For those observant amongst you, I have moved my adverts from Bidvertiser to Oxado. I was only getting about a click a week with Bidvertiser and I think this was probably due to the limited number of contextual adverts within Bidvertiser. Oxado are a lot larger and I get about a couple of clicks a day (as opposed to a week) at least..

I was just reading about Oxado and they have 60,000 advertisers which means that there should be some adverts relevant to your page. I didn’t realise how important contextual adverts are… I guess it’s always a learning process. As a result, I’ve replaced all my adverts on all my websites with Oxado adverts.

Anyway, if you’re interested,  click here Webmasters, make money displaying Oxado contextual ads!

In case you’re wondering why I don’t use Adsense.. I think it’s because I have content about casinos and gambling which is prohibited in their programme.

Hi All,

One reason why I moved across to a self hosted Wordpress installation was so that I could monetize my blog. You are not able to put in Google adverts and other advertising streams in the free Wordpress blogs.

If you go self hosted then you will find that there are all sorts of different Plugins to Wordpress which can improve your site functionally and aesthetically.

There are also a whole heap of Wordpress Plugins which can help with monetizing your blog. These plugins make light work of installing adverts such as Google Adsense, Bidvertiser and all the others that are out there.

To read about this, visit this site

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/monetizing-wordpress-plugins/

In addition, it’s worthwhile having a look at the different themes which you can use on your blog. There are Adsense ready Wordpress templates. I’ve got more information about this from a previous post of mine which can be found here:

http://makemesomemoney.co.uk/2007/09/14/blog-update-adsense-ready-wordpress-templates/

Best wishes

Alan

Hi All,

Just found a new way to make some money should you wish to monetize your blog. It’s through a company called WidgetBucks and they are a bit like Adsense in that they put adverts on your site. However, their click through rates can get as high at $2 and also right now, they are offering a $25 sign up bonus!!

Free money! Wahey, I like it!