Top Advertising Networks

Make money by putting links and buttons on your blogs.

Terms : CPA is Cost Per Acquisition; CPC is Cost Per Click; CPM is Cost Per 1000 Ads Displayed (where M is the Roman letter for 1000)

Adsense from Google

1. Google Adsense : Grand-daddy of contextual advertising. (CPC)

Adsense Alternatives

1. Chitika : Shopping mall banner advertising. (CPC)
2. AdBrite : Ad marketplace for publishers and advertisers. (CPC); 75% payout.
3. Advertising.com : Large network. (CPA)
4. 24/7 RealMedia : Large network. (CPM)
5. Burst Media : Large network. (CPM)
6. Commission Junction : Large network. (CPA)
7. Kanoodle : Large network. (CPC); 50% payout.
8. LinkShare : Large network. (CPA)
9. ValueClick : Large network. (CPM)

Two Big Ones Coming Soon

1. Yahoo Publisher Network : Closed Beta (CPC)
2. MSN adCenter : Closed Beta (CPC)

A few more Advertising Networks

1. Accelerator Media :
2. AdAgency 1 : (CPM) ; 60% payout.
3. AdDynamix : (CPM)
4. AdEngage :
5. Adgenta :
6. Adhearus :
7. AdKnowledge : (CPC)
8. AdPepper : (CPM)
9. ADServing Network : (CPM)
10. Adsmart : (CPM)
11. Adtegrity : (CPM)
12. AdZuba : (CPM)
13. AffiliateFuture : (CPA)
14. AffiliateSensor :
15. AllFeeds : (CPC); 60% payout.
16. AVNads :
17. AzoogleAds : (CPA)
18. Banner Boxes : (CPC)
19. BannerConnect : (CPM)
20. BardzoMedia : (CPM)
21. BidClix : (CPC)
22. BidVertiser : (CPC)
23. BlinkAds : (CPA)
24. BlueFN : (CPA)
25. BlueLithium : (CPM)
26. Casale Media : (CPM); 70% payout.
27. ClickAdsDirect :
28. ClickBooth : (CPA)
29. ClickShare :
30. Clicksor : (CPC); upto 85% payout.
31. ClickXchange : (CPA)
32. ContexWeb : (CPC); 50% payout.
33. CoverClicks :
34. CPX Interactive/Budsinc : (CPM)
35. DirectNetworks : (CPA)
36. Enhance Interactive :
37. Esource Media : (CPM)
38. Etype-Europe : (CPM)
39. EtypeUSA :
40. ExpoActive :
41. FastClick=ValueClick : (CPM); upto 65% payout.
42. FluxAds : (CPA)
43. HurricaneDigitalMedia : (CPM); 60/75% payout.
44. Hyperbidder : (CPC)
45. IncentaClick : (CPA)
46. Industry Brains :
47. Interclick :
48. JoeTec : (CPM)
49. Kontera : (CPC)
50. Mamma Media Solutions : (CPC); 50% payout.
51. MaxBounty : (CPA)
52. Mirago :
53. MIVA AdRevenue Xpress :
54. Nixxie :
55. Oridian : (CPA)
56. Oxado : (CPC)
57. Paypopup : (CPM)
58. PeakClick :
59. PogAds : (CPC)
60. Popup Traffic : (CPM)
61. Quigo : (CPC)
62. RealCastMedia : (CPM)
63. RealTech Network : (CPM)
64. Revenue Pilot : (CPC); 60% payout.
65. RightMedia : (CPM)
66. Searchfeed : (CPC)
67. ShareAShare : (CPA)
68. TargetPoint : (CPC); at least 50% payout.
69. TextLinkAds : (CPC)
70. TMP Express : (CPA)
71. Tremor Network :
72. Tribal Fusion : (CPM)
73. Veoda : (CPC) ; 60-90% payout.
74. Vibrant Media IntelliTXT : (CPM)

Source:http://lists.econsultant.com

 

Top 84 Digg Clones (Look Like Digg.com)

Sites where users submit links/sites and vote them up/down.

1. Autospies
2. Bits of News
3. BlinkBits
4. Blog Memes
5. Care2 News Network
6. Catster
7. CC Hits
8. Curious Contraptions Community
9. Daily RSS
10. dealspl.us
11. Digg
12. Diggers
13. Diggnews
14. diggtrends
15. Dissect Medicine
16. Dogster
17. dotnetkicks
18. dzone
19. eatmyhamster
20. Fanatic Zone Remix
21. Fantacular
22. gibbity
23. GoogleKicks
24. humdigg
25. idigporn
26. IndiaGram
27. iTalkNews
28. javakicks.com
29. Jazznoodle
30. Kepty
31. kick.ie
32. linkfilter
33. livelocker
34. mackicks
35. meme-stream
36. memigo
37. MetaFilter Projects
38. MOG
39. motorpulse
40. mozillakicks.com
41. muti
42. Netscape.com
43. NewsBump.net
44. NewsCloud
45. newsgarbage
46. Newsvine
47. NooZ
48. oKs!
49. OOZM
50. Pickstation
51. Pixelmo
52. PodcastAlley
53. Polidiggs
54. Protolize
55. qoolsqool
56. Quadriot
57. Questionville
58. Reddit
59. Riffs
60. Scooop.net
61. Scoopity
62. Sharepointkicks
63. Shoutwire
64. ShutterSeek
65. SkimCSS
66. Spankwire
67. SpinSpy
68. Spogger
69. SportsBlink
70. Strikr
71. Taghop
72. Tagworld Bookmarks
73. Tendango
74. thenorp
75. Travelscoop
76. UmmYeah.com
77. Upwarded
78. Video Bomb
79. Web Feeds
80. Wikio
81. Wizag
82. XboxKicks
83. YouPickTheNews
84. Zapzap

 

 

 

PPC Management

What Is PPC advertisement?

