Earlier this week, I got an email informing me that as of Feb 1, 2013, AdBrite, a known Google AdSense Alternative, will cease operations.
Understanding that Google is a dominant force in the search market, I am not even a little surprised by this but still a bit melancholy because even though AdBrite was not that great, the bigger message is that Google AdSense’s system is that impenetrable. To me, Google has become much like OZ and for that, I am not a huge fan of them despite liking a couple of their analysis tools.
Truth be told, I actively sought out Google AdSense Alternatives after reading about Panda/Penguin’s impact on other bloggers and realizing that despite their intention of bringing forth quality content, there are still some serious kinks in that system. That’s why I turned my attention to being more social and let the Google traffic thing sort itself out.
So if you want to see what else is out there beyond AdSense to help you make money online, check out these alternatives:
Reachli – I mentioned this company in a previous post and I’m happy to report, things have definitely been on the upswing. Reachli is the next generation of visual PPC marketing and has moved beyond the Pinterest platform in a big way to blogs, websites and even apps. They boast strong CTR, have widgets with links and pictures that you can post anywhere and when it’s clicked, you make money, from $0.07/click to (and I’ve seen this) $0.27/click. You have an active tally of your money earned and if your balance is above $10, you can withdraw funds to PayPal. They’re working to improve the publisher interface and have a variety of advertisers ready for promotion. I totally love these guys and enjoy working it so I highly recommend you check out this alternative.
Amazon Associates – Now I’ve been with Amazon for years (remind me to tell you how I used to know a cousin of Jeff Bezos back in the day) and I’ve decided to really invest in it thanks to an old bullying boss blog post that was making me money, unbeknownst to me. I took a fresh look at it and was thoroughly impressed with the resources for associates, including customized widgets where you get to select the products you want to promote. Now, while you don’t get paid per click (but by sale after the item is shipped), you do get to choose targeted products, add specific tracking IDs so that you have customized analytics for a specific location, and you get an interface that will help you keep a daily tally of your impressions, clicks, conversions, sales, etc. It’s really a solid system they have in place.
Qadabra - I found out about this company not too long ago and am trying it out. Basically they are strictly banner ads and from what I see the ads are served immediately after the code is added. Typically with many other, including Google, you had to wait a few hours if not a whole day to get ads. Now, while Qadabra is straight forward and uncomplicated, you can’t really use keywords to filter out incompatible ads, so if you’re looking for more niche PPC, this may not be for you. I decided to give it a try here just to see if it would adjust over time.
I know that there are more than enough Google AdSense Alternatives for us to choose from and we haven’t even touched on the affiliate marketing option and money generating alternative sites like Squidoo but I would love to hear from you:
What AdSense alternatives are working for you?
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Thainet looks like a good alternative
Thanks for the heads up!
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Some other alternatives; chitika, clicksor, amazon, and affiliate sites like linkshare and shareasale.
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Yep! I have heard some mixed reviews on Chitika but hey, at least we have choices. Thanks!
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Please Tell Me Any One Adsense Alternativ. Thanks!
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Just started finally making roughly about $50 per day with adsense after about 3 years of dabbling here and there in IM…Past 6 months about $350 per week $1300-$1400 a month of some awesome hard earned income….Today i received the email that my account was suspended due to a high volume of clicks…That was devasting, you have no idea…$1400 dollars a month down the drain….All for something i have no control of…Why would someone go to somebody’s website and click on there ad’s all day???…I just don’t get it…SMH…So frustrated right now, please forgive my rant…But FU Google…Kiss My A**!!!
No need to apologize, Jesus. I know what that’s like and I agree with you because you work hard on this aspect of your business and it feels like a stain on that hard earned rep. As far as the income, I know your pain for sure. I know these options may not be at the level of Google, but the good thing is you really have choices. So I hope you know you’ve found something else
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Thanks for the reply…I just started implementing Chitika on a few of my sites as a case study to see how well they(chitika ads) convert…My impressions are huge, but the CTR is very low…Guess I’m just going to have to keep testing and see what works best. I just recently as of today, have been accepted into MaxBounty, so I’m going to test with them as well and see what convert’s. Adsense is definitely not the only source for making money online. So for all those facing the same situation, never give up hope and keep striving to generate an income. Have a blessed day =0)
Jesus
BTW awesome job with the site. Keep up the good work!
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I understand that Chitika is an OK alternative and I’m sure that there are others out there. The thing is that you may have to combine a few alternatives to make up the difference so, like you said, you’ll need to test. I wish you the best and keep me updated on “the fight.”
