Best Adsense Alternatives
Alhtough Google Adsense is far and away the leading content-based advertising network, there are times, for whatever reason, when a publisher must opt for an alternative ad network. Here are 10 Adsense alternatives worth considering:
- Chitika
- AdBrite
- Bidvertiser
- Infolinks
- Performing Ads
- Project Wonderful
- Kontera
- Clicksor
- Exit Junction
- Text Link Ads
Search Engine Market Share
Here is the latest search engine traffic market share for June, 2011, as reported by Nielson-Net and Alexa. As you can see, Google still commands the lion’s share of search engine traffic. The top three search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing, account for more than 94% of all search engine traffic.
| Global: | |
| 85.72% | |
| Yahoo | 6.42% |
| Baidu | 3.67% |
| Bing | 2.14% |
| Ask.com | 0.56% |
| Other | 0.49% |
| United States: | |
| 84.58% | |
| Yahoo | 8.13% |
| Bing | 5.38% |
| Ask.com | 0.79% |
| Other | 1.12% |
Blog commenting service
Blog commenting is a highly effective way to build links to your site and boost search engine rankings.
I’m pleased to announce a new blog commenting service where we will submit comments to DO-FOLLOW blogs on your behalf. Do-follow links, unlike nofollow ones, are followed by the search engines, passing link juice to your site.
This is not a spamming service. We read the blog entries and submit relevant, on-topic comments that link back to your site. Many of the comment links will come from pages with high PRs, including PR5.
What’s more, you pay for only $1 for each approved comment (and backlink to your website). Most comments will come from pages that are PR2 or higher. Considering that PR5 links go for as much $20 a month, this isn’t a bad deal at all.
For more details and to place an order for our blog commenting service, please visit this page.
How to put Adsense on your first two posts and sidebar on your Wordpress blog
Google TOS allows a maximum of 3 Adsense ad units on a single page. If you simply paste your ad code into your index.php file of your Wordpress template, Adsense will show up on your first three posts.
You may want two Adsense ads to appear before your first two posts and one in the sidebar as on this site, Rantstoriches.com.
Here’s a simple workaround to accomplish just that:
1. Open index.php in a text editor.
2. Look for the following code:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
3. Immediately before this line, insert the following code:
<?php
$postinc = 1;
$adsense1 = 1;
$adsense2 = 2;
?>
4. Then look for the following in index.php:
<?php the_content(‘<br />Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
5. Immediately before this line, insert the following:
<?php if ($postinc == $adsense1) {
echo ‘
YOUR ADSENSE CODE HERE
<br>
‘;
} ?>
<?php if ($postinc == $adsense2) {
echo ‘
YOUR ADSENSE CODE HERE
<br>
‘;
} ?>
<?php $postinc++; ?>
6. Finally, open sidebar.php in a text editor and insert your Adsense code in the desired location.
Additionally, you’ll want to repeat Steps 1-5 for archive.php.
That’s it!
Get more backlinks to your site
Web directories should be a part of your link building strategy. In addition to driving traffic to your site through direct referrals, web directories provide one-way links to your site, increasing your search engine rankings.
But manually submitting to hundreds of directories can be a slow, tedious process. To make life a little easier, I recommend using a software program that automatically fills out the submission forms for you, so that you don’t waste too much time copying and pasting your site information.
The following $7 software will do just that. Link Directory Submitter comes preloaded with over 2,700 web directories, automates much of the form filling, and lets you submit to up to 10 directories at a time. Here are some benefits the software:
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Increase your link popularity.
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Get more traffic by gaining a higher position in search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN.
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Save time and money.
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Comes preloaded with 2700+ quality directories.
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Provides one-way static links to your site.
- Submit as many sites as you like.
- Display Google PR of every directory.
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Update directory list by simply clicking the Update Directory Button from within the software.
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The Link Title, Site Description and Keywords are rotated with each submission to a directory, allowing you to get listed by multiple keywords.
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Import and Export website profiles.
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Assign a custom color to each directory in the submitter. This allows a color coding system to keep track of submissions.
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Export and email a submission history reports.
