There are several ways to monetize your website traffic but usually a beginner websites starts with Google Adsense. No doubt that Adsense is the best PPC service out there. However Adsense also allows webmasters to use third party PPC companies as well provided that their ads don’t look like those of Adsense. So after searching a lot on the web, I came to know that In Text Advertisement is probably the best PPC system to use along with Adsense. There is virtually no chance that the ads can look like Adsense ads so you are safe to use In Text Advertising services along with Adsense.
Now the second question is, “which in text advertising company is best?”. You will be able to see many comments in the comments section on this question but personally I only see two companies worthy to put on your website in the context of in text advertisement.
- Infolinks
- Kontera
Infolinks is a legit business, not a scam one. No doubt that infolinks is my first choice. I myself tried them on my website and have seen very good results so far. They are good, friendly and give you support when required. When you use their code on your website, the code automatically convert some keywords on your website to hyperlink ads. Infolinks admin panel provides a way to change colors of in text advertising links. In addition to that, you can change them to have double underlines if you want to separate them from your single line hyperlinks. Although the click rate of Infolinks is a way lower than Adsense but their CTR is always higher than Adsense which compensates the loss a bit. The only drawback of Infolinks I have seen so far is their surprisingly low rates for Asian traffic, other than that they are fine. If majority of your website traffic comes from any Asian country specially from India of Pakistan, then you probably should think once again before using Infolinks on your website.
Kontera is also a reputable in text advertisement PPC Company which is compatible with Adsense. You can use it along with Adsense without any worries. I haven’t seen any significant drop in my Adsense earning after addition of Infolinks or Kontera on my website so they are worth trying. If I analyze PPC share of my website income, Adsense has almost a share of 70 to 75% and Infolinks has a 25 to 30% which is not bad. Please also post your experiences with Kontera and Infolinks and other in text advertising companies in the comments section bellow.
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13 Responses to “In Text Advertising (Infolinks vs Kontera vs Adsense)”
Comment from bloginhome
Time February 3, 2010 at 1:57 am
I am using my ads infolinks but not yet emerged. about what causes it?
Comment from Free Ads Bank
Time March 9, 2010 at 4:02 am
Hai,
I am also a publisher of infolinks. I think that it is good if your website have attractive keywords.
Comment from Jennifer
Time March 12, 2010 at 6:37 am
Infolinks is a SCAM! Beware!!! They will NOT pay you and they will NOT respond to your email requests and phone calls about the pay. They claimed that they never received my tax information a few days before they were suppose to pay within the 30-45 day window (really 45 days) when I had sent it in- how convenient they say this. Not only did I send it in but I also had called & emailed them weeks in advance to confirm that it was received. Of course they never responded.
Here’s what they do when you sign up- they’ll give you decent earnings and then the earnings will fall dramatically. I also had emailed and called them about this a few times and again they never responded. We were about to remove Infolinks from our site, but then the earnings went back up for a little while. My tech department and I suspect that they did this on purpose so we would stay. And then the earnings went back down again for no reason at all, even though our impressions and clicks were at the highest. You have to understand that Infolinks will NOT pay, if you continue to run them on your site, you are wasting your time. They STILL get paid by the advertisers and all you get is used. Don’t waste your time and put this scam company out of business.
Take a few minutes and report them to the Attorney General’s office in both California and New York; to the Better Business Bureau; to RipOff Reports; file with a collections agency; and the International Trade Commission. And don’t forget to post your negative experience on every legitimate site to warn other website owners. I will be posting on multiple forums to warn others. I have already seen other postings from fellow bloggers who have similar stories to mine. I wish I had seen these before or that they had existed when I signed up.
I also suspect this SHAY person is a fake and not even his/her real name. There is supposedly someone named Noa M. who works there. Here is his information for anyone who wants to try to collect their payment:
Noa M.
Account Manager
Infolinks, Inc.
T 212-201-7481
F 212-419-0975
E “noam@infolinks.com’
W “www.infolinks.com”
They also say you can contact “support@infolinks.com”. But good luck in getting someone to respond to you.
I have wasted more than 5 months of my time with this company and about another month chasing them around for my payment. They’re not worth the headache. Don’t you get scammed too!
Comment from Cebu Tech Blogger
Time March 22, 2010 at 9:25 am
I am using infolinks for in-line text ads, but I’m really getting a very low CTR… I’ve been thinking of using Kontera instead… What do you think?
Comment from Tapas Kumar Biswas
Time March 31, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Infolink is a fraud site. After working of $10 they have suspended my account without any proper reason. It is my request to the brother and sister especially from Asian countries to avoid Infolink.
Comment from kate
Time April 19, 2010 at 9:00 pm
HI,
I am new to infolinks. Thanks for your info.
Comment from abid
Time April 21, 2010 at 12:30 pm
i m using info links but it is paying very low how and in how many days it will pay me heigh rates on25 clicks they are paying only $0.54 what is this sir i need help and also my info links is only in 1st three posts how it will increase to be shown in all posts?
Comment from Mufi
Time April 25, 2010 at 6:47 am
I just remove infolink ads from my blog. I am worried that it might affect the Page Rank since it been rewarded PR1 by google in the 2nd months of its old.
Please correct my opinion that infolink will drop Google PR since I knew that google don’t like too many out bond links on a blog/website.
Thank you.
Comment from Steve
Time May 28, 2010 at 12:37 pm
i m using info links but it is paying very low how and in how many days it will pay me heigh rates on25 clicks they are paying only $0.54 what is this sir i need help and also my info links is only in 1st three posts how it will increase to be shown in all posts?
Comment from aref bhat
Time May 31, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Hi Mufi,
Your Google PR does not depend on infolink or any other PPC advertising programs they don’t interfere with the Page Rank. I have started using infolinks and initially i am statisfied. My friend has been using infolinks and he has no problem with the payment. He referred me to infolinks. I will write my review once again when i get payment..
Comment from My Gamer Diary
Time July 7, 2010 at 8:17 am
Thanks for the info, I think I’ll stick with Kontera for now.
Comment from Golden Chennai
Time July 11, 2010 at 8:49 pm
If infolinks is fraud why many publishers in India use infolinks. It is ranked nearly 200 in alexa rankings in india. Could anyone suggest whether i can try till the first payment or stop using infolinks.
Comment from Shayk
Time January 25, 2010 at 3:13 am
Hello,
This is Shay from Infolinks.
Thanks for the good feedback!
Feel free to contact us at:Support@infolinks.com, with any question you may have.
Good Day,
Shay
http://www.infolinks.com