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i had several sites running adsense under the same account….got an email saying account was disabled…20k returned to advertisers and the email didn’t say which site or exactly what the problem was. I made google nearly 1million from their share from my 6+ years with adsense and they don’t even have the decency to let me speak or even email an actual person about any of this. The whole thing is void of any human interaction and in my opion is out of control. I would encourage anybody who has another option to avoid adsense and the evil robot.
WOW! That is a slap in the face. No explanation, no chance to fight back. Sorry you went through that. Good advice and hope things are going well for you now
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Are these alternatives feasible(Payment mode) for Pakistani Publishers.
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That’s a great point. I live outside of the US in the Caribbean and they work for me as I have Paypal. I’m not sure what payment methods you have available but I think it’s a good idea to at least ask. When you do, please let us know as I’m sure you’re not the only one with that question/concern.
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When Google created Penguins and later on Panda many marketers has been hurt because as the months goes Google has been so strict in terms of page rankings. Thus, thank you for this incredible information of yours Dixon and it is really a very helpful article.
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Google is doing what it’s doing and I’m trying to not let them affect me so, in my eyes, it’s great to have options. Thanks for checking out this post. Please come again!
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the only bad thing in adsense is that tey can close you’r account for invalid clicks even if it’s not your fault
It’s the same thing in some of the others and if that happens, I just let them go and move on. They seem unable to tell me what’s going exactly and chances are, it could be some vulnerability on their end. The great thing is that we have many choices. Thanks for your comment, Corey
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any of these adsense alternatives are just retargeters for legit services like Technorati. I like second-level player media dot net and mylikes for widgets.
Chitika I’m hoping will upgrade me to GOLD status since I’m averaging over 5,000 pageviews per day.
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Thanks for adding to the list and good luck with Chitika!
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well, the adbrite page is not at all opening..any ides about what is gonna happen to the money in our accounts????
Hi Abhishek,
Not surprising. Unfortunately I have no idea what happened with earned commissions and the only communication means the had were at the site which is down. I’m surprised you didn’t get any emails regarding commissions.
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They sent out a blast email for all publishers to cash out. Looks like you may have missed it. Sorry to hear you may have lost some cash.
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Great post, thanks for the recommendations!! Will check them out
Thanks Chelle! Would love to hear your feedback on how they work for you. Appreciate your comment
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I have used Adsense and Adbrite and I recently tried Altitude Digital Partners. The rates with Altitude Digital are a lot higher and there is an actual person you can talk to. Check them out altitudedigitalpartners.com
Hi John,
Thanks so much for that piece of feedback. I will be including it in the list for sure!
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Check this new one out…
Adpoints.eu
Thanks for sharing that, Stampa
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Whatever the alternatives of Adsense people are going to prefer, to earn descent income from ad networks bloggers should drive more traffic by publishing informative content that people love to search for. If the blog or website contains smart topics, then definitely the webmaster can earn money from his/her blog.
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Hi Arafath,
I would agree with that but I know of a couple of sites that have brilliant content but aren’t really making that much, if any, money despite great traffic. There’s a lot to it for sure.
In any case, thanks so much for your comment. Hope you’ll visit again
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Google adsense ban ads in my website. I am using combination of BidVertiser, Clicksor and PopAds as alternative for adsense now. Bidvertiser is good for CPC. Clicksor and PopAds have pop unders and good for CPM. PopAds can be placed anywhere in site and it will not utilise any site space. Chitika is complete waste for me. It pays very less. I don’t know why everyone suggesting Chitika.
Hi Sandeep,
Unfortunately your experience with Google is getting to be the norm so it’s good that you have these other options working for ou. As far as Chitika, it works for some and not for others and it’s an option. Thanks for sharing
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Nice list of alternatives. BTW media net is also a good alternative which i am using now and pays well. I tried Qadabra but it gave malware ads.
Hi Amit,
Thanks the first I’m hearing about Qadabra. I’ve had no problems with them whatsoever. I hope you reported it to them. In any case, thanks for your comment and the suggestion.
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Google Adsense is no doubt the best, and i don’t think there will be an alternative as best as Adsense.
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No and these guys aren’t claiming to be as good as AdSense. Google has been “at it” for a long time so they’ve got a giant lead over everyone. I just feel like should any sites be dropped from AdSense for whatever reason, there are other places to turn. At the end of the day, we bloggers “own” the traffic and we can direct it where ever we want.
