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AdSense Alternative Infolinks: Easy Method for Monetizing Blogs

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How to make money with your blog is a question that comes up all the time. Most bloggers know about AdSense, but they turn down a lot of blogs. And it doesn’t pay anywhere close to what it once did.

Finding AdSense alternatives is fairly easy, but figuring out which solutions will approve your blog and what will make you the most money is a lot more challenging.

Infolinks is my best regular source of income. Google ads – nothing. Went to Infolinks and I think I’ve used them now for a year

Easy to Qualify and Get Paid

The average blog doesn’t qualify for some of the coolest choices because they require 50,000-500,000 minimum page views a month. But there is one easy method that almost all bloggers can use: Infolinks.

I asked the 2,669 bloggers in the Learn to Blog Hangouts Facebook group how Infolinks is working for them. Here are some of their comments and what type of Infolinks ads they use.

Jennifer Hughes at TheJennyEvolution.com said:

“Infolinks is my best regular source of income. Google ads – nothing. Went to Infolinks and I think I’ve used them now for a year. As far as the money, I can’t complain. I remember doing Google ads and I didn’t get diddly. Changed to Infolinks and got paid the first month. I use the pop up from the bottom and the underlined words in the text.”

Erlene at MyPinterestVentures.com added:

“I still use Infolinks and you can customize if you want the pop up on the bottom of your site or not. If you have 100K+ visitors a month or more, you will make ok money off of them.”

You can go to their blogs to see Infolinks in action. Both Jennifer and Erlene use several types of Infolink ads so we’ll cover the ones they run first.

This video shows how many of these ads display and why these new types of ads are more likely to generate traffic and income:

Types of Infolink Ads

  • InText

The original Infolinks are underlined words within your content. They call those InText. You can choose any number of text links per page between 1 and 12.

The more links you choose to display, the more opportunities you have to earn an income. If twelve seems too overwhelming, turn the number down.

It is easy to choose between links with tiny dots underlining them or double-underlines. You can see both styles by comparing them on this site and on the two sites I mentioned above.

  • InFold / InSearch

Of the newer types of Infolink ads, InFold / InSearch are the most popular. (The video calls these InSearch, but the dashboard calls them InFold.)

If someone arrives at your site from a search engine, an ad that matches their search pops up at the bottom of your site.

This is said to beneficial for your site’s search ranking because it keeps searchers from bouncing off your site and back to the search. Instead, they either stay on your site or go on to another site related to their search.

When a visitor has recently searched for a product, these ads are likely to be more relevant than the default ads they may see otherwise. It is easiest to understand these ads by watching this very short video:

  • InTag

InTag ads are another popular option.  You can see these in action on the bottom of this post. Under the author bio and regular post tags is an area that says infolinks (on the right side).  When I checked there were are six links a visitor could choose to click on. Pointing at any of them opens a box containing an ad.

Note that these ad links appear just below the author bio, social sharing buttons and tags and just above the comments.

  • InFrame

One of the newer types of ads Infolinks offers are the InFrame ads. These appear on both sides of your content in an area that is most likely unused.

It could take some time for Infolinks to decide what to display in these areas. I’ve seen images of tall image ads that are attractive there that could work on some sites.

Other times I’ve seen the same text ad on both sides repeated more than once. I’m sure you’ve seen MFA (“Made for AdSense”) sites that run ads like that. You would have to test to see if they would work for you or not.

Speaking of AdSense:

Yes, you can use Infolinks and AdSense on the same page.
And Infolinks can be added to Blogger blogs.

  • InScreen

InScreen ads appear when visitors are moving between pages. These are known as “interstitial” ads. You’ve probably seen these on major sites when paging through slides or images or when clicking on another post after you’ve already read one.

If you want to see how these work watch this video. Mobile is known for getting more engagement with ads, so if you have mobile traffic this may be an option you want to consider using.

