17 Best Google AdSense Alternatives to Make Money From Your Blog

If even after having good traffic on your blog, you are not able to monetize it, because Google Adsense doesn’t approve it or AdSense has banned your blog from their network due to some unexplained issue, you should check out some alternatives to AdSense.

Though, Google AdSense is the most trusted and highest paying advertising network but it doesn’t mean that every other network isn’t good at all. It may also happen that you can earn even more from some other network than from Adsense. You will just have to choose carefully according to the content & audience, and let Adsense go.

Let me take you through the process of choosing the best advertising solution for your blog,

In this post, I am sharing some of the best Google Adsense alternatives which can help you monetize your blog in the best possible way.

CPM, CPC and Display Ads Based Networks

1. Media.net

When it comes to contextual advertising, media.net is one of the best alternative to Adsense. It is backed by Yahoo! Bing network. Very much like Adsense, media.net ads are keywords targeted, so you can expect good CTR because ads will be relevant to your content. You can customize size, color and type (banner or text) of advert to be shown on your blog.

Your blog needs to have a reasonable amount of traffic from countries like US, UK and Canada to get approved on this network.

Minimum Payout threshold: 100 USD.

2. BuySellAds

BuySellAds is again a very good option for monetizing your blog. Though, getting approved on this network isn’t that difficult but your blog needs to have a good amount of traffic to actually make money from this network.

Since BSA isn’t a CPM or CPC based advertising network, so its up to you how much price would you like to keep for a particular ad slot. Try to the keep the prices moderate, neither too low nor too high.

Note: BSA also lets you monetize your Tweets.

Minimum Payout threshold: 20 USD.

3. BlogAds

BlogAds is another alternative worth mentioning. If your blog is targeting a relatively narrow niche, then chances of your blog getting approved on BlogAds are positive at 30,000 monthly impressions, however if your blog is catering to a larger audience and follows a broad niche then it needs to have a minimum of 500,000 to 1 million monthly impressions to get approved.

Minimum Payout threshold: 75 USD.

4. Chitika

Getting approved on Chitika is comparatively easy. It works well for newbie bloggers because it doesn’t have any minimum traffic threshold. However, if your blog is receiving good traffic and you are not satisfied with Chitika’s ads performance, you should sign up for Chitika’s premium account. Chitika offers banner ads, hover ads, highlight ads and in-text ads.

You can also sign up for Chitika referral program. With this you can earn 10% of your referral’s earning for 10 months.

Minimum Payout threshold: 10 USD via PayPal and 50 USD via check.

5. Infolinks

Infolinks is one of the best in-text advertising network, but in the recent times it has added some other advertising formats as well. It is open for every blog with no minimum page-views requirements. Though your blog must comply with their policies to get approved on this network.

In-text ads may annoy readers because every-time reader mouse hovers over an infolink keyword, a banner will appear and may cover the text of the post which he/she is reading. But you can try other ad formats such as in-search, in-tag or in-frame. These formats are okay as far as reader’s distraction is concerned.

Minimum Payout threshold: 50 USD via PayPal, eCheck, ACH and Payoneer and 100 USD via bank wire transfer option and western union.

Monetize Via Content Syndication/Discovery Networks

If your blog is receiving good amount of traffic, then opting for content syndication networks for monetizing is a good move, otherwise wait till your blog traffic increases.

6. Disqus

Disqus is a widely used commenting platform but apart from that, It also allows blog owners to monetize their site by opting for their content discovery program.

A discovery box will appear just about disqus comment box where links from other blogs will appear and if a reader clicks on any of the link, you earn money. Simple, isn’t it?

For more details, you can visit this link.

Minimum Payout threshold: 100 USD.

7. Outbrain

Outbrain allows you to monetize your blog by showing related content from other websites. Whenever a reader clicks on the related link you earn money.

The network provides real time tracking and various customization options to make sure you can optimize the ads for higher CTR.

It is a CPC based network.

8. Zemanta

Very much like Outbrain, with Zemanta you can monetize your blog by placing high quality content links from other websites. For applying to this network you will have to fill up a form and wait for their response.

9. Taboola

Taboola is again a widely used content syndication network. With Taboola you can monetize your blog by surfacing content from big publishers. It works well on all devices and claims to have high CTR.

1o. VigLink

VigLink is different from all other networks mentioned in this list.

It converts normal links on your blog to monetized link and when someone buys a product or service from your link, you earn commission. The network also provides you with analytics so that you can further improve your earnings by analyzing the data.

Make Money from Affiliate Program

When someone buys a product or service from your affiliate link, you earn money, that’s what affiliate marketing is all about. Let’s say you have written a post about a product on your blog and it has started receiving good traffic, and the product offers affiliate program then you can opt for the program and start earning money.

The best thing about affiliate marketing is that everyone can earn money from it and there is no limit to it. Just make sure you choose products or services according to your blog’s niche.

Here, I am sharing some of the most trusted and highest paying affiliate networks.

11. Amazon

Amazon allows you to choose various products for affiliate marketing ranging from toys, video games to books, media or consumer electronics. You can earn commissions up to 10%. Amazon affiliates is one of the most trusted affiliate network.

12. Clickbank

If you are interested in promoting digital products such as e-books or software then Clickbank is the place you should check out. Though, every product offers different commission percentage but in some products you can earn up to 75% commission.

13. Hosting Affiliates

If you are blogging on ‘how to set up a blog’ niche, then hosting affiliates can work well for you. Here are some options you must check out, HostGator, bluehost, GoDaddyetc.

14. Themes Affiliates

If you have a blog based on design niche where you are publishing articles related to logos, website themes etc, then you can opt for various themes affiliates such as themeforest, elegant themes, Studiopress etc.

Note: Sometimes the products you are promoting are not listed under any affiliate network, but they do have affiliate marketing scheme, so you can always look out for those products & services and increase your blog’s revenue.

Organizing Giveaways

15. Giveaway.ly

Giveaway.ly is one of its kind network. It helps bloggers earn money by hosting giveaways on their blogs. I believe that it’s a great way to increase readership by offering free products to your readers and earn money as well.

16. Earn via selling your services  

If you are good at something never do it free. So true, isn’t it? So, why blog for free?

If you are not able to monetize your blog even though the content is strong and you are getting good traffic then don’t lose hope, there’s one more thing left in the bucket. Sometimes traditional advertising doesn’t work for certain blogs, but that doesn’t mean you can’t monetize the content.

Let’s take the example of Neil Patel, SEO specialist who owns several web companies and blogs at quicksprout. Though, his blog is receiving humongous traffic, he isn’t running any advertisement on his blog but that doesn’t mean he is blogging for free. If you have visited his blog, you might have noticed that there’s a banner in the sidebar about how Neil Patel has increased TechCrunch traffic by 30%. That banner helps him sell his SEO services. Plus he is also selling a complete course to double traffic in 30 days.

So, that’s how he is making money and to be honest he is making a lot more money than what adsense or any other network could have earned him.

So, if you think you are proficient in the topics you write on your blog and can provide services for the same then don’t hesitate. Build a page on your blog and mention the services offered by you or build a product which you can sell via your blog.

17. Last but certainly not the least, asking for donations

If you are blogging for the purpose of helping people by sharing knowledge over the internet and don’t want to use any kind of advertising on your blog because ads somehow cause distractions and brings down satisfaction level of readers, but at the same time you want to get rewarded for doing this, you can choose the option of asking for donation.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of adding Paypal donation button on your blog. Here’s the link.

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Conclusion

These were some of the best alternatives to Google AdSense which can help you make money out of your blog. If you are using some other network which is as good as the networks mentioned in the list, do share with us in comments below the post.