In this episode, I answer a listener question about Google AdSense alternatives for publishers — specifically, we look at what you can do if your AdSense account is terminated.
We also talk about my trip to Mexico where I swam with dolphins, Google's new censorship campaign, affiliate marketing basics and more.
This is the 31st episode, and I am back on a weekly publishing schedule. Hopefully that will stick. As always, I will keep trying until I can make it happen.
In This Show…
Special thanks to random Dolphins for kicking off the show. As I mention in the show, I just got home from Mexico where I had the opportunity to swim with Dolphins. Very cool indeed. Here, you can see a picture of me getting pushed through the water by two 400 pound dolphins. I am actually being balanced on their noses in the second picture.
Two Dolphins preparing for take-off. Hang on!
Balancing on the nose of two beautiful 400-pound dolphins.
Dallas-Area MasonWorld Meetup
Still thinking about a Dallas-Area MasonWorld Internet Marketing Meetup for listeners (and readers) in the Dallas Area. Right now I am thinking about early September on a weeknight around 8PM in a pub (The Londoner) in Allen. If you are interested, please be sure to leave a comment here.
Crazy stuff in my inbox –– I tell you all about the listener that lives just a few hundred yards from my house. Crazy, right?
Google Censorship
I was driving down the road listing to NPR, and I learned that Google announced they are going to start penalizing sites that are reported to have violated copyrights. This worries me a little, and may be a “slippery slope” to lots of bad things. I talk all about it in the show. If Google starts selectively enforcing laws and moral standards, where will that stop? You can read about it on the Google Blog.
AdSense Alternatives for Publishers
Dave from North Carolina has a question about what to do when you are booted out of AdSense. I make two points:
- AdSense is usually not the best way to monetize your sites. Usually, one of the many AdSense alternatives for publishers is a better choice.
- Try to understand how to exactly match what your traffic is looking for and place a add for that.
- If you want something like AdSense, here is a decent (but a little dated) list of AdSense Alternatives from Ross Walker. Google search for AdSense Alternatives” to get lots of ideas.
Other Calls From Listeners
- Frank wants to know how to get started in Internet Marketing. My reply to Franks stresses the fundamentals. He also asks about Micro Niche Finder. Here is a video about Micro Niche Finder that I mention in my reply to Frank.
- Ryan has a traffic question. What still works post-Panda? I talk about varying anchor text and why blog networks can be a problem.
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Episode 031 Transcript
AdSense Alternatives for Publishers
Shout out to the dolphins for kicking off the show. I’m playing dolphin vocals, the dolphins are not actually here in studio, that’s a prerecorded dolphin drop there. I’m playing a dolphin introduction because I swam with dolphins last week in Mexico. A lot of you guys know that. Wow, that so cool.
I was in Playa and the hurricane had just come through and all the snorkeling was kind of goofed up. Playa is on the (let’s see if I can get this right) windward side of things, so the wind blows into the mainland there. When the wind is blowing sometimes that messes the snorkeling up. I wanted to Akumal and Xel-Ha and it was really murky, so my wife and I decided to take the ferry over to Cozumel because I knew of a place that I’d been to years before called Chankanaab Park. I’m sure if you’ve been to Cozumel you know about Chankanaab.
We went there and low and behold they have built some kind of crazy dolphin sanctuary there and they have these dolphins that are bred in captivity that they use for interacting with people. The company uses that to fund their operation, so we paid for this dolphin encounter.
If you go to the show notes at MasonWorld.com/episode031 you can see pictures of me actually riding on the nose of a dolphin. It’s crazy, they were balancing me. These animals are incredibly powerful. It was just a totally awesome experience. If you’re ever in Cozumel, I recommend that you try this dolphin encounter experience. It was just absolutely fantastic.
It’s great to be on the mic, I’ve got a full show for you today. I’ve got some feedback for you today and some crazy stuff in my Google Reader that I can’t wait to tell you about. Let’s get into it.
Mark,Your comments on Google censorship are interesting.Keep in mind, though, that piracy is illegal, whereas most porn is not.Also, Google isn’t putting anyone in jail or enforcing the law. They are simply suppressing ranking for sites promoting illegal activities (i.e., no longer promoting them). The sites aren’t being taken down. People can still link to them and spread the word, if they want.But, you’re right…we need to keep an eye on it. I’m certainly no Google defender. I think they suck at some things. But, at least so far, I think I’m on-board with them for this one.c-
Mark,Your comments on Google censorship are interesting.Keep in mind, though, that piracy is illegal, whereas most porn is not.Also, Google isn’t putting anyone in jail or enforcing the law. They are simply suppressing ranking for sites promoting illegal activities (i.e., no longer promoting them). The sites aren’t being taken down. People can still link to them and spread the word, if they want.But, you’re right…we need to keep an eye on it. I’m certainly no Google defender. I think they suck at some things. But, at least so far, I think I’m on-board with them for this one.c-
cbtempage Yep — I agree that piracy is bad, and I don’t feel all that strongly about this (yet). But these people are not proven to be pirates. No court has convicted them. All that Google is doing is counting notices. The notices don’t even have to be valid.Just because the outcome of googles action is good does not make the action they are taking OK.I also agree that my analogy is not perfect. Most porn is not illegal as you point out. But lots of stuff on the internet is closely related — escort services, hookers on craigs list, drug paraphernalia, etc. Will google target them next? Why not?Then what’s next?
masonworld Agreed…it definitely deserves a watchful eye!
I definitely think the piracy is bad and it’s great to see someone doing something about it, but is changing the algorithm really the right approach? Google seems a little power-happy lately and this is just another notch on the headboard for them. It’s a step towards Google claiming even more power, because these aren’t confirmed or convicted piracy issues – they’re just “we got these complaints and we’re going to punish these people” – at least that’s what I see if I’m understanding the algorithm update correctly.Unrelated side note – everything you said after “with great power comes great responsibility” was backgrounded by Spiderman music in my mind…..
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Hello. Very nice info there!There are other cool sites that you should try to monetize your blog:1.- Adversal: (This is a very good adsense alternative, in fact it displays google adsense ads) WHD: (It displays text/banner ads, clicks and number of impressions count) eDomz: (It displays pop ups, competitive revenue sharing)Link: Kontextua: (Ads in images, Ads in texts, Banners, Sliders, Related Tags – Better than Infolinks)Link: You should try them, they all pay. I personally like them and they are best adsense alternatives.Enjoy. 🙂
Thanks for these list of Google adsense alternative, especially now that Google is being so strict on their publishers, banning accounts and disabling ads, i will surely consider few of these alternatives
I will be honest – I ditched ClickBank and AdSense altogether from my blog….reason being there are too many merchants who’s products and services either get banned or leave ClickBank and as for AdSense, it gives visitors to your website another route to click and leave your site. If you have affiliate programs and products already on your site, you are guaranteed to make more money with them than through AdSense, unless your are driving some serious traffic. As for InfoLinks, it just looks spammy and the keywords and ads that appear are not targeted most the time. I personally say just do away with ads and ad networks and focus on affiliate programs to monetize your blog that have one or few solid products to offer, because like I mentioned, you will make more money that way.
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