Recently I noticed some of my older websites get a significant amount of traffic, so I have been looking for suitable advertising programs , preferably CPM or CPC, with a low minimum payout. I already use 3 ad networks for this website, but am always experimenting with new networks. The visitors for some websites are from different parts of the world, so I will first review the global ad networks.
There are many lists of ad networks published on many blogs and websites, but few writers bother to check whether they actual exist (often you are directed to a parked page), sign up with them and most importantly find out whether they actually pay. Some of the biggest ad networks are:
- Valueclick
- Tribal Fusion
- Casale Media
- Revenue Science
- Vibrant Media
Many of these ad networks have very high traffic requirements are suitable only for generic news, technology , entertainment websites. For example Tribal Fusion site requirements are 5,000 unique visitors per day, but few niche sites will have that kind of traffic.
The second requirement is that the website content should be regularly updated, which is not applicable / relevant to niche websites. Technology and the internet changes quickly, offline things don’t. A few years ago, Myspace was the most popular social networking website, today Facebook is popular and in a few years some other website will be. I have a website on pests, and there have been few changes in the nature of pests (not the online variety) over the last few years and unlikely to be in future too. So till many of these ad networks are able to cater to these websites, monetizing them will continue to be a problem.