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Which ad services to use for high revenue?

Everything you do online needs a grain of dedication if you want it successful, so if you want to make money with your site you’ll need to dedicate all your efforts to finding the best ways to achieve your goals.

I discussed in a previous article the advantages and disadvantages of using graphic ads on blogs, and I focused more on the 125×125 pixels banner format which is the most popular among bloggers. You can see them even on the right sidebar here, at eWritings.

Depending on the ads’ target and the content of the blog they could or could not be successful, and I emphasize again that ads that are related to the topics of your site have more chances to convert than miscellaneous ads. Also remember that 125×125 pixel banner ads might work for some bloggers, while you wait endlessly for a click. If that’s the case, maybe you should try using other ad formats that blend better with your design.

Another important trick is to choose the ad service that gives the higher conversions per click. I’ve been testing many such services for eWritings and client blogs, so that today I can easily make a list based on what I learned so far.

LinkWorth – By Far the Best Paying Ads Service

LinkWorth doesn’t have the best user dashboard in the industry, but once you get used to it you’ll find that the service has excellent features for both partners and advertisers. The customer support is excellent and the payments come in time.

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Once your site is approved – which generally happens very fast – if you have decent traffic and good linking scores you’ll start receiving requests from the advertisers almost immediately. I recommend that you check each site before you approve new ads, to avoid linking to sites that might be detrimental for your brand. You can sell all types of ad space on your site with LinkWorth – and what’s even better you set your own price.

The PayPerPost Phenomena

This took the blogosphere by surprise and generated enough pros and cons to make it clear to everyone that the system was not doomed to fail. PayPerPost was the first “sponsored reviews” type of service that really worked. Even nowadays a PayPerPost campaign can be successful if conducted wisely. Advertisers should understand that sponsored reviews should not be focused on gambling the Google algorithms by generating new links.

I successfully tested PayPerPost to monetize some blogger blogs (never at eWritings) and to generate buzz for clients. I no longer use PayPerPost as a monetization system (I still use the affiliate feature), but I still use it as a great advertising channel.

Google AdSense

It always worked for me, but I had times when I protested against Google by removing their ads from my sites. Now their system is better and fairer, made for adsense sites stopped invading the search results, the ads displayed are no longer irrelevant to the content of the site, so I have no reason to protest. Google Ads are also the safest way to go when you want to monetize your site. As you know, Google has the strange habit of penalizing sites for selling links and text link ads, but it will not penalize sites that display ads by Google. Of course, if your text link ads are generated with a script that makes them no- indexable by the search engines, you are out of the danger zone.

Also, you should know that Google has all types of ads in the book: from banner ads in different sizes, to video ads, RSS ads, mobile ads, text ads and referrals. The AdSense program is complex and it leaves room for experimenting.

The ad networks mentioned above worked best for me, but there are many other services you could test:

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