on your website from the time your place them.

2. Payment terms are non-standard & need extra steps.

3. Sign up is instant but you will need to wait for your login info.

My Verdict:

Yieldads looks promising.  The only thing that I find non-appealing is that they ask for information such as Passport/ID copy to send payments via PayPal. I do understand that they do it for security purposes but at the same time, if the details are not handled properly, there could be a chance of privacy theft. This is something you will need to think of carefully if you choose them & wish to get paid quickly via PayPal. Other than this, I do not see any other issue with them & I suggest you to try them out if you are comfortable with the idea of proving your identity to them, if you choose to get paid via PayPal. Nevertheless, it could be regarded as an excellent alternative to Google AdSense.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://yieldads.com/publishers.html

15. Skimlinks

Skimlinks

Skimlinks looks like one another promising online advertising agency and can be regarded as an excellent “alternative to Google AdSense”. They focus product-related content so make sure you have lots of them. You can use Skimlinks to monetize any/all of the following: Blogs & Editorial, News Sites, Forums & Communities,  Publisher Platforms, Content Networks. They basically do affiliate marketing. All you have to do is simply focus on your website and write content and then use their ad code. Their ad code will simply track links & keywords from your content & will turn them into equivalent affiliate links. This way, you will avoid distracting ads, banners. So its all about content & the rest is done seamlessly. You can also earn more when you use social sharing website such as  Facebook, Twitter or even your regular email to publish & share content.

How much can you earn: 75% of advertising revenue generated by the website.

Payment Methods: 4 methods:

1. PayPal

2. UK bank transfer

3. US bank transfer

4. US Check

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay at the end of each month as long as it meets the payment minimum amount.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $10/€8/£7.

PROS:

1. Expect high earnings as they have stringent rules for accepting new publishers.

2. They need good traffic + product focused content. So if your website already contains this, expect to make some big $$$.

CONS:

1. Your website will need significant amount of traffic originating in North America, Europe or Australia.

2. Your website will need to have product focused content in majority.

3. You will need to be well established & should have high quality traffic.

4. Your website will be manually reviewed and only after getting approved, you will be accepted into their system.

My Verdict:

If you are a new publisher then just go ahead & skip Skimlinks. They will not approve you, so it’s simply not worth to spend any more time trying to apply to join their network. On the other hand, if you have already an established website/blog & have product focused content, then go ahead & apply. Chances are high you will be accepted and you will make good amount of money out of your website monetization.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://skimlinks.com/who-can-use-us

https://skimlinks.com/signup-

16. Kontera

Kontera

Konter’a basic principle of advertising relies on envisioning the world’s content, social conversations and trending topics and displays ads based upon this information. They “discover” content based upon the content that resulted from the searches and these searched websites could include brand owned sites and destinations, affiliated sites, specific authority sites, and social destinations like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Ads are highly targeted to the existing content.

How much can you earn: N/A

Payment Methods: N/A

Payment Frequency/Terms: N/A

Payment Minimum: N/A

PROS:

1. Since the ads are highly targeted, the resultant revenue could be expected to be more.

CONS:

1. No information available on Payment Methods, Payment Terms, Payment Freqency, etc.

My Verdict:

From the looks of it, Kontera could be a good source to be chosen for online website monetization. But they are missing out on key pieces of information such as the Payment information and that does not help a wanna-be publisher. Kontera should really look into improving the information they provide to the publishers. You can try Kontera, but make sure that you get the payment information before you apply so that you know what to expect. It is a good alternative.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.kontera.com/publishers

http://kontera.com/publishers/sign-up

17. Luminate

Luminate

Luminate is one of the best, excellent alternatives. It has a very unique approach towards advertising.Most of their attention is focused towards making images interactive. The basic principle of Luminate is to take an image and highlight parts of image that can be used for advertising. For example, if there is an image of lady with beautiful ear-rings, then her ear-rings are highlighted with special marker and when a user hovers over that, the user is shown an ad that shows the name of an ear-ring along with its associated cost and link to purchase/view that ear-ring. This way, even the inanimate objects are being brought to life! And then publishers get paid based upon the pricing for either the click or for the action. This is just one of the cool features of Luminate.

How much can you earn: Varies.

Payment Methods: 2 methods. PayPal  & Paper check in mail.

Payment Frequency/Terms: As long as the payment meets the minimum payout limit, the payment will be issue by the end of the following month.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $10. Publisher can manually raise the value up to $500.

