I receive weekly emails or messages on my Facebook Fan Page or Google+ account telling me that if you’re banned from Adsense, you can’t make money online.
While there are many ways to make money online, one of the easiest ways to monetize a website is with Google Adsense. Google is the biggest Search Engine in the world and they have a super big advertising network based on CPC.
The advantage you have with Google Adsense is that their Ad inventory is so large, that you can monetize any website in any language and almost in any niche.
There are many Adsense alternatives out there, and some of them are very good. Adsense is a monetization technique I still use but it’s definitely not my main income, however, it’s great for starters, and every day I receive emails, messages or comments where I read how many people lost their Adsense account and they say the alternatives don’t work as well.
Today, I’m here to show you a few payments I’ve received from other Adsense alternatives that have worked well for me.
But first…
How does an Advertising Network decides how much and when to pay you?
This is the first question you should ask yourself before anything. This will basically answer all your questions. If you’ve tried any alternative without luck, this might be the reason you’re not earning money.
There are different Advertising networks nowadays. We have:
- CPC networks: pay per each click (Adsense, Chitika, Adversal and others). Great for niche sites and SEO.
- CPM networks: pay per 1k impressions (Mylikes, Taboola, Tribal Fusion, etc). Great for websites with tons of traffic, no matter which niche.
- Performance Ad networks: pay per Action (Peerfly, Clickbank, Neverblue, etc), great for affiliate marketing and SEO niches.
Once you understand this, you’ll know which network is the best for you and the reasons behind it.
Adsense is a CPC network, so you make money per each click you receive. They have a large inventory from all the countries, so no matter which country your traffic is coming from, they probably have something to show them. Click costs will range from $0.05 up to more than $100 per click.
For reference, my average CPC on this blog (I don’t use Adsense at this moment), is around $5 per click. But this is a hot niche and most of my traffic comes from the USA.
However, I use some alternatives that have been working really great on other niches like Media.Net and Adversal.
Here is some proof:
I made a total of $295 from Adversal in March. Then I received my payment at the end of April as they pay NET30. April and May earnings decreased to an average of $150, but June and July have been great so far (I made over $660 last month). I’ve been receiving Adversal’s payments for 6 months already.
As for Media.Net, here’s some income proof:
If you’re interested in Media Net make sure to check our full Media.Net Review here.
And as a matter of fact, all my small niche sites where I’m using Adversal or Media.net receive no more than 100-200 visits per day. So less then 6k visits per month. What’s the secret?
SEO Traffic.
Yes. The secret to earn money with Media.Net, Adversal or even Adsense, is to have search engine traffic (organic). If you receive direct traffic, paid traffic or social traffic your CPC will be lower and you won’t make as much as I make.
Why?
Because SEO traffic converts a lot better than referral or organic traffic, and because the ads can be generated based on the search queries too.
Adsense pays a lot more for SEO traffic (hence I have $5 CPC on average) but the difference with Adsense is that you CAN make money even with Social or other types of traffic because Adsense is a program from Google. And if you use Google as a search engine, or if you use Chrome, GMail, Android, etc. Google can see the websites you’re surfing and the emails you’re receiving, and then put some convenient banners in front of your readers without them coming from search engine traffic. You won’t have $5 clicks, but you will earn at least a cents per click (usually $0.05 or more).
Chitika and Adversal can’t offer you the same, because they don’t have the ecosystem that Google has created over the years.
Conclusion
1. If you have an Adsense account. Use it wisely. It’s a big asset.
2. If you don’t have an Adsense account or you were banned but you have search traffic, try Adversal or Media.Net. Don’t forget Chitika works with English based websites only.
3. If you have paid traffic or traffic coming from social media sites and similar instead of search traffic, use a CPM Network! Tribal Fusion, Taboola and Mylikes have great CPM rates!
4. If you have targeted traffic in a certain niche, use CPA networks to maximize your profits. I’ll talk more about how to monetize almost any keyword with CPA networks in the near future, but I mentioned some of them in my Adsense Alternatives article.
Hi Servando,
Thanks so much for this amazing post! I applied for google adsense over 4 weeks ago and still no reply. The traffic on my site is quite low about 20 -30 visits from social media. That said I’m quite new to blogging. Can you please advice me on any other ads company to use while I wait for adsense? My traffic is mostly from the US, India and Nigeria.
Thanks so much
If you have a lot from US then apply for Media net. Check the top alternatives HERE.
I applied for media.net and infolink both disapproved my applications don’t know y?
this is the url of the site. kogite.com what else can I do?
Media net approves you based on the countries you receive traffic from.
As for infolinks they’re pretty relaxed but they focus a lot on english speaking tier 1 countries. What did they tell you?
Am just trying to get some alternatives on Adsense because it has been months and still no approval…am looking for alternatives that are not sparmy with a million redirects…
I checked out propellerads but am feeling hesitant as am seeing reviews claiming they have so many redirects any advice
Yeah. If you don’t like those ads try Media net and Revcontent.
Wow! Nice article! Bro, can you please help me out getting AdSense approved. Why AdSense keeps rejecting me? What’s the problem? Is it because of some posts? AdSense always sends me the same reply after getting disapproved. What can I do? Please help me
What is the message they’re sending to you?
Very informative and detailed article indeed…
Thanks for sharing!
