subject: Finding An Adsense Alternative [print this page] If you are here because you urgently need to find an alternative to AdSense then I assume that your account has been disabled and Google has not given you the possibility to appeal. Google has blocked so many AdSense accounts in the past few years and has never given a specific cause why a particular account has been deactivated, but the recommendation from those that have been affected by this is to try and recover as much as possible by using an alternative to AdSense.
Believe it or not, having your AdSense account blocked could be the best thing that ever happened to you, just like what happened with Jeff Johnson back in 2004. In Jeff's case his 'error' was to have two accounts, one for him and one for his brother.However, as it turned out, once he was free from AdSense his online income exploded so take it as a sign of things to come!
AdBrite
This advertising network has been going since 2002 and is one of the biggest independent ad networks. It doesn't have the contextual technology that Google has but you can choose the category you want to target and it will serve up ads based on that category. You should be careful about picking the right category because even though a financial category might pay better it's not going to get many clicks if your site is about dog training! One problem some people might have is that they only pay out by cheque which is issued in USD.
LinkWorth
LinkWorth focus on link sales on your site which can make it an attractive option if you have a high pagenk site. The concept is fairly simple, the more links you have the higher your search engines and this is what the advertisers on LinkWorth are paying for. As a publisher you have a wide range of options to make money from this site and it's strongly recommended.
Amazon Associates
One option that seems to be overlooked by many people is the Amazon Associate program which can actually be a bigger money spinner than AdSense on certain types of websites. The major difference though is that you only earn a commission when you sell a product so you need to send quite a few clicks to make a sale. Even if your niche has some fairly low cost products which only earn you a couple of dollars per sale don't forget that Amazon is probably the webs largest retail store so people get to the site via your handmade soap niche site but end up buying books, video games and DVD's and spending $100 or more.
One of the options in Amazon is Omakase (Japanese for 'It's Up To You') where you put a bit of code on your website and it tries to pick relevant products based on the content of your page. It's a little bit hit and miss at the moment though.
Don't just rely on ads that pay you a few pennies per click or a few dollars per month, get active with your online income and start promoting relevant affiliate products and build your list to follow up with people when you want.