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I do not think that there is an alternative with Google Adsense But there are companies compete
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Not necessarily because some of these are completely different platforms. Thanks for commenting
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thanks for sharing this alternatives, I will try Amazon, but it is not like AdSense
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Honestly, there’s nothing like Adsense. It’s just unfortunate that sometimes they don’t seem to be very fair or responsive to some bloggers. In any case, it’s nice to have alternatives. I like Amazon and within it you have a lot of options as well. Thanks for our comment!
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I have the biggest list of alternatives to any CPC ads.
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Yep, I just checked them out. Awesome! Thanks for letting me know
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Nothing to worry thought Adbrite is gone. Few years back there were other search engines which used to share biggest contribution of visitors. Now it’s taken by google and dominating in all sense. Likewise if you go and check infolinks or chitika or many other ones would enough good if you have potential to attract visitors.
You’re right. There are other alternatives but I just couldn’t help by be sad that a “David” fell to Goliath. It leaves you to wonder who’s next? Thanks for you comment and please, come again!
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Hi Dixon,
This is my first time landing on your blog and I have read some of your old post, for me you have a high quality post and you also respond to all your reader comment. Keep up this good work, I hope your blog keep growing.
About this post, I never try all google adsense alternatives above yet but i think it worthy to give a try and it also take time for me to try it all, cannot promise to let you know the result
anyway thank you for sharing this information.
Hi! Thanks so much for the compliment. I find that when it comes to Google, there aren’t any that can really match it but enough are trying and that means we have options. We’ll definitely see who pops up. Thanks for coming by and please come again!
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Very useful post Dixon. I haven’t heard about Reachli and Qadabra before. Let me give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
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Please do and let me know what you think! Thanks for your comment, Rojish and please come again!
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Hey, can you suggest some good alternatives to cpm advertisements?
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Hi Ansh,
I’m researching some names that I have heard for CPM. I’ve heard of Blue Lithium, Adtegrity, ValueClick, ClickBooth. I’ve heard these have good payouts so you may want to try them. Let me know how it goes; I’d love to get some insider feedback!
Thanks!
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Adsense needs less work. These alternatives really needs heavy tasks. Qadabra works fine for me..
Some people don’t mind the extra work. If it works for you then that’s great. Thanks for your comment.
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Dixon, Good list. Adbrite was one of the good adsense alternative and they used to approve for new blogs even with less tariff. There are even alternatives like infolinks and chitika, good to know about the other alternative listed above.
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Hi Lokesh,
I have definitely heard a lot about InfoLinks & Chitika and am currently checking them out. I’m so glad we have many viable options despite Adbrite. What else does the future hold, I wonder. Thanks.
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I have found also some other alternatives to Adsense as Exitjunction (a new concept) on that website: http://alternatives-adsens.blogspot.com
Thanks for the lead, Marc. I will definitely check these out!
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There are many………… alternatives to AdSense. The list will never end, however there is not a single substitute!
I am here to inform you guys if anybody is interested in opening an Adsense account again (or for the first time), give a try to adsensegetback.com.
It’s not just a promotional message, you will actually get results!
Thanks & cheers.
Thanks for sharing! I’ll check out that link!
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since adbrite closed there network for publishers. i am also looking for a honest and professional network. I have seen many good reviews about edomz.com in forums. if anybody can share about them on board. it would be highly appreciated.
That’s the first I’ve heard of them but I’m hoping to get some feedback on that as well with my next post, later this week. Thanks and if you hear anything else on the forums about anyone else, please let us know.
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I have been using edomz over 4 years now and never had any issue extremely good support, if you looking for clean network with good support then definitely edomz is your first choice
Always love it when I hear about long term relationships like this. I am definitely checking these guys out, beena. I’m so glad I’m getting great feedback from this post.
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Ultimately, this is sad news. I think the poor publishers will not get what they have earned. Nevertheless, with adbrite gone, it is never a good thing accept for adsense.
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I think you’re right. I felt a little sad at this but at the same time, it could be a source of motivation for some who may believe that there’s more to making money online than Google. So it’s two sides of the coin. You’re totally right about people not getting their earnings…not cool. Thanks Desmond
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Hi Dixon,
I really don’t use any else right now apart from Google Adsense. There might be better options out there but as it goes, Google is serving me well right now. However, I might be trying some other networks in the feature
Thanks for sharing this list.
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If they’re working for you, that’s fantastic. I know I learned a while back to never put my eggs in one basket especially if it’s Google. So I hope you see continued and increased earning from them. Thanks
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I was so disappointed to hear about Adbrite. Back when CMFads closed, I recall getting paid my cash out (even when it was only a dollar). I had $7 or more in my Adbrite and I never got it
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But thanks for sharing the other alternatives though. Most of the problems I’ve often experienced is I’m often under qualified. I guess I’ll have to work on my views in order to even get considered.
