Paid by AdBrite

by Sapphire (November 4, 2005)

Yesterday, I got a check from AdBrite for everything I had earned up to about September 20. The payment minimum is set at whatever you want, even $0, so now that I know firsthand they pay, I can be assured of getting every penny I earn with this company.

Two days ago, I took AdSense off of all of my sites, save one. That one site is working pretty well with AdSense, which is great. But don’t let anyone tell you that every site benefits from having AdSense. Some do: the majority of mine don’t. AdBrite isn’t exactly racking up riches for me, but it looks good, loads quickly, doesn’t present my visitors with offensive offers, and I know I’m going to get every penny I earn with them. Are you sensing a theme here?

I’ve also gone back to using CrispAds on the sites that fit the rather narrow list of keywords they now offer. (Step off that list, and you get some wicked scary stuff that sounds like ads for hookers and so on - yeesh.) I’m still disappointed that it was working just great on that niche content site I call my B-2 Bomber - on which nothing else really works - and now it’s not. But hey, if it brings in some money that’s nice.

All that said, however, I’m starting to earn enough on affiliate commissions that PPC is losing my interest. I never intended to build my stuff around PPC anyway… I just thought if I had content sites, I might as well see if I could monetize them and maybe cover hosting costs. Recently, my PPC earnings have really dropped off, and I’m not obsessing on improving them. I’m still convinced the real money is with aff sites, so I’m busy working on improving the ones I have and maybe thinking about building new ones.

Posted in Ad Networks, Affiliate Marketing
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