PROS:

1. It’s a never seen before kind of really cool advertising.

2. Advertising takes form of apps & there are different apps that could be taken use of to earn more revenue. There are other kinds of apps such as Overlay Ads apps, etc.

CONS:

1. It’s not the typical ads that you would expect. Ads are not inline. Rather, they appear on top of content, especially images.

My Verdict:

Luminate is a very different & unique type of advertising solution. If you are tired of routine banners or if you host a website/blog that showcases more images than text, then Luminate would be the best alternative for you.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://www.luminate.com/publisher/

http://www.luminate.com/publisher/signup/

18. TechnoratiMedia

Technorati Media

TechnoratiMedia could be one of good alternates for Google AdSense as they operate the largest social media advertising network. They offer high CPMs and boast of campaigns from top brand advertisers that are being offered at the highest possible rates.

How much can you earn: Varies.

Payment Methods: 2 methods. PayPal and Check.

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on net 60 schedule.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $50.

PROS:

1. Offers CPM as well as CPC.

CONS:

1. The eCPM can be very low at times. As low as $0.09 per 1000 impressions.

2. They looks at a variety of factors when reviewing a site for our network. Some of these include site quality, traffic rank, visitor demographics, content and category.

3. Reporting is very obsolete. You have to generate a report and wait for it to be generated/email to you. This could take somewhere from 5-10+ minutes.

My Verdict:

TechnoratiMedia is a great value advertising when it comes to finding a good alternative for Google AdSense. They combine the offers of CPC & CPM, which is great. Unfortunately,they fail at reporting, which should have been really easy. The report system is much of a hassle to handle. I have used them and I left them my feedback. The replied stating that they have considered my voice and they are working on upgrading their reporting system and it will be done (hopefully) in the first quarter of 2013. So I have my fingers crossed. If you are new publisher, then wait for few months & post some original quality content before applying to them or your website stands at the risk of being rejected. If you are an established blogger already, go ahead & try them out. Try to keep a tab on reporting and see how the CPM works out for you. If it’s too less, then it could be better to try another advertising solution.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://technoratimedia.com/publishers/

https://portal.technoratimedia.com/publisher-application/signup

19. Blogads

Blogads

Blogads truly could be the top paying alternative as they specialize in blog advertising. You are in total control of the ad pricing, placement, etc. Some of the key features include, but not limited to the following:

• You can set your own prices
• You can accept/reject ads
• You can customize ads appearance
• Advertisers can directly purchase directly on your website
• Earning additional commission by referring advertisers

How much can you earn: Varies.

Payment Methods: 3 Methods. Paypal, Check, Wire Transfer

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on 15th of each month, as long as it meets the minimum payout requirement.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $75 for PayPal & at least $750 for Check or Wire Transfer.

PROS:

1. You control many aspects of the ads & can choose what ads to display.

2. Have the ability to accept/reject ads.

3. You can join a hive to earn more revenue.

CONS:

1. Minimum payout amount is more for PayPal by $25.

2. Minimum payout amount is way too high for Check/Wire Transfer.

3. If you price your ads too high, it could take a long time to get your ad slots booked thus causing you a loss in the proces.

My Verdict:

If you want total control of the ads and would like to be solely responsible for your earnings, then go for BlogAds as it gives you all of this. It operates differently from Google AdSense but still can be considered as a very good alternative because of the benefits it offers.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://web.blogads.com/making-money-blogging

https://web.blogads.com/create-account

20. Taggify

Taggify

One of the best alternatives is Taggify. It provides primarily the following services:

• Photofy: Specific parts of an image can be tagged so that the relevant advertiser ad can be shown for the item indicated by the tag (similar to Luminate ).
• Vidiofy: Monetize your videos! Ads are displayed while a video (YouTube, etc.) loads on your website.
• Linkify: Make outgoing links generate revenue for you.
• Textify: Make certain keywords in your articles to display advertiser ads automatically. Linkify them (similar to Infolinks Intext).

How much can you earn: Varies.

Payment Methods: 2 methods. PayPal & Wire Transfer.

Payment Frequency/Terms: They pay publishers on net 30 schedule.

Payment Minimum: They have a minimum payout of  $100.