Pay Per Click (PPC) is an internet advertising program used on search engines, blogs for which advertisers are paid on a click done by users.

There are many PPC service providers as Google Adwords, MSN Adcenter, Yahoo Search Marketing and Microsoft adCenter which are one of the largest network operators till date. Along with these major PPC campaign service providers Ask.com, Baidu, Looksmart, MIVA, NexTag, shopzilla, PriceGrabber, yandex also provide sponsored links or sponsored ads based on the keyword target with target country by advertiser.

PPC advertisement is done depending upon the bid done by the advertiser for individual key phrases or even a single word. The amount of bid is different according to the level of keyword competition and varies from all search engines. If any user searches the key phrase which the advertiser has bid for and clicks on the advertisement then the advertiser is suppose to pay the amount of bid. The minimum amount of bid is US$ 0.01 for any key phrase but then the result and positioning will be affected, the advertiser needs to pay more for any competitive key phrase or keyword.

For advertisers many search engines provide a key phrase tool to search which keyphrase is used more by users which helps the advertiser to get return on investment with business products or business services expansion.

PPC advertising is a quick method to get listed on the top pages of any major search engine providing PPC campaign services. The advertisement gets activated immediately within the next second of activation. Advertiser should be having much knowledge to understand bidding on any keyphrase. The more and perfect amount you bid on any keyword the advertisement will be more aggressive and placed on the first pages. There are millions of advertisers which have opted for Pay Per Click advertising service with the same key phrases. PPC advertising is a very tactful program which needs thorough knowledge for which it is suggested to be done by a SEO company having expertise in PPC services.

10 Best Websites To Create Your Blog For Free

Blogging is growing day by day and there are many platforms which allow people to blog without spending a penny. If you are passionate about blogging and want to start a blog for no charges, this post will help choose from the top free blog service providers.

I myself started on blogspot and afters years of learning and experimenting I started this blog on WordPress. Although my personal choice will always remain wordpress but for blogging enthusiasts the options are many. You can play around with each and in time you will be sure what to use and what you should not.

I hope this post will make few more people interested in blogging.

 Livejournal 

LiveJournal (LJ) is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community. LiveJournal’s blogging features include those found in similar blogging sites (multiple authors, commenting, calendars, and polls). However, LiveJournal differentiates itself from other blogging sites by its WELL-like features of a self-contained community and some social networking features similar to other social networking sites.

Blogetery

Blogetery.com offers free blog hosting powered by latest WordPress version. You can easily publish text, podcasts, pictures, media files and more with just a single mouse click.

blogetery.com

Blogsome

t’s easy, choose any kind of WordPress theme, upload photos, personalize your design and start blogging right now. You can also browse samples of the latest posts and blogs. The blogsome.com also offers forums where you can search for any type of answers, read important documentation in relation of the service and terms of use, and you must ask really smart questions so to become part of this community. What the blogsome website intends is to offer a clean service, so when users are found to be using stolen content from other websites as a means of generating traffic, they immediately remove this blogs and cease service.

Blogsome.com

Edublogs

The World’s most popular education blogging service… Edublogs lets you easily create & manage student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts – it’s safe, easy and secure

Edublogs.org

WordPress

WordPress.com is a weblog hosting provider owned by Automattic which opened to beta testers on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005. It is powered by the open source WordPress software. It is financially supported via paid upgrades, “VIP” services and limited Google Adsense advertising.

Blog

Blog.com provides a fully-featured publishing platform for free. Blog by yourself or establish a writing community, all under an address that looks like: you.blog.com. It also offers free blog hosting with unlimited bandwidth for their free package, more benefits for paid members.

Blog.com

Blogger

Blogger is a blog publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at subdomains of blogspot.com. Up until May 1, 2010 Blogger allowed users to publish blogs on other hosts, via ftp.

Tumblr

Tumblr is a microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users can follow other users, or choose to make their tumblelog private. The service emphasizes ease of use.

Tumblr.com

Yahoo Pulse

Yahoo! 360° was a social networking and personal communication portal operated by Yahoo! made available in 2005. It enabled users to create personal web sites, share photos from Yahoo! Photos, maintain blogs and lists, create and share a public profile and see which friends are currently online. 360° also featured a ‘friends updates’ section, under which each friend’s latest update was summarized (e.g. blog posts, updated lists or newly shared photos).

Yahoo Pulse

Typepad

TypePad is a blogging service from company Six Apart Ltd. Originally launched in October 2003, TypePad is based on Six Apart’s Movable Type platform, and shares technology with Movable Type such as templates and APIs, but is marketed to non-technical users and includes additional features like multiple author support, photo albums and moblogging.

Typepad.com

I am sure their are many more platforms which can be in his list but for now I have choosen these over some others. Let us know if you have a replacement or better blog creating service that you have used.