TextLinkAds Review – Make money with links!

Posted on September 1, 2009 - by John

TextLinkAds Review – Make money with links!

Back about – it must be two years ago now, I ran a successful celebrity website. One of the main money makers on this website was ‘text link ads‘. When I launched the website, I was actively seeking a way to monetise it. I did not want to just use a few Google adsense ads, putting all your eggs in the same basket is not a great idea, we all know this!

So I decided to create an account with text link ads. I placed the code on the site under favourite links, and I sort of forgot about it.

In the mean time I was working hard on SEO, getting quality links, and of course most importantly the content. I had completely forgotten about the code. Soon after I got a few links submitted to advertise on my site. Months later I had all ten spots filled every month. Not bad for a celebrity website!

What are text link ads?
It really is as simple as it sounds. A text link; using a keyword – linking to the advertiser’s website.

Why use them?
They are used by advertisers because not only do they get traffic to their website, but they also get SEO kisses from search engines. You, the publisher will love this because it is a hassle free income generator, which is non- intrusive to your visitors and is a nice break from flashing advertisements!

There is one down side to this however, text-link-ads take 50% off the top. So if you are selling at 50USD you end up with 25. This does sound pretty high. But you must also consider how difficult to find these advertisers by yourself! Additionally new websites and websites with low amounts of traffic may find it difficult to enter the program. But there is an affiliate program which accepts new websites.

A tip for if you get signed up, don’t hide away the script which displays the text links the best place I found was in the sidebar, people have paid you for advertisement placement so you need to respect that. Shoving their ads to the bottom of the screen may not result in further adverts placed by them!

If you are interested in text link ads you can sign up . Do you use text link ads? If so feel free to comment below and let us know your experience with them.