Hello Servando,
This is a very informative post. I have a blog and an adsense account but i do not make much from it. In fact, I make almost nothing. I have a tech blog with about 1.5k page views a months. I am trying to increase this number.
I wish to ask what is the best way to monetize my blog with such number of page views and an average of about 40 visitors a day.
Thanks
For which countries are you receiving traffic and what’s the niche specifically?
Good
My adsense account has been temporarily suspended for 30 days. But I planned not to use it again on my website but only on my YouTube channel once I get my account back, I want to know, is this a safe idea.
It’s safe as long as you don’t break the rules.
Hey Servando,
Appreciate such a research. I have direct traffic coming to my website from my android app. Adsense rejected me, Tried media.net with low rpm, propeller ads are somewhat intrusive, may be I need cpm based as clicks are rare. Most traffic comes from India. Would be grateful if you share any ideas what I could try next for higher rpm?
can you retry applying for Adsense with another website?
Or since you’re getting traffic from your android app, do you have an Admob account?
Thank you for responding. I use airpush in the app. Can u please suggest Any other alternative other than Adsense / media.net/ propeller ads for 20k visits a month, less clicks cpm based?
Airpush is good AFAIK. Also try native ads like revcontent, taboola and outbrain to see if you can boost your earnings.
pls can i submit another website that is not mine for Google AdSense and track my website after the approver my website url us.
You can use a second website of your own for the approval and then run ads in all of your websites, but you need to OWN the website or ask somebody who has a website like a friend to validate it for you in his website.
I just want to know is chitika paying through paypal??
Yes, Chitika pays through paypal.
pls can i submit another website that is not mine for Google AdSense and track my website after the approver my website url us.
No, you can’t.
You need to own the website so you can add the code and validate it with Google.
You can use a second website of your own for the approval and then run ads in all of your websites, but you need to OWN the website or ask somebody who has a website like a friend to validate it for you in his website.
I just want to know is chitika paying through paypal??
Yes, they do.
hi i found ur blog very informative Nice Info Keep it Up
Almost all webmasters use Adsense to monetize their traffic.But are also good alternative to use for your traffic.Tribaladnetwork is a cpc ad network that pay also for conversions and have a decent cpc rate.
hello friends i have mylikes.com make 40 dollars per day with facebook group, after my payment i see the page ask page fans facebook, but i dont have page fans, coz facebook delete my pages coz i used fans2cash, i have only one i see facebook hide my page cant put it visible. i want verified mylikes.com with a page. the aks page verified o 10 000 likes, i dont have. im looking for someone with a fans page who can verified my mylikes.com. can do it like i say?
Hi Servando
This post was an eye-opener for me. Thank you! I’m very new to affiliate marketing (+- 6 weeks in) and have furiously been building out a website that I’m proud of. Yesterday I got rejected by Google Adsense. I’m so enjoying all this stuff and have put in a lot of work so I’m quite sad.
The rejection letter mentioned “Adult Content” – my site is for midlife women’s fitness in body, soul and spirit, and I myself am quite conservative, so this was a shock. There is no content on there that I’m ashamed to show my children… I think that maybe some of the fitness pics, or my banner was deemed “adult”. No idea. Also, I’ve been researching this to try and make it right, and short of changing the entire look and feel of my site, I think I may be wasting my time of ever being approved by Adsense. I say this because of my domain name which I can’t change: maturewomanfitness.com. I’m thinking that they may think my site is a porn site with the word “mature” in it, which to me just means “advanced in years and wisdom” 🙁
Do you think they would reject me merely on the basis of domain name, even if I take out any remotely “provocative” gym pics? Which of your recommendations above would be the closest alternative for me?
Thanks for you expert advice in advance.
Hello Natalie.
You can always apply later. there can be many reasons but the domain name certainly looks like one of them. Adsense has been very hard to get approved lately, but once you have more content or articles you can try again later.
Mature content is normally referred to adult content, so I suspect it’s the reason and not your gym pics which don’t seem to be provocative at all.
Meanwhile try some of these alternatives, especially number 2.
is propeller ads good? are the good to mixed with adsense? or propeller ads plus media.net? please help me
Propeller is good although I wouldn’t mix it with Adsense unless you know how to deal with them. Their ad solutions are very different.
Media net is very similar to Adsense though.
Good Information you shared
just want to know if i have more then 50,000 or 100,000 Social media traffic in a month
is chitika is good for me?
because i always worry about google adsense ( if blocked )
is there any delay in their payment ( Chitika )
thanks
They have been paying me fine for the last 4 years, every month.
So far no problems with them.
Hello sirvando, i’m having a real bad luck trying to get approved with adsense or media.net it seems My site vioLates their policies. I already tried looking what exactly is the problem, but i just cant find something thAt woNt get me approved. Could it be because i Used my previous shopify domain? Or what? Could you please take a look at it? And help me pleEeeeassseeee!
Thanks!
Hey Vic.
Maybe you should try quickly creating another website with a few posts that looks good for them and get your account approved there first.
Hey broth,
thanks for the helpfull information.
Sorry about the capslock, don’t know what’s wrong.
Any way,
Any idea about a reliable ads partner for my android apps?
It’s just the theme fonts man. No caps. Don’t worry.
Yes man. If you have apps try Airpush, Admob and Inmobi.
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