Good Ad Networks for new site?

[jenkinsde]

I'm preparing to launch a new site. Of course, I want to monetize it and have several avenues for this. Ads are one element of our monetization.

AdSense is obvious and easy, but I've experimented with it quite a bit on my blog and I'm leery of using it for our site.

Our site will provide unique meal planning and recipe sharing tools. Establishing credibility with both the public and nutrition professionals is very important.

I can see AdSense crawling our content and serving up "10 days to a flat belly" and other ads that will undermine our crediblity. I know we can block URL's etc but that seems reactive and our users will get exposed to ads that we don't want on our site as we discover them and make adjustments.

I also have the perception that getting into the premium ad networks, like double-click is not easy and you have to have volume already to get 'appoved'.

Any ideas on Ad Networks for a new site, were we have complete control over the ads that get served?

Thanks,

Dean

[a53mp]

Chances are you wont make any money with a site using adsense for revenue... especially with cooking keywords. You are better off making a really good site, then getting REAL sponsors who want to advertise on your site. On a site note, I've used Adsense on my siteS for 3 years now, and have made a total of $290. I recently start using Adsense for domains, and in just under 3 weeks I made $800

[chowell]

Depending on the makeup of your website and abilities to add the advertisements, you might consider implementing your own ad server and populating it with ads from places like Linkshare, Commission Junction, etc.

This would provide you full control over which ads are displayed, as well as provide you with more accurate stats (IMHO) than relying on a 3rd party entirely.

AdBrite is another alternative and there are lots of others.

Some niches perform very well w/ ad networks displayed while others end up just being wasted real estate on your site. Be careful about adding anything that is going to devalue the look/layout of your site.

[SemAdvance]

I would veer away from Adsenseless as they are very greedy and will pay you just a small percentage of what your site advertising could earn using other programs.

One of the better would be CommissionJunction.com where you can find a large selection of related advertisers. You would do well with KitchenAid appliances or Williams Sonoma, Omaha Steaks etc.

A good adserver that you can use is MySimpleAds its cheap and easy to use, offers several ways to implement the code into your pages, allows you to control what advertisers see if anything and has a very good stats program for your reporting needs.

Feel free to send a PM if you would like the link.

Good luck!

[noel123]

Originally Posted by a53mp

Chances are you wont make any money with a site using adsense for revenue... especially with cooking keywords. You are better off making a really good site, then getting REAL sponsors who want to advertise on your site. On a site note, I've used Adsense on my siteS for 3 years now, and have made a total of $290. I recently start using Adsense for domains, and in just under 3 weeks I made $800

Im a newbie. Hope it's ok to ask this question here but how do you use adsense for domains??

[jenkinsde]

I'm curious about Adsense for domains as well. Any wisdom?

[a53mp]

Originally Posted by jenkinsde

I'm curious about Adsense for domains as well. Any wisdom?

You just add the domains in adsense for domains, then it gives you the a and c name for you to update the domain, which would point it to the adsense server. Once this is done and verified (about 30 minutes) your domain will now be a google ad landing page full of links. The ads are based off of your domain name, but you can also add 4 more keywords to each domain. I made about $20 in the first 2 or 3 hours of setting it up with my keyword domain name, which was more than I made in about 5-6 months with regular adsense. I'm sure a lot of that had to do with the adsense having low paying ads on the other sites, but whatever. I was last paid 12/1/07 for regular adsense. I am up to $96.60 since then. With domains, since 4/13/09 I've made $947, about $52 a day.

[nickoran]

Originally Posted by jenkinsde

I also have the perception that getting into the premium ad networks, like double-click is not easy and you have to have volume already to get 'appoved'.

A lot of them like to give this impression of "elite-ism" and its simply not true, most of them will approve you if you have a half decent site up, they are likely to check its not porn or a phishing site but the likelyhood is you will ge approved and in my experience generally fast, i.e within 24 hours.

remember to look around for the types of adverts you want on your site, different companies use different affiliates and you might find it beneficial to use different ones as much as to just stay with one company.

[heaven5]

Originally Posted by a53mp

You just add the domains in adsense for domains, then it gives you the a and c name for you to update the domain, which would point it to the adsense server. Once this is done and verified (about 30 minutes) your domain will now be a google ad landing page full of links. The ads are based off of your domain name, but you can also add 4 more keywords to each domain. I made about $20 in the first 2 or 3 hours of setting it up with my keyword domain name, which was more than I made in about 5-6 months with regular adsense. I'm sure a lot of that had to do with the adsense having low paying ads on the other sites, but whatever. I was last paid 12/1/07 for regular adsense. I am up to $96.60 since then. With domains, since 4/13/09 I've made $947, about $52 a day.

HI a53mp!
If it is not too much to ask, about how many domains do you have in order to be making 950$ since April 13 as you said? How do people reach the domain, do they just type it in?

I have a couple of domains that I am thinking of putting there but I don't know how people will be reaching them...they are not famous keywords like New York or pizza, nor are they typos like Goglle.

Thank you very much

[SnerdeyWebs]

AdSense is way better to us if you have dozens of websites with great content, ad placement and kinda sticky. We're running several sites as in 40 or so generating about an average of $70 bucks a day

The whole idea is to create a site catered around the marketing of it. If it's not typed in traffic.. you'll do good to just break even for the longest time.

[a53mp]

Originally Posted by heaven5

HI a53mp!
If it is not too much to ask, about how many domains do you have in order to be making 950$ since April 13 as you said? How do people reach the domain, do they just type it in?

I have a couple of domains that I am thinking of putting there but I don't know how people will be reaching them...they are not famous keywords like New York or pizza, nor are they typos like Goglle.

Thank you very much

I have roughly 55 domains.. but only 3 of them I'm actually using for domains (higher paying ads). As far as getting people to it, you can link to it from other websites, some people put their sites into adwords, or you can have friends click on them. Fake clicks can get your account suspended though so you have to be careful.

[look4me]

Hi all,

I as well could use a little help in regards to the domains with adsense. Not a newbie but not an expert either, just need a little light to find my way. I know you provided an explanation, but it would be helpful if you can perhaps go over the steps as to how to set htings up.

I have domain names which are not being used that i would like to use for adsense.

Your help would be appreciated. Thanks

Look4Me

[michkh1]

Hi,

You might want to look at Chitika. It is similar to AdSence.

Good luck

[danielle v2.1b]

I'm finding this quite an interesting thread, thanks for sharing guys. I've used adsense for ages though I'm finding revenues are less these days that what they were before - maybe people are over familiar with adsense and switch off like the way banners were all the rage then click throughs declined?

At anyrate one tool I found useful that I'd like to give to you all is OpenX which used to be known as phpMyAds. In the old days you'd install this as an ad server yet nowdays you can set up a free hosted account with them, subject to certain page view limitations - but I guess 100 million views a month will cover most site owners needs!

What I like about the system is that you can create ad fields that incorporate different kinds of content. I've run banners direct from advertisers together with ones from affiliate marketing companies and adsense in the same ad space on rotation. The variety seems to help keep users from getting bored and also allows you, as an owner looking to monetise your site, to see which set up is attracting the most attention and keep optimising your site around that.

Has anybody tried using Kontera or a similar service? I'm wondering whether their format produces any consistent results and/or beats adsense?

[orbitscripts]

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[danielle v2.1b]

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[orbitscripts]

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