PROS:

1. Offers both CPC & CPM rates.

2. Offers scope for interesting ad ideas such as the Photofy.

CONS:

1. Minimum PayPal payment amount is $100 ($50 over the standard payout).

2. Heavily dependent upon quality content to show high quality ad as the ads are targeted by keywords by advertisers.

My Verdict:

Taggify definitely serves as one of the best alternatives out there.

HELPFUL LINKS:

http://new.taggify.net/webmasters.php?lang=en

http://new.taggify.net

CONCLUSION:

So the above are the 20 Top High Paying Best alternatives for Google AdSense that you can use to monetize your blog/website. My quick suggestion for both new individuals and established companies alike it to try “Clicksor” as I find them offering very standard services at excellent prices on par with Google AdSense.

Your Turn!

What do you think of the above 20 recommendations for Top Google AdSense alternatives? Have you every used any of the above listed service? If yes, how did you find their service? Have you used any other websites have offered better service and payments than Google AdSense? Feel free to share by commenting below.

Google AdSense Ad Formats

For people who don’t know what Google AdSense, here is a brief intro. Assuming that you own a website, Google AdSense is a simple & free way to earn money online by displaying ads served by Google. In short, consider it this way. You lease out space on your website/blog to Google and they reward you for placing their ads on your website, when the ads are clicked (official Terms & Conditions apply).

So that said, let’s see what the current Google AdSense Ad Formats are. Here is a list:

• 120 x 90 – Vertical Small
• 125 x 125 – Button
• 120 x 240 – Vertical Banner
• 120 x 600 – Skyscraper
• 160 x 90 – Vertical Medium
• 160 x 600 – Wide Skyscraper
• 180 x 150 – Small Rectangle
• 180 x 90 – Vertical Large
• 200 x 90 – Vertical X-Large
• 200 x 200 – Small Square
• 234 x 60 – Half Banner
• 250 x 250 – Square
• 300 x 250 – Medium Rectangle
• 320 x 50 – Mobile Banner
• 336 x 280 – Large Rectangle
• 468 x 15 – Horizontal Medium
• 468 x 60 – Banner
• 728 x 15 – Horizontal Large
• 728 x 90 – Leaderboard

Seems like a lot. Isn’t it? Yes! But still the scope of earnings differ from one website to others. We will discuss about how to earn more money out of Google AdSense in another article.

Introducing latest Google AdSense Ad Format

Finally, we are here. The part that you have been waiting for. So let’s put our hands together and welcome the latest ad format – “300×600″, also called “Large Skyscraper“. Wondering how it would look in real time? Worry no more. We got it covered. Take a look at the ad below:

Google AdSense Ad Format – 300×600 – Large Skyscraper

If you are wondering how I got that, maybe you haven’t noticed the big vertical ads appearing in the right hand sidebar. The image shown above may vary depending upon the ad and upon the content.

Why use 300×600 Google AdSense Ad Format?

Well, here are the reasons:

1. It mainly occupies more space on your website thereby making the ads more noticeable. And the much more noticeable the ads are, the much better are the chances that the ad will attract user attention & the much better chances of click-through & possible sales. So this larger & taller ad format (called as Half page unit or the Large Skyscraper) let’s you make more money as advertisers usually end up paying more money for bigger ad units (such as this) & you get a cut from it, in the form of revenue.

2. The Half page unit let’s advertisers fit more relevant content into the ad so that it makes much more sense and meaningful to the users to understand the importance of the product in the ad & possibly it’s value and eventually get users to click on the ad for the purchase of a related product or any other activity. Since it takes more space, advertisers can now show more of video content, animation etc. so that it adds meaning to the ad shown and thus add more meaning to their business.

3. Due to the above mentioned reasons, the demand for  the Large Skyscraper is increasing everyday and it offers scope of increase of revenue for publishers.

So what should you do to implement the 300×600 ad in your website?

Primarily, keep providing great quality content as you have always done. Then here are the steps you can follow:

1. Login into your Google AdSense account.
2. Click on “My Ads” tab.
3. Select the 300×600 Ad format from within the dropdown again the “Ad Size” label. Following is a screenshot:

Google AdSense Ad Format – Select 300×600 unit

4. Enter the other details & click on the “Save” button to save it to your Ad inventory or click “Save and get code” to copy the code and paste it in your website.

5. Wait for the revenue to roll up 🙂

That’s it for adding the latest 300×600 Google AdSense Ad format to your website!