Choose whether you want these ads to be triggered at entrance to your site, between internal pages or when someone is exiting. (You can choose from any or all.)

How to Install Infolinks

First apply for an account. It typically only takes a day or two to get approved.  There is a WordPress plugin, or you can just add the code before the footer.

Log into your Infolinks account to choose which types of ads you want to run. Turning them on and off and adjusting them is easy and only takes a few minutes.

They are coming out with an affiliate program soon. You may want to join and offer it to your readers who are also bloggers.

Infolinks Payment Methods

Publishers can request payments using their choice of these methods:

  • PayPal
  • eCheck
  • Western Union
  • Bank Wire
  • Payoneer (using an Infolinks Prepaid Mastercard® or use Payoneer for a local bank transfer)
  • ACH (U.S. bank accounts only)

You can select your preferred payment method under Payment Settings in your account. Some methods require minimum earnings of $50 or $100. Review the fees and minimums in the support section to choose the best option for you.

How to Increase Your Infolinks Income

Infolinks is painless to try out and free for publishers (bloggers that’s you). Like any other ad platform, how much you can make depends on how much traffic you have and where you position the ads. It doesn’t hurt to test it.

Infolinks Related Tags Position Affect on Income

As you can see from this table, where you place the ads can increase your income. Placement is easily changed by simply checking boxes within your Infolinks dashboard. Reach it by logging into Infolinks.com and clicking customize.

Each type of Infolink ad has easy to select customization options. By testing the colors and placements you choose it is possible to increase what you earn.

The first step to making money with your blog is to sign up for Infolinks here.

Get Started With Infolinks

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Gail Gardner

Small Business Marketing Strategist at GrowMap
Gail Gardner is the founder of GrowMap.com. She is a Small Business Marketing Strategist who mentors small businesses, bloggers, and freelancers. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, her focus shifted to small business marketing strategy. GrowMap.com is listed by Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers and has received three Small Business Influencer Awards from Small Business Trends. Named by D&B a Top 50 SMB Influencer on Twitter, you can follow Gail @GrowMap and on LinkedIn.
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  3. Hi Gail, Thank you for sharing an excellent alternative for Google Adsense. I will definitely experiment with infolinks and share my thoughts with you asap.

    Cheers, Tom

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  4. Thanks for the blog sir You really no doubt have good post but in my personal experience Google has its own worth and values with adsense as compared info links. I also personally saw and used infolink on my own sites.
    thanks for the blog sir

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  6. Best. Ad platform. Ever.

    I was using Google Adwords, and they were displaying poor ads, and (I felt at least) under-representing my traffic. I feel like Infolinks displays better ads, and I made more money off of it immediately.

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  7. You really no doubt have good post but in my personal experience Google has its own worth and values with adsense as compared info links. I also personally saw and used infolink on my own sites. But there advertising manner and pattern is much different as compared to Google.
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  11. Info-links is a good alternative for google adsense …

    Bloggers those do not have approved google adsense account can choose it as their first choice .

    The best part is , you can use both google adsense and info-links together .
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  16. Thanks for this article. Infolink is a great site to earn money. Informations are really useful. I had no idea on AdSense. It will help me in writing my next blog.

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    • Hello Thyrone,

      Many bloggers run both. It is typically more difficult to get approved for AdSense. Which will make you more money depends on where you place the ads, which ad types you choose, and what text colors you use. The bloggers who make the most money from ads are the ones who keep testing until they find what earns them more money.
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  20. before this i only knew about adsense, really a superb information. I really like this and this is very much helpful for me.

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  22. Hey Gail,excellent guide on infolinks,The last I had used infolinks was back in 2007, made $300 to $400+ a month on top of adsense income. Infolinks paid pennies compared to adsense but my adsense income stayed the same when I used them in combination.

    So it was like extra money and that too on paypal not like adsense which used to send checks at that time.

    Am building a few content based niche blogs again and will use infolinks soon,

    thanks,
    Uttoran Sen,
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