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This article explores Clicksor as a
Google Adsense alternative for small publishers. Even though Adsense is the
best PPC Ads program out there, not every publisher is approved by Google to
display Adsense Ads because of the stringent terms and conditions that Google
publishers have to follow. Also many times, Google bans publishers from
participating in Adsense for unknown/unclear reasons and reasons beyond the
control of publishers. So it is useful for publishers to explore
alternatives beyond Google Adsense.
Clicksor is one of the sensible
alternatives to Google Adsense these days for the small publisher. They have
payouts percentages of up to 85% (compared to Google's 70% or so)
and unlike a number of alternatives the cost per click bid values are high
enough that you can earn a decent income. They are also much more tolerant
than Google in terms of 'Terms and Conditions'. Their terms and conditions
suggest that you should only place one copy of their code on a page but as long
as you only place a single pop-up or DHTML code on a page they seem happy to let
you place many context sensitive ad blocks on a single site.
Clicksor also has a big advantage over a number of the lower ranked alternatives
in that their ads are truly context sensitive. Thus while you can provide
keywords they have technology that will also show ads targeted to the content of
your site. This means your visitors are exposed to ads of the same subject as
they were searching for when they reached your site and thus vastly increases
the click thru ratio and thus your sites earning potential. The context
sensitive nature also saves you the hassle of having to specify keywords for all
of your sites and decide in advance what people might be looking for.
The online stats provided by Clicksor are not perfect but they are enough for
you to keep track of the trends with your site. They also allow you to add as
many sites / domains as you want under a single account. You also only need the
root page of your site approved. Once this is done you can place ads on all of
your sub pages.
Clicksor Payment Schedules and Payout Limits:
The payment schedule with Clicksor is also much
better geared to the small site owner.
- In any pay period in which your earnings
exceed $50.00 ($20.00 with PayPal), payments are made either by check or
instantly through PayPal ($20.00 minimum for PayPal).
- Revenue totaling less that $50 (PP $20) will
rolled into the following period.
- The pay period is based on a 15 day schedule
so you can get paid much more frequently.
- Clicksor also do not require a Social
Security (SSN) or Individual Tax Identity Number (ITIN) to join and so while
this 'technically' does not help US site owners with their tax liability it
does make it much easier for non US citizens to join up and start earning
revenue.
Clicksor features:
Multiple formats available including text, image and animated ads.
- Text Links
- Image Ads
- Flash Ads
- Animation Ads
- Banners
- Pop unders
- Dynamic (DHTML) highlighting
Source:
http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/adsense_top10/#Clicksor
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