An important note:

Just make sure that you have enough vertical space for the ad to show up. Don’t try to squeeze the Half page ad unit in, if you are low on space or if you are risking user experience. You are better off using an ad format that you may be currently using rather than forcing the bigger ad unit if you feel that you may risk ruining the look of the page by placing it in.

Your turn!

Have you tried the 300×600 Google AdSense Ad Format in your website / blog? Did you see any improvement in your revenue after you have added it? Feel free to share your experiences by commenting below.

Increase Adsense Income / Revenue

1. Use Custom Channels

Custom channels are a simple way to allow you to track the performance of specific groups of ad units. You may have different ad units in a website and you can track the performance of each of them using these channels.  It thus helps in providing deeper level of analysis. This will really help you to see and visualize which ads are currently performing well and which could perform better, with necessary tweaks. This will also give you an insight into the locations that perform well when compared to the rest. All of this truly adds up to realize your maximum earning potential and help you increase your increase adsense income/revenue.

Currently, Google Adsense support a maximum of 500 channels.

2. Use Targetable Ads

Currently an advertiser of Google Adwords can advertise on your website in couple of ways. The first is by placing the ads that you create through the Custom Channels (discussed above) and then the other is through the ads based on the content of your website. The later type of ads are also referred to as Contextual ads.

The biggest advantage of using targetable ads and/or making your custom channels targetable is that Premium advertisers pay more to Google to advertise on targetable custom channels. That is why you earn more per click on such types of ads. Google will display regular ads (that pay you regular price) if they do not find any premium advertiser who would like to advertise on your targetable custom channel. Again, all of this will increase adsense income/revenue.

3. Make Ads Blend with the rest of the content

By this, it does NOT mean that you can go ahead and really make the ads confusing to differentiate from the rest of the content. It does NOT mean that you can strip off the “Ads by Google” line in the ads using various methods to make people believe that they are regular links and make them click on such ads. Such kind of practices are illegal and against Google TOS and anyone trying such activities will risk losing their Google Adsense account.

What it really means is that when you Create new ad unit, you will be presented with options to select Ad style (default values) or use Custom settings and provide your own colors for the text colors. For example, the default colors of Adsense ads are generally White, Blue, Black and Dark Green. Let’s say your website has a dark theme and you use colors such as Purple, Red, Orange, Black and Blue , then you can customize the color of the ads so that they match up with the rest of the website.

Blending ads in such a natural and more genuine way will increase your chances of ads getting clicked and hence that helps increase adsense income / revenue. When you blend the ads, it shows that you care for your user’s experience and you value their visit and hence you have taken the time and care to make the ads flow in naturally without highlighting them in different colors, just to get them clicked. This will increase overall looks of your website and also increases CTR.

4. Ad Placement

Apart from the how the ads look, the Google Ads placement is also important to increase Adsense income / revenue. Just follow the guidelines below to increase your click through rate:

1. Make the ads appear closer to the top of the page.
2. Make the ads appear closer to the left of the page.
3. The more white space around your ads the better it would be.

5. Use Section targeting

Another way to increase Adsense income / revenue is to use Section Targeting. Using this, you can recommend your main content or keywords to Google so they can show more related ads in your site. This will help emphasize your main content and thereby instructs Google to leave rest of your website section (like sidebar, comment area, etc.) for serving better contextual ads.

It is very simple to use Section Targeting.

Just add following codes before your main content:

<!– google_ad_section_start –>

Add following code after end of your main content:

<!– google_ad_section_end –>

6. Using Google DFP

Google DFP stands for Double Click For Publishers. It is a free hosted ad serving solution that helps you manage your growing online advertising business. For a user, this means that you can sell your ad space available on your website through this ad server. Google DFP  will let you serve your own ads or promotions to promote your own content or services.  The main benefit is that by integrating DFP with AdSense you can increase adsense earnings / income / revenue.

7.  Allow and Block Ads

To increase Adsense income / revenue, you now have the option of blocking ads from specific URLs from showing on your site. You can do this within the Allow & block ads tab. You can do this for letting only safe ads flow in through the filters. Although the ads are generally targeted to your content, there are chance of showing low performing ads or irrelevant ads when there are not enough advertisers in your niche. Blocking inappropriate ads can also help you increase Adsense income.

There are few other ways in which you can block ads. Some of them are:

1. By advertiser URL
2. Ad category
3. Ad network

8. A/B Split Testing

You can make use of the A/B split testing to find out which Ad formats perform better. You get to do this testing by rotating two ad units of different formats, showing each 50% of the time and check the stats of each. This will give you the performance analysis of the ads and will show you which one is performing better.

