: Best alternative to Adsense for a small website? The accepted answer to this question states that Adsense functions rather poorly. What is the alternative then? My site has about 400 daily visitors,

@Lee4591628

Adbrite is one of the best best alternative of adsense. You can also use bedvertiser. I used adbrite in my site but the pay rate was not higher than adsense.

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@Megan663

Fusion Ads is pretty good. You can only place one ad per page on the site but they really look pretty good for ads.

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@Rivera981

The contextual ads are on topic enough, but not exactly interesting:


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The problem with contextual ads (this goes beyond just Google) is that they look like someone cut out a bunch of classifieds and taped them on your monitor. People going to your site are looking for answers to questions, some of them might be enticed to cash in on a good deal if they actually noticed it.

I would recommend Amazon / E-bay image links with the least amount of clutter as well as a mix of other affiliates. You might consider running your own ad server, such as OpenX to track and tweak your campaigns.

Additionally, in my experience, ads that interrupt the content that the user came to see get far less attention than the non-irritating 200x200 square to the right. Did you try using image only ads in that location?

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@Bryan171

There are many alternatives. The best way to find an advertiser is to look at a competitor's website and see who places ads with them. Find out if they use an ad network that is positioned to the same market as yours.

Also, you don't have to get a big name advertiser to place ads with you. Do a quick search on Google and see who is advertising there.

Chances are if they advertise on Google they may place ads with you too. You can really pitch something like that; as long as your content is much more focused on a niche. Give them a call, you have nothing to lose.

Finally, if your posting about a product you might be able to find an affiliate program for it. Do some research and see if you can find any good deals. Amazon if a good place to start.

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@Pierce454

Project Wonderful is a nice marketplace.

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@Samaraweera270

Affiliate advertising either by going directly to websites that sell affiliate products or by going to ClickBank outperforms Adsense for a lot of websites.

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