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Sorry to hear that. I hoped they would get that money to you…you never know. I experienced the same problems, Digit, with less than ideal views and then I realized that just because I wasn’t getting tons of traffic, that doesn’t mean that I can’t be of value to advertisers. So I turned away from those guys and found more suitable means. So far, so good. So I say think more about the quality than the views. Thanks and come again!
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Thank you for the enlightenment. I am looking for some alternatives but it is definitely hard. Any tips to share the distraught. Perhaps a link to read about.
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AdBrite is not played that much of great role but it had supported to large websites. It was too tough to make money with AdBrite with low traffic but Google AdSense blesses even low traffic websites with best CPC rate. Hence, Google AdSense is still a dominating force in Internet Publisher Programs. Even new Ad networks come into market but they may not be like Google AdSense. AdBrite is also realized it lately. I think all of us remember AdSense’s former competitor Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN). It was received extraordinary response from users but what happened? Yahoo was also failed to fight with Google. Of Course new ad networks come and go but only few ad networks survive from Google’s effect.
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You are absolutely right. Google has mastered the art of getting brilliant people, mining the insane amount of data they get on a daily basis and having ample time to do both. I am impressed by their know-how and you’re right, Yahoo punked out. Now that Yahoo has teamed up with Bing they’re slowly gathering the data and may come up with some new model for publishers. I haven’t even mentioned FB! Thanks so much for your thoughts, WebDoubts!
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Dianne: I haven’t found any real alternatives to AdSense yet (and Google’s contextual ads are not optimized for smaller blogs, according to my view), so I will go through your list. Have you heard about BlogAds and InfluAds?
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Hi Martin,
I will totally add these to the list because it’s so important that we take a look at all the different options we have worldwide. Thanks so much for sharing!
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thanks for sharing.i also use addynamo.com and http://www.media.net they are pretty good.
Great! You know I’m getting some great feedback on this so I think I’m going to have to share with others. THanks so much, Korex!
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It was not very surprising that Adbrite is closing but networks like Clicksor, buysellads, infolinks are still in the market as Google Adsense’s alternative and the ones you are good too.
Hi Manish,
I have been hearing some really cool things about Clicksor and Infolinks so you are definitely not alone in that. Thanks so much for your insight!
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Thanks for the great article. It is a great pity that AdBrite ends. Reachli looks interesting and their network has 70,000 advertisers, it is decent. Amazon is also interesting. I know a few people who earn the big money from Amazon. Just answer the questions of people on yahoo answers (for example, if someone is looking for clothes etc) and connect the affiliate link to the answer
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I had heard that there were some who were making great money with Yahoo Answers so that is a great suggestion. So many ways to work it! Thanks, Petr!
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I had a chance to toy with Clicksor and adBrite. Liked it but still in search of something advanced. Your suggestions are quite reasonable, will take your opinion in mind) Thanks!
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Glad to hear it Evan. I have heard about Clicksor and infolinks so I will be checking out those as well. I just like Reachli and Amazon. Qadabra has so far been cool and I’m looking forward to talking a longer look. Thanks!
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That’s a good one Dixon. I didn’t heard about them before. Thanks for sharing. I am giving Reachli a try!
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Really was not aware that adbrite was dying. This is a shock to me as I was once using it. But nonetheless its a shock really. Thanks for the other adsense alternatives.
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Hi Shalu, when I read that email I honest felt like Goliath had won! I know that they weren’t that great but there’s something to be said about a little guy who’s able to hang on through it. But I guess, it’s just not meant to be for them.
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D Dixon, I had a good look at Reachli and I really liked it. I think I might try this one out as it can go with adsense and can monetise images.
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That is awesome to hear, Shalu. They’re really a good company and it’s like a real ground floor opportunity who’s time is now!
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hi dixon. infolinks works for me
as well as dynamic oxygen and exit junction
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Hi Marilyn,
Really. There are so many choices, I think I may have to create more sites so that I can try them. Thanks so much for sharing Marilyn
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hi again. yep. there are so many choices. In fact, my website features a sub-category called “Google Adsense Alternatives” it is under the category of Make MOney Online..
the best are Media.net and Buysellads.com but i am not qualified to join them due to lack of required traffic.
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I had BuySellAds tell me that when I first started blogging and that was what prompted me to find alternatives. Fine with me as I’m ok without it. How funny is it that quite a few of these posts are popping up now! Thanks Marilyn!
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