For A/B Split Testing first you have to make two custom Channels, one for each ad unit. Now place your ads codes between this Java Script.

<script type=”text/javascript”>
var random_number = Math.random();
if (random_number < .5){
//your first ad unit code goes here
} else {
//your second ad unit code goes here
}
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”></script>

NOTE: You have to replace “//your first ad unit code goes here” with your ad code.

Once you’ve implemented the A/B testing code on your page, you’ll be able to view the experiment results in your channel reports. You can then compare the figures from the custom channels you created and determine what works best for you. If after this testing you notice that one ad configuration clearly performs better over time then simply replace the testing script with the ad code for that ad unit to display it on a permanent basis.

9. High Paying Niches

Niches have a very high role in your earnings. If your website belongs to a high paying Niche, then your earnings will also be high. At the same time, it’s not advisable to change your niche just for the sake of niche. If you sell clothes, then your Niche is Clothing & Apparels. If you deal with Website design, then your Niche is Web Design & Programming. Every Niche has got it’s own plus and minus. Go with what interests you the most. That way, you will succeed. Money can be earned on an hourly basis, success can’t! So make sure you make a responsible decision. My suggestion is to use free Google Keyword tool for research.

10. Banner Ad Sizes

From the analytics, it is proven that displaying big banners help you increase Adsense income. The best recommended ad sizes to increase adsense income / revenue are:

1. 336×280 (Large Rectangle)
2. 300×250 (Medium Rectangle)
3. 728×90 (Leaderboard)
4. 160×600 (Wide Skyscraper)
5. 320×50 (Mobile Banner)

Before you start to insert big ads in your website, try to see if your content allows that. If you already have ads running in your website, its not advisable to fill it up with more ads for few pennies. Don’t make the actual content get lost in between ads or you could end up losing lots of visitors who will get frustrated about finding the actual content in between ads.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Adsense supports only maximum of 3 Ad blocks per page. So if you wanted to know how many Google Ads you can place in a page, then answer is, you guessed it, Three!

11. Implement AdSense for Search

You can now increase Adsense income / revenue by integrating Adsense for search. It primarily has two benefits.

1. First is that your users don’t have to leave your site for search.
2. Second you can also earn from it.

12. AdSense for Feeds

You can also increase AdSense income / revenue by taking advantage of AdSense that runs on RSS and Atom feeds, called as of  AdSense for Feeds.

13. AdSense for mobile content

Similar to AdSense for content, Google matches advertisements to the content of a website – in this case, a mobile website and displays relevant ads on mobiles.

14. AdSense for domains

AdSense for domains allows publishers with unused domains to help users reach relevant information by presenting content on the domains. Because of this, owners can now monetize domain names that are otherwise dormant.

15. AdSense for video in YouTube

YouTube is a very popular online resource. AdSense for video allows publishers with video content to increase Adsense income / revenue using ad placements from Google’s extensive Advertising network including popular YouTube videos.

16. Participate in Revenue sharing Forums or Website

You can try Google AdSense Revenue Sharing sites and make money through AdSense, if you are willing to do guest blogging. Couple of sites that you can visit are: Squidoo, Simpy.

17. Hubpages

If you have good writing skills, then you can increase Adsense income / revenue by writing articles of interest.  Easy access to the Internet’s top income generating tools: Google ads and eBay and Amazon offers is provided by Hubpages.

18. Cruise your visitors

You may have many visitors who visited your website for the first time and they just don’t know their way around. Give them directions so that they know where to find the information they are probably looking for. So if you are running a blog, then use “Related Posts” section at the end of each article. You get the idea! This will keep visitors on your website for a longer time and this will help increase adsense income / revenue as it increases ad click through chances.

19. Submit website to search engines

Submit your site to various search engines so that it gets indexed among the list of websites that appear in the search results. This will help increase viewership and can help your site to be found among the search engine’s list whenever they type keywords relating to your site into the search bar. If done right, this can tremendously increase traffic to your website and increase your adsense income / revenue.

20. Traffic

Finally, you need to increase traffic.  The more traffic you have, you will increase Adsense income much more.  It is as simple as that.  And this can happen only if you offer good and quality content to your users. So make sure that you make it a high priority and the first one on your To-Do list.

What other methods to you suggest to increase adsense income / revenue? Leave us a comment below.

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