But what exactly is this?

With this new change, participating ad networks can also bid in our auction to appear on AdSense sites. This new capability will help you generate the most profit for every ad that appears on your site, whether the ads come from AdWords advertisers or Google-certified ad networks.

Google certified ad networks in AdSense

This AdSense feature will initially be available to publishers in North America and Europe, but they said they will make it available for all publishers in the future. So I guess I’ll just wait for it to roll out here in the Philippines.

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AdSense allows multiple Google-certified ad networks

These techniques were presented by Mel Ann and Tim, 2 of AdSense Optimization Specialists from the Google office in Sydney, who work with publishers to help them improve the performance of their ads.

5 Steps to Increase your AdSense Revenue

The presentation below will walk you through a 5-step process to optimize the AdSense ads on your sites, and will also share tips that many publishers have found successful.

Step 1: Analyze your webpages

Step 2: Set up custom channels

Step 3: Optimize your ad unit design and placement

Step 4: Maximize revenue from multiple units

Step 5: Track and measure results

In relation to the topic, Paolo of Phawville.com interviewed me by email and I’ve shared some AdSense tips that worked for me. You can check out the interview here.

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AdSense optimization techniques to increase your revenue

Hi! This is my Infolinks report. I’ve been an Infolinks publisher for just over a month now and I must say that it’s all been good.

I signed up last April and I was approved just before May (about 2-3 days review and approval process). I joined Infolinks because other bloggers had already posted on how the in-text advertising service helped their monthly blog income. They say that Infolinks pays better than other in-text ad programs out there.

Personally, I can’t say that it’s better because I haven’t tried other programs. All I can say is that I’ve been very happy with Infolinks since the first week.

What is In-Text Advertising? In-Text advertising explained from Infolinks website

In-Text advertising inserts text link advertisements within the content of your website, usually in the form of double-underline hyperlinks. Upon a hover of the mouse, a floating informational bubble opens with content from an advertiser. If clicked, the visitor is directed to the advertiser’s landing page and you earn advertising revenue; otherwise, when the mouse is moved away from the hyperlink, the bubble disappears. Learn how to get started with In-Text Advertising today.

What makes Infolinks good?

1. You just have to copy-and-paste the code (javascript) on your blog and you’re good to go.
2. You can choose the color of links that will appear on your site.
3. They have a good and helpful support team. They answered my questions via email in less than 24 hours.
4. They are offering a PayPal payment which is very convenient for me.
5. The revenue I get from them is very very good. It’s actually in the far second spot with my Adsense earnings. (Not bad Infolinks! You’re still in the 2nd spot).

More of the revenue report below.

My Revenue Report

(You can click the images to enlarge)

May 2009 revenue: $512.03 (for 31 days)

June 2009 partial revenue: $213.77 (for 4 days)

• For the month of May: I earned $512 with an average of $16.52 a day with 378 average clicks per day.
• For the Month of June: With just 4 days, I already earned $213.77. What’s interesting here is the jump in average daily earnings to $53.44. If we compute the daily average earning multiplied by 30 (days), It will give me a total of $1603.2 for this month. Wow!

I’m displaying a maximum of 4 Infolinks in-text ads on my blogs (Just started to allow 5 links today). You can choose the max allowed number of highlighted links per page and also change the link style to double or single underline. Increasing the number of highlighted links may increase your CTR but I recommend that you keep it to just 5 to avoid the clutter of links on your page.

Conclusion:
I totally recommend Infolinks for bloggers and content publishers because of its high revenue possibilities. Infolinks may not be a complete replacement to Google adsense but it will give you a better monthly revenue.

Revenues may vary for different blogs depending on how high your traffic is. But I can assure you that the higher the traffic is, the higher the revenue. (Just compare the screen shots above). I suggest you concentrate on building your site’s traffic.

If you’re not an Infolinks publisher yet, then you can go to their sign-up page to start earning money. You can sign-up using my referral link here.

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My Infolinks Report: $500+ on its first month!

The new Chitika Premium unit is called the MEGA-Unit, a [550×255] pixel sized ad format. According to Chitika this particular unit’s CTR is 4 times higher than other ad units, adding a massive increase in clicks and revenue.

Here’s how the the MEGA-Unit looks like: actual size

If you are not yet a Chitika Publisher then you can sign up here, then choose the 550×250 “MEGA-Unit”.

I earn money from Chitika and it works best for publishers that have a good amount of search engine traffic from US and Canada.

Watch this video to give you a quick demo on how you can make money from Chitika:

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Chitika Mega-Unit ads