Posted on March 12, 2008 by Monetizing Your Blog

Hey, if you have a blog or a website, you should check out www.text-link-ads.com. Not all sites qualify (they have the usual rules about foul language, naked pics and overuse of l33t), but if yours does, you can sell small text ads for related products.

It has all the good parts of Google AdSense. Once you install the code, and choose how many ads and what topics you’d like, you’re pretty much done. Text-Link-Ads then sells the slots, and sends you an email telling you they’ve done it. If you don’t like the ad, you can take it down (This has never happened to me, but they do offer the ability to filter your ads).

And, it’s not a big blinky banner, just a line of text in the font and colors of your site. I’m always looking for a way to make my sites earn their keep, without spamming my readers.

It’s even better than AdSense for the small publisher because you get paid monthly, even if your check is only a few bucks, instead of waiting until you get to $100.

Check